Got a little adventurous today (painting)

[dsm2nr]

I've seen a few threads about rifle painting with cheap spray paint and decided to give it a try (knowing that I could paint thinner it back to the parkerized look.)

I have only touched spray paint a couple times for model rockets in science class way back 5th grade. So my odds of it coming out decent were against me.

However I sucked it up and started spraying. I did a base coat of khaki and olive green. Then did stencils of khaki over earth brown over olive green. I though it turned out pretty good, don't have any close ups right now but here's a few I took checking out how well the camo worked.

The day was fun but I could've done a better job prepping and a better job using thinner layers. Trying to put back on my rail covers and fore grip weren't fun.

[Hammer99...]

I've seen a few threads about rifle painting with cheap spray paint and decided to give it a try (knowing that I could paint thinner it back to the parkerized look.)

I have only touched spray paint a couple times for model rockets in science class way back 5th grade. So my odds of it coming out decent were against me.

However I sucked it up and started spraying. I did a base coat of khaki and olive green. Then did stencils of khaki over earth brown over olive green. I though it turned out pretty good, don't have any close ups right now but here's a few I took checking out how well the camo worked.

The day was fun but I could've done a better job prepping and a better job using thinner layers. Trying to put back on my rail covers and fore grip weren't fun.

HA... I think is saw this AR in Monticello this Saturday....

[tt3]

I had a buddy in college find a nice Benelli shotgun all camo'ed up and leaning against a tree while he was grouse hunting. Some poor bugger set it down to take a dump or something and couldn't find it again!

Nice looking paint job though!

[hammAR]

I had a buddy in college find a nice Benelli shotgun all camo'ed up and leaning against a tree while he was grouse hunting. Some poor bugger set it down to take a dump or something and couldn't find it again!

Now that is so stupid that it is funny........the "poor bugger" must be a member here.........

[plblark]

HEY! I want my gun back!

[jdege]

Anyone ever read Harvard Lampoon's "Bored of the Rings"?

As the fellowship was leaving Lornadoon, Lady Lavalier gave them gifts:

"It is the sad hour of parting," said Lavalier solemnly. "But I have for each of you a small gift to remind you of your stay in Lornadoon in the dark days to come." So saying, she produced a large chest and drew out a handful of wondrous things.

"For Arrowroot," she said, "crown jewels," and handed the surprised king a diamond-shaped pear and a plover's egg the size of an emerald.

"For Frito, a little magic," and the boggie found in his hand a marvelous crystal globe filled with floating snowflakes.

She then gave each of the other members of the company something rich and strange: to Gimlet, a subscription to Elf Life, to Legolam, a Mah-Jongg set, to Moxie, a case of Cloverine Brand Salve, to Pepsi, a pair of salad forks, to Bromosel a Schwinn bicycle, and to Spam a can of insect repellent.

The gifts were quickly stowed away in the little boats along with certain other impedimenta needful for a quest, including ropes; tins of Dinty Moore beef stew; a lot of copra; magic cloaks that blended in with any background, either green grass, green trees, green rocks, or green sky; a copy of Jane's Dragons and Basilisks of the World; a box of dog yummies; and a case of Poland water.

Which is neither here nor there, except that whenever I hear someone talk about camo patterns, I think about those magic cloaks, "that blended in with any background, either green grass, green trees, green rocks, or green sky".

[1911fan]

My brother found a rem 700 leaning up against a tree on our property several years ago, when the full camo hunting rifle craze was one. He still has it.

[tman]

Anyone ever read Harvard Lampoon's "Bored of the Rings"?

I could quote that ad infinitum.

One of my favorites has Dildo Bugger thumbing the .38 in his pocket....

[dsm2nr]

I've seen a few threads about rifle painting with cheap spray paint and decided to give it a try (knowing that I could paint thinner it back to the parkerized look.)

I have only touched spray paint a couple times for model rockets in science class way back 5th grade. So my odds of it coming out decent were against me.

However I sucked it up and started spraying. I did a base coat of khaki and olive green. Then did stencils of khaki over earth brown over olive green. I though it turned out pretty good, don't have any close ups right now but here's a few I took checking out how well the camo worked.

The day was fun but I could've done a better job prepping and a better job using thinner layers. Trying to put back on my rail covers and fore grip weren't fun.

HA... I think is saw this AR in Monticello this Saturday....

Yeah I was in Monticello Saturday. I'm guessing you're the one with the M&P MOE?


Man would that suck a big one to lose a rifle by leaning it against a tree and forgetting where.

[Hammer99...]

Yeah I was in Monticello Saturday. I'm guessing you're the one with the M&P MOE?

I was the dumb ass in shorts with a Colt in OD furniture....

[dsm2nr]

Oh I thought it was an m&p. I was running on three hours of sleep so I didn't retain much of the classroom info.

[Hammer99...]

It's kinda hard to tell from the pics you posted but the paint job looked great. I was pretty surprised when you told us you rattle canned it....

[kollector03]

Seems to be a lot of people that found camo guns in the field. My buddy found one too, in a camo case laying on the ground. He had to step on it before realizing that something was there other than ground.

[MissouriDave]

I have a Marlin 22 that I just found in my safe. Didn't see it till it fell out.