Has anyone ever painted one of their rifles with camo spray paint. If you have, is it easy to do and how do you like it?

Why?

Why do kids new to hunting have this camo obsession?

Do you know that millions of game animals have been killed by hunters wearing nothing but a brown or green coat and pants and rifles and shotguns with walnut stocks and brightly blued steel?

Because it makes a lot of sense to have camo guns.

I painted my Browning 10 ga magnum Synthetic Stalker turkey gun with, I think, something called Bowflage (sp?) They're pretty small spray cans and the paint is not permanent. I used tan, olive green, and brown on the flat black stock and all exposed metal. I found a plastic fern from a fake flower arrangement and used it to paint 'leafy' patterns with the different colors. It's lasted since '86 with a few touch ups along the way in the usual high wear areas.

Hey, it works for me!

It also allows one to personalise one's rifle.

The same expression of individuality can be found in the exterior appearances of our vehicles, homes, etc.

If you don't like camouflage stocks, don't camo yours.

Leave the youngster alone and let him do it his way.

We all dance to the beat of different drummers.... fortunately.

Holmes

I bought a bright grey stocked stainless LSS remington for my first rifle. Thing stands out like a sore thumb.

I don't think we all like camo, hell I don't even have camo cloths. Just green wool pants and a green sweeter.

But I do have an absession with having more gun than I need to get the job done.

Now one of those fancy marble paint jobs on a stock and we are talking.

Younghunter,

I watched a T.V. special the other night about our special ops troops in battle in Afghanistan. Most of these folks weapons are painted in cammo and look cooooool.

I have a lot of weapons come thru my shop which are cammo'd as well, from shotguns to police .308 rifles. While some are certainly interesting in appearance, especially the SWAT boys guns who have Burlap hanging from every nook and cranny, they can be a pain in the a$$ to work on. Having to scrape through layers of paint to get at the heart of the trouble reminds me a lot of my first marriage and first wife and her wild attraction to makeup...

If you want to paint it, then do so. This is America, you are free to paint to your hearts content. Talk to the folks who paint their Bow hunting equipment for tips and techniques. Keep the paint out of the trigger assemblies and the guns bore...

Good luck,

Malm

I have been called many things but not a kid recently!! LOL I use earthtone camo flat paints by Krylon from Wally world. Black, grey, tan, and green are the common colors and they work well and look good to me-and that is all that matters. Rust colored and grey colored primer is pretty good too.

My .358 Win has an ugly birch stock and matt finish to begin with and my camo certainly doesn't hurt its appearance. Whenever the paint gets worn in high spots I just touch it up.

My suggestion would be to start with a light grey, or beige complete under coat and then top it with various swirls, blotches, and leaf patterns(if you want) of browns, greens, tans, black ect.

I wouldn't camo a really nice blue steel and walnut classic rifle. But my basic hunting rifles are tough, reliable, and altered to suit my preferences. Plateau Hunter

Younghunter

Yes it's very easy to do, but I would advise you to take the barreled action out and just paint the stock. First go take a real good look at the area you plan on hunting. Gather up some leaves, bark and grasses from the area and try to get 3 or 4 cans of spraypaint that match those colors. Get some cardboard to practice on. Randomly spray the cardboard with all the different colors to make a mottled backround. Then lay some of your leaves and grasses on the cardboard and and lightly spray one of your colors over the leaves, just enough to see the outline of the leaves and still be able to see all the backround colors. Let it dry for a minute then re-arrange all the leaves and lighltly spray again with a different color. Repeat this several times. Experiment and have fun and I bet you will be amazed at how good it starts looking. Then get a can of flat black lacquer spray paint, hold it about 2 feet away from the cardboard, and tap the button once as fast as you can. You will now see a bunch of tiny black dots on the cardboard. These will add depth and realism to your camo pattern. So keep tap...tap...tapping the flat black can, until you like what you see.

Then get practice at least one more time on some more cardboard. Keep the spraycans moving at all times while spraying. Many light transparent coats look much better than a few opaque coats.I bet it looks different that the first one.

By now you are an expert!

Now prep your stock by degreaseing and cleaning if it's a synthetic stock or light sanding if it's hardwood.

If your stock is walnut, you would be a knucklehead if you painted it

Now go give it your best shot, and keep adding layers until you're happy with it. Don't stop until you're proud of it.

When you're finished, post a picture on this forum so we can see how you did.

Good Luck
Elmo

I used the camo tape that you can buy at walmart on my S&W 44mag this year. It turned out real cool. The 44 has a very reflective finish so I figured the cammo tape would be functional as well as sharp looking. Unfortunately, time constraints kept me from trying the 44 this year. Oh well, I pulled the tape off and rubbed the gun with bore cleaner and it looks good as new!

I just bought a winchester 30.06 black shadow for $300.00, and since the stocks aren't worth much anyway I thought I would try out my handywork. This way I won't ruin the good synthetic stock I get. And to ksduckhunter I think that personalizing things you own makes them that much yours. Thanks for all of the advice guys.

I used to think hunting knives with bright orange handles like the one's made by cutco were goofy too, until i tried looking for my black ti coated benchmade after i dropped it in the woods.

More than one rifle has been lost on the tundra because it was camo colored and blended in real well after the hunter set it down................

Ok I will answer you question...

Do a google search on Varmint Al and you will find a guys web page in California with instructions on how to do it