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    I'm weird; love camo jobs on hunting rifles. Just did my AR...

    Built an AR in .450 Bushmaster for my new woods carry carbine and had to give it one of my proprietary camo jobs. Not my best, but it will do...

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    My turkey/home defense shotgun turned out better, IMHO...

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    My safe overflow wall seems to tell a tale of preferences...

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    I think they look great! How about a short lesson on how it is done?
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    No magic involved...

    I just wipe it down with the Windex vinegar blend, tape off anything I don't want painted, then apply a base coat of what I want the primary color to be. In this case it was OD Green. I use Krylon Camo paint .

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    Then I go out in the yard and look for leaves that I want to pattern on the rifle...

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    Then I just start trying to use a balance of the colors I want on all areas of the rifle, holding different leaves against the base coat and giving quick bursts of paint.

    Since I will be carrying this thing in such a wide variety of terrain and vegetation types, I incorporated four different colors on it and it doesn't look quite as cool as others I've done. But it still works.

    I don't care how well it holds up since it is basically a free camo job and I can change it whenever I get a wild hair. But my Bushmaster was done in `99 and it still looks good.
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    I did that to an old "Bubba"-ed mauser. Only i cut out the camel from a pack of cigarettes and called it camelflauge.

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    Nothing like natural wood
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    Quote Originally Posted by salpal48 View Post
    Nothing like natural wood
    Oh, I have some beautiful custom stocks that cost more than all of my ARs combined, but wood shrinks, then expands, and gets damaged easily in the woods.

    It's beautiful, but inefficient...


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    I think your AR looks great. Gonna do my 6.5 Grendel pretty soon. Hope it turns out as good as yours.

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    It's almost camo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cas View Post


    It's almost camo.
    that would work as snow camo

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    Nice gun pics!
    I do like the Winter Twig, White with black twigs running through.

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    I've painted all my plastic stocks, dont know why gunmakers have to take a model T approach to it. Would it really hurt to offer two or three different colors?
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    Quote Originally Posted by FergusonTO35 View Post
    I've painted all my plastic stocks, dont know why gunmakers have to take a model T approach to it. Would it really hurt to offer two or three different colors?
    Same here. Only my Nylon66 gets a pass.

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    Yup, you da man!
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    Yea I too have taken a painting bug here lately. I use the mesh laundry bag method.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGrimReaper View Post
    Yea I too have taken a painting bug here lately. I use the mesh laundry bag method.
    Yeah, those turn out very nice!

    Mine really are more functional than aesthetic, so good ol' leaves and branches still do the job.

    Got my optic in and now just waiting on the sling to arrive before declaring it ready for duty...

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    My G29 in 10mm is it's companion...

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    Here is how My brother and I did a couple of ours.
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