They are certainly the rarest of the rare. Other than under special circumstances, I've only seen a few. I may be wrong, but I can't really believe there are thousands of them out there.
In the US, it's common to see chromed Springfields and Garands. Not so in Canada. Because of their rarity and lack of history on them, most people just don't pay much attention to them. I wonder if most of them are even operational? I checked out a couple at a Legion in Washington state one time. The barrels had been modified so they could only fire blank ammunition. If you buy it, check it out very carefully. It was probably a decent rifle before it was chromed but it may have been modified as well.
Speaking of chrome bayonets, I picked up an ammunition tin full of MKII spikes and scabbards that had been chromed. It was a rusty dirty old tin on a table at a yard sale. I bought the whole can for $20. I got $20 each for the bayonets and scabbards. I didn't really pay much attention to them. I wasn't really interested in them. I guess you have to be into that sort of thing.
In the US, it's common to see chromed Springfields and Garands. Not so in Canada. Because of their rarity and lack of history on them, most people just don't pay much attention to them. I wonder if most of them are even operational? I checked out a couple at a Legion in Washington state one time. The barrels had been modified so they could only fire blank ammunition. If you buy it, check it out very carefully. It was probably a decent rifle before it was chromed but it may have been modified as well.
Speaking of chrome bayonets, I picked up an ammunition tin full of MKII spikes and scabbards that had been chromed. It was a rusty dirty old tin on a table at a yard sale. I bought the whole can for $20. I got $20 each for the bayonets and scabbards. I didn't really pay much attention to them. I wasn't really interested in them. I guess you have to be into that sort of thing.
