Camo Painting Rifles

[JAMARINOG]

Originally Posted by Dan

What I meant to say was I don't have a good one.

I have a GREAT one

Dan,

That is correct. You like the rest of us (Marines) try to hide your humor, LoL. I still remember you interviewing, while training with the JGSDF (Japanese Ground Self Defense Force [I think in early 2000 or could have been earlier]). You tried your hardest, then, too not to laugh and joke around, LMAO!!!

As well, the no humor concept could be why the Black Hats thrashed me EVERY day at least four (4) times a day in Fort Benning while attending Static Line Jump School. Well, me and my roommate (he was in the Navy's Special Boat Team. They hated us, LoL. It was awesome!!!!

P.S. Cleck, you have to be my favorite Ranger, LoL, that I ever worked with!!! I use to dread JRTC and NTC, because the lingo was SO damn different from what we (Marines) used, hehehe!!!

P.S.S. There is Dan, in the right hand corner of the picture trying NOT to laugh. It's actually amusing when he tells people he has no "sense of humor" because they get all scared and intimidated like that TV interview Cleck disclosed earlier, LoL.

[Davo5o]

I've painted several rifles, pistols, and gear since attending GPS.

Everyone asks me "Who does your work, how much does it cost?"

I tell them "I did", with less than 5$ of Krylon.

They always look at me like "seriously?"

It's pretty funny when you realize just how easy it is.

Black rifles just don't look right to me anymore.

[JohnnyB]

In my personal experience, painting rifles can be the most rewarding experience and the biggest pain in the rear. Some good rules to follow:
1. Always scheme your rifle for the environment you will be operating in.
2. KISS-elaborate paintjobs are time-consuming and look just like....PAINTJOBS!
3. Try to paint your rifle in a decent temperature with low humidity and let it set for at least a day before you take it to the range. Krylon is notorious for rubbing off if not let to cure properly. And it doesn't do so good in hi temp regions, so reapplication will be in order.
4. Be creative. Everybody paints their rifles with branches and twigs. There are other schemes to try- multicam might not be a bad idea if you are in a rural/suburban area. This color scheme seems to blend in with a lot of things I've noticed(A little harder to get it right though.)
5. Breaking up the outline should be your first priority
Another thing I notice people rarely try is to break up the outline of the weapon to be painted. If you paint a rifle tan, then you're just going to have a rifle that's tan. In WW2 battleships were painted in a non orthodox manner called dazzle camo. It looks ridiculous up close but far away it was extremely hard for the human eye to pick up the lines of the ship. Another thing to try is actually tying some kind of veg/burlap onto low friction areas that aren't too likely to snag. The bottom line is most people paint their rifles a camo scheme because it looks cool. For the rest of us, it is a necessity. And don't be scared! Everything you do can be undone with a can of paint thinner, a couple shop rags and about 3 hours!

[JohnnyB]

Here are just a few examples of 3 of the dozens of rifles I've painted. The 2 Mk11 are mine and a buddies. Notice the difference between the top(Krylon Khaki) and bottom(Light Coyote). Khaki doesn't look very much like a shade of tan now does it? The top we used for urban, and the bottom was just a fun paint job I wanted to try. The XM-3 was my personal(being an 18.5" bbl, I loved it!) and my go-to gun for almost any op. It outperformed my M40A3 in accuracy, weight and it had a Surefire can I could take on and off.

[Davo5o]

Looks great JohnnyB. Sweet rigs as well.

We meet at the May instructor development and did some pistol shooting in the morning.

Good to see you're still at it.

[standsalone]

Originally Posted by Cleck

The first part of conquering your fear of painting your weapons is admitting you have a problem. Since you have completed this step, the next is to come on out to the range and let us paint it for you.

I think when I finally make it down , i am going to bring all my rifles for you guys to paint... lol I had no issues painting rifles for my unit , but now that these are mine I have been pussing out! lol

[Cleck]

Sounds good! We tend to paint one gun as a block of instruction and then let the students paint their own. I was begged and begged by a student to paint his gun for him also and added in my own extra touch to the pattern that was quite obvious to everyone else, and he didn't find 'till later that day.

We could even identify him on one of the stalking exercises by clearly seeing the custom portion of his rifle through the spotting scope.

[oneshot]

Hey Everyone, I'm pretty new to this site, but I thought you might be interested in my upcoming project. I painted my Rem 700 .308 with that flat Krylon paint and it worked great. I liked it a lot. The only problem was that it wore off pretty quick from crawling, carrying, firing, just your normal sniper rifle wear and tear. Yeah, I can simply give it a shot of paint here and there every once in a while, but I decided to paint my rifle in Multicam Duracoat. My paint just showed up and now I'm in the process of getting everything ready to paint. I will keep you posted with pictures of my progress. Until then.

[Spooky8]

FYI, Krylon has come out with two (2) new camo colors....sand and light woodland green....

Ordered them today...

Spooky8

out

[Cleck]

Originally Posted by oneshot

...The only problem was that it wore off pretty quick from crawling, carrying, firing, just your normal sniper rifle wear and tear...

That is the best part! You look like the new guy when it is perfectly painted.