Unmarked Rear Band Authenticity Question

[militarytorch]

These are not off my rifles but some extras that I have in my parts box.
I compared the 2 and the finish on one looks right (WW2 finish) and on the other one it is a bit darker and looks like maybe it was redone after the war?

I am not sure if anybody can see the difference on the pictures I took.
(The one in question is the one on the left)

Thanks

 

[mrfarb]

Hard to tell from photos but the right one is a dou band, left one appears to be dot/swp band. Both could be from postwar rifles but are identical to wartime anyway - the dot/swp bands are sometimes heavily finished (if there is such a thing) from my experience, especially earlier ones, but all of the postwar ones are heavily finished.

 

[CanadianAR]

Heavily finished in terms of bluing?

 

[militarytorch]

Hard to tell from photos but the right one is a dou band, left one appears to be dot/swp band. Both could be from postwar rifles but are identical to wartime anyway - the dot/swp bands are sometimes heavily finished (if there is such a thing) from my experience, especially earlier ones, but all of the postwar ones are heavily finished.

Heavily finished is a great terms for it, as it appears that way to me.
Thank you very much.

 

[militarytorch]

Heavily finished in terms of bluing?

if you ask me yes, it is in terms of bluing. It kind of looks too rich...

 

[tsmgguy]

Have a lower band identical to the one on the left (well finished; heavily blued, polished) on a unissued Czech 98k made immediately post war. The manner of drilling for the screw is identical, too.