PN>  PN>  It's been almost 30 years since I've fondled an M-79...
PN>  PN>  ...but as I recall they were of a stainless/plated?/something/?
PN> 
PN>  BH> Made of steel, can't recall the alloy number right now, but they
PN>  BH> are  phosphated (parkerized).  Nothing exotic about them or the
PN>  BH> receiver materials, no stainless was ever used in anything on an 
M-79.
PN> 
PN>  You say parkerized and I see matte black...but don't remember them as
PN>  being black...but not shiny.  Darn.  Memory, the second thing to go!
    Parkerizing in this case is a matte black, they were never a shiny 
inish.
    
    So, your memory in this case is dead on... they are usually a very dark 
grey/black.. not at all like the finish on a Colt AR15.
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