15-22 Paint Scheme

[Scuds03]

Hopefully it doesn't look so puke-green in better light!

Great job on the paint, just not a color I would have chosen.

Yea the camera made it look alot lighter than it really is. Baby poop yum yum haha. In person its closer to the stock color of a Arctic Warfare magnum sniper rifle. Now I'm debating if I want to add some more black to it or not. Have to see how the black rail ladders make it look..cuz right now I think there is too much greeen. What you guys think?

 

[Scuds03]

Man, the girlfriend was talking about how much she like shooting my 15-22 and joked about getting one if MagPul made pink rail covers...

This might just handle Christmas if I get a properly girled out rifle.

Haha go on Ebay and buy a Bedazzler machine!

 

[BELT_FED]

Haha go on Ebay and buy a Bedazzler machine!

OMG. He didn't just say to break out the Bedazzler on a rifle... that's awesome... in a retarded sort of way...

 

[MacJedi]

Great work on the paint job and color, looks awesome!

 

[Scuds03]

Did a second stage of blended Desert Sand Khaki color making the gun alot less green machine. Now I just need my black rail ladders and its gonna be sweeet. Well a least I think it will be haha.

 

[Rustpot]

MUCH better, I like the subtle camo striping as well.

 

[SPARC]

It looks much better now, at least IMO.

I just finished applying duracoat to mine tonight. I went with more of a magpul FDE and it came out great. I've got it baking in the shop for the next 48 hours and then I'll re-assemble.

I'm interested to see how the rustoleum holds up. I've always duracoated my guns, but I've had a few friends that went the krylon / rustoleum route and it didn't hold up well. I use CLP a little too liberally at times to worry about it taking my paint off.

 

[Scuds03]

It looks much better now, at least IMO.

I just finished applying duracoat to mine tonight. I went with more of a magpul FDE and it came out great. I've got it baking in the shop for the next 48 hours and then I'll re-assemble.

I'm interested to see how the rustoleum holds up. I've always duracoated my guns, but I've had a few friends that went the krylon / rustoleum route and it didn't hold up well. I use CLP a little too liberally at times to worry about it taking my paint off.

Oh yea I know its not going to hold up like duracoat will. I know a few guys who duracoated their stuff and its tuff. I'll try and keep everyone posted on how the rustoleum holds up but I know I'm gonna scrape it up doing drills and run-n-guns out in the desert. But I'm twisted enough to actually think a beat up gun looks cool in a way. If I'm not scraping paint off I'm not having enough fun! lil tape 2 shakes and a spray and its back haha. I wanna see how yours turns out take some pics when you get it together for sure!

 

[jsimmons]

Nice looking rifle, but...

If you were only going one color, I would have used alumihide from brownells (available in a rattle can), or duracoat (requires an airbrush). Both are much more resistant to cleaning solvents than rustoleum.

 

[Scuds03]

Nice looking rifle, but...

If you were only going one color, I would have used alumihide from brownells (available in a rattle can), or duracoat (requires an airbrush). Both are much more resistant to cleaning solvents than rustoleum.

All the painted surfaces are polymer. I don't hit them with cleaning solvents. The way I use my gun no matter what paint I use its gonna get physically beat up haha. All of our windows and barricades we shoot out of are made out of cinderblocks. A little black showing through the paint will just make it look more camo right? I'll try and keep posted on how the rustoleum holds up. If you want to keep your gun looking show-room ready duracoat is the strongest I've seen. I just dont have easy access to an air compressor at the moment because all my tools are in storage at the moment.

 

[Scuds03]

We'll here it is after a 5 hour session and lots of rounds down range. Paints holding up nice so far. All thats left for my gun is I'm waiting on my much needed scope riser.

Think I got it pretty close to my original blueprint

 

[DownRange&Upwind]

We'll here it is after a 5 hour session and lots of rounds down range. Paints holding up nice so far. All thats left for my gun is I'm waiting on my much needed scope riser.

Think I got it pretty close to my original blueprint

Yep VERY close indeed! Except that you forgot to reinstall the forward assist back onto your 15 22 lol! LOOKS GREAT!!

 

[Scuds03]

Haha yea. I think my dog ate it.

 

[whoppo]

Maybe someone should have their CNC machine whittle us up some fake forward assists that we can epoxy to the upper... maybe with a secret hidden storage compartment

(*cough* BELT_FED *cough*)

 

[DownRange&Upwind]

Maybe someone should have their CNC machine whittle us up some fake forward assists that we can epoxy to the upper... maybe with a secret hidden storage compartment

(*cough* BELT_FED *cough*)

Ive been after some type of forward assist for this rifle since I first saw it last year lol. I mean if its meant to be a AR training weaopn.. why not have all the same features? Functional or not.. even the Colt has the bolt catch.. even though its non fucntional.. its still there.

 

[whoppo]

Ive been after some type of forward assist for this rifle since I first saw it last year lol. I mean if its meant to be a AR training weaopn.. why not have all the same features? Functional or not.. even the Colt has the bolt catch.. even though its non fucntional.. its still there.

Agreed... although some kind of functionality would be nice... perhaps if every time you pushed the assist it ejected a PEZ(tm) candy !! mmmmmmm.

 

[monk]

That is a great looking rifle. Ever since I got mine I have been thinking of painting it that same way.

 

[UpstateNY]

Hey Scuds, what program did you use to create the rifle design? I've played with the AR Builder on the Brownells site, but it doesn't really look that flexible. Thanks!

 

[GeoffSFAs10]

It was posted a page or two back, called pimpmygun. its pretty cool, i played with it this morning. have a new idea for color schemes now.

 

[UpstateNY]

Ah, I missed that. Thanks, I'll have to check it out!