Camo Paint

[Gun pup]

After a lot of prepping, taping, dismantling and practicing on plywood- the finished product. I used a FDE basecoat and flat brown overspray, then sealed with flat clear. The foliage pattern is from needles, leaves and shrubbery around our place.

It was scary to start, but fun once it started coming together as well as it did. I am leaving the receiver as-is, being the working area of the gun and the fact that this is a deer rifle, not an insurgent repellant. For any Leupold fans, note the taped off gold ring

 

[macliver]

What kind of paint did you use and what was the prep like? And when are you going to paint the upper and lower?

 

[copemech]

Looks like a great job to me!

 

[Gun pup]

I used the Krylon ultra flat camo paint, with a flat clear coat. I took most of the rifle apart (forend, buffer tube, scope mount, stock) to paint separately. Everything painted was cleaned with alcohol and dried. Besides the receiver and parts of the scope, I taped off the gas tube. The receiver will remain as-is.

 

[macliver]

I used the Krylon ultra flat camo paint, with a flat clear coat. I took most of the rifle apart (forend, buffer tube, scope mount, stock) to paint separately. Everything painted was cleaned with alcohol and dried. Besides the receiver and parts of the scope, I taped off the gas tube. The receiver will remain as-is.

Thanks Pup! Rifle looks fantastic!! Seriously thinking about doing mine, just can't get over that hump yet! But I'm sure I will. May try to match it to my McMillan stock on my Rem700 setup. Cheers.

Mac

 

[LlindeX]

Camo job looks good to me! I like your gun: nice and light; the way she was born to be.