LMAO !! Ok .... Wow ! Hey ...if you like your barrel bright and shiney ....go for it . Military arms were often left in the white , for inspection , licks were too ...but ....my personal N.W. gun is two years old and its not " naturally browned " , no where near ! so dont believe that , I havent oiled it once ...just havent browned it yet as I been busy , but I will . The letters going to gun builders of N.W. trade gun from the Hudson's Bay Co. 1780s , ask the builders to make half the order browned barrel and half blued ....N.W. Trade guns were the lowest quality guns coming out of England , made specifically for native in the fur trade ....so .....