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					Originally Posted by Dan Johnston   looking down that cruddy old pipe makes me slightly tearful.  Gotta get that shiny. | 
	
 The bore of a cannon is not supposed to be shiny....if it was it meant the troops were buffing it internally with an unapproved cleaner/polish. Dull metallic is what you are aiming for. 
While I may get a little flak from the herbies in the crowd, they are well known for making life harder for themselves than it had to be.