M&P 15 Sport 2 Distressed.......

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Not bad as far as painting goes.

None of my main guns look anywhere near new but none were painted. I'd say I'm not into new looking, I'm into using. I think my P220 has 40% finish left. It's a tool not a decoration

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Arik said:
Not bad as far as painting goes.

None of my main guns look anywhere near new but none were painted. I'd say I'm not into new looking, I'm into using. I think my P220 has 40% finish left. It's a tool not a decoration

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It's supposed to be a Post Apocalyptic theme.


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I get it. I've seen the same thing with AKs. People sand the bluing till it looks used. Looks cool I just don't care what the finish is or looks like. I'm more concerned about function. Finish is just a "paint" has no bearing on actual use. I'm more interested in getting them too look like that naturally. Lots of use.

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I actually have a stupid question that I could probably google, but I don't feel like it at the moment.

What is the painting process for a weapon? I actually REALLY want to paint an AR15 in all sorts of crazy girly colors, no clue how to paint a weapon though.
 
I like it but I prefer the old school method of use wearing the finish. To me, a firearm is a tool and not a show piece. So I don't worry about wear too much. Not that I mistreat my firearms either...
 
KEwer said:
I actually have a stupid question that I could probably google, but I don't feel like it at the moment.

What is the painting process for a weapon? I actually REALLY want to paint an AR15 in all sorts of crazy girly colors, no clue how to paint a weapon though.
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High temp spray paint, cerakote or duracoat. Just search it on Youtube, I'm sure you'll find some info.

Edit: you could also have it dipped, that's where things get artistically creative.
 
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Can we see a picture of the whole finished rifle? Kind hard to see how it looks overall with the pictures focused only on small parts of it.
 
I get the "to each his own/different strokes" thing, no problem, but sometimes it just gets pointlessly ridiculous,self-indulgent, and counter-productive.
I follow the local/statewide classified sites pretty closely, and I routinely see perfectly good,very popular guns come up all the time, that somebody drastically screwed with trying to make it "their own", and then later they're frustrated and disappointed that nobody wants the damn thing when they try to sell or trade it. (and despite anyone's belief they're never getting rid of it, you can't possibly be sure of that).
Again, the OP is obviously free to do as he likes, and if he's happy, then that's great, I stipulate to all that, but purposely wrecking the re-sale potential of a perfectly good item for no real substantive reason, just isn't a real swift idea.
 
Mark IV said:
I get the "to each his own/different strokes" thing, no problem, but sometimes it just gets pointlessly ridiculous,self-indulgent, and counter-productive.
I follow the local/statewide classified sites pretty closely, and I routinely see perfectly good,very popular guns come up all the time, that somebody drastically screwed with trying to make it "their own", and then later they're frustrated and disappointed that nobody wants the damn thing when they try to sell or trade it. (and despite anyone's belief they're never getting rid of it, you can't possibly be sure of that).
Again, the OP is obviously free to do as he likes, and if he's happy, then that's great, I stipulate to all that, but purposely wrecking the re-sale potential of a perfectly good item for no real substantive reason, just isn't a real swift idea.
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Maybe he does not buy guns with an eye on selling them later. I don't, I just keep getting bigger cabinets.
 
Nemo makes a few ar-15/ar-10s that have that finish. They get a lot of money for that stuff. I actually live in near the desert, I painted one of my ar-15's that tan color, after a few years dragging it through classes and shoots, mine looks similar to yours. One day, I'll strip off he old paint and either go back to black or tan and start all over again. I like the finish you put on that rifle, and I admire the work you put into it.
 
Mark IV said:
I get the "to each his own/different strokes" thing, no problem, but sometimes it just gets pointlessly ridiculous,self-indulgent, and counter-productive.

I follow the local/statewide classified sites pretty closely, and I routinely see perfectly good,very popular guns come up all the time, that somebody drastically screwed with trying to make it "their own", and then later they're frustrated and disappointed that nobody wants the damn thing when they try to sell or trade it. (and despite anyone's belief they're never getting rid of it, you can't possibly be sure of that).

Again, the OP is obviously free to do as he likes, and if he's happy, then that's great, I stipulate to all that, but purposely wrecking the re-sale potential of a perfectly good item for no real substantive reason, just isn't a real swift idea.
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Well Mark it's a $500 rifle. It's not like it was 1 of only 100 produced and cost $5,000. I really liked the idea of something different, I do that to all my guns and bows. I'm not worried about resale as I have no intention of selling it.


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M&P-LOVER said:
.....I'm not worried about resale as I have no intention of selling it....
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That's all well and good, but again, realistically, very,very few people can be truly positive they'll never want or need to let something go.
Virtually ALL of the jacked up Glocks (and other stuff) I mentioned regularly seeing on the Georgia classified sites, were done by people that fully intended to keep them.
They sure as hell didn't grind and stiple the frame, undercut the trigger guard, have porting and other maching done to the barrel and slide, change the trigger and sights, have it cerakoted or plated........because they thought it increased the resale value !!!! (cuz it don't, at least not anywhere near what they have in it. )
They ALL did that **** because they thought it was cool to have something "unique" that they were never getting rid of it.
Then, they have to post "PRICE DROP" as they steadily come down from that overly optimistic $1200 asking price !! :D
But again, you can do what you want, no harm no foul, but keep in mind, you posted this on a discussion board, which invites opinions, so you can't really get too offended when people weigh in that this is a less-than-stellar idea.
 
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But again, you can do what you want, no harm no foul, but keep in mind, you posted this on a discussion board, which invites opinions, so you can't really get too offended when people weigh in that this is a less-than-stellar idea.
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I will give M&P-Lover credit... he has taken the opinions posted here in stride. I admire his ability to simply state that he likes it, and if you do too that is cool, but if not, that's cool too. Doesn't seem to be upset with those of us who don't care for his handi-work on this particular rifle.
 
I don't know why people don't paint their AR15s. I understand why people don't paint their other guns. A black ar15 sticks out like a sore thumb it's a tool not a show gun. Good job

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