I can think of only a few circles where the colour of the bolt could be an "obvious error". They've stated before that the weapons they can get hold of - they have used to model the ingame models. So perhaps the weapon they have used for reference has a blued bolt.
These guys know their weapons, SheepDip. I'm pretty sure they know the difference between a blued bolt and one that's in the white.
There should also be different skins for the same guns, lower ranking guys should get the new circular shaped bolts and unfinished stocks, and the higher ups should get the more desirable hexagon shaped bolts and finished stocks.
Oh for Chrissakes. RECEIVER. Round or Hex RECEIVER. NOT BOLT. And wartime stocks were frequently laminated, which is better than hardwood.
Which raises the question can they even properly distinguish a diffrence between a Mosin that has modernised parts and a Mosin that has atleast 'correct' parts regarding how 99,99999999999999999999999% Mosins were? Sure it's not the end of the world, but it has tad too much irony in it.
There -ARE- no modern parts for them, to speak of. You've got a very limited aftermarket for components, and they're all pretty obviously modern, and with very limited exceptions they're all complete ****, too. Anything that's actually correct for these guns will be marked with (for the most part) either the Izhevsk Arrow-In-Triangle or the Tula Arrow-In-Star. (There were some other makers too, and variations. Those are not the only two markings, so don't go tripping on me about Chatellerault or Sestroryetsk or Pre-1928 or anything.)
I'm only speculating with regards the reasons for it being "blued"...maybe a dev can elaborate.
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I very much doubt a minor detail - of a part of the weapon - is as significant as giving them a completely incorrect weapon (longswords and M16's). It still functions in the same way, blue bolt or not, its superficial - there's no need to be so unreasonable about it.
It's almost as bad as "that weapon has the wrong stamp/markings on it" or "that's the wrong scope model" for the year...
You're right. It is almost that bad. Very nearly that bad. The rationale given for the MKb.42 is that 'it could have been there, so we put it there.' A blued bolt on a Mosin is absolutely incorrect for that time period and location.
Exactly, maybe the reason the bolts are blued is that they aren't "blued" in the first place and maybe the soldier put black stuff on them to make it less visible to enemy snipers?
I never heard of that....
Because it's dumb.
Just for the sake of clarity and reference, etc., here's a side by side view of two Mosin-Nagant bolts: one in the white, as done by the Russians, the other one blued, as done (in some rare instances, and for unknown reasons) by the Finns.