Brightly colored, and colorful guns

... Is this what we've come to in order to grow more shooters and gun-owners? Cosmetics? ...

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<shrug> If that gets a lot of them to dip their toes in the water, who cares?

Many of those who remain will probably come to appreciate and value the more traditional styles as well.

Without reading the entire thread:

Freedom is wonderful. Choices are good.

I have no problem with colored guns at all. When I purchased a rifle for my oldest gg daughter I went to the company's website and had her chose the color she wanted. She chose pink laminate and that's what she got. She's proud of it too. Of course grandpa wouldn't spoil any of his two generations of grandchildren. I believe it's up to us to provide young people with an interest in the shooting sports and if colored guns help I'm all for it.

A few years back I built a highly modified 10/22. I turned down a Green Mountain .920 barrel to much slimmer proportions to shed the weight and hopefully retain it's accuracy. I put a high polish on it and left in the white. Polished the receiver and trigger guard and polished and jeweled the bolt. Then, just to continue making something a little different I made an aluminum buttplate with milled checkering and polished it. The stock I made is pretty wild too and is painted in what I called my version of urban camo. It has a base color of very light blue and I airbrushed it with a black, blue, red and purple camo design and finished off with a high gloss clear coat. I've had quite a few compliments on the gun including some from gentlemen in my age group. The way I look at it is if you don't like the looks of a gun due to any reason including the color no one is forcing you to have one.

I'll admit that nearly all my shooting stock is classical blue and wood and I love the looks but damn, having only blued guns is like the Model T Ford, available in any color you want as long as it's black. Spice stuff up a little whether it's guns or cars. I drive the reddest Acadia you can find.

IMHO........Life is way too short to waste one's time worrying about the color of other folk's guns.

I prefer traditional blue (or black) or nickel plated arms for a couple of more or less 'irrelevant' reasons.

1. I'm a traditional sort of fellow.

2. Those finishes do not clash with my wardrobe.

3. I considered a pink gun for a bit, but it clashed with my eyes.

If such colors appeal to women - which I take to be the target market - I think it's great if it gets the buyer seriously interested in own and learning a firearm.

Archie said:

I prefer traditional blue (or black) or nickel plated arms for a couple of more or less 'irrelevant' reasons.

1. I'm a traditional sort of fellow.

2. Those finishes do not clash with my wardrobe.

3. I considered a pink gun for a bit, but it clashed with my eyes.

If such colors appeal to women - which I take to be the target market - I think it's great if it gets the buyer seriously interested in own and learning a firearm.

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Men miss the boat by a mile trying to target women buyers and the guitar industry is just as guilty. In an electric guitar, specifically a Jazz, archtop guitar, I'd like a compact body that doesn't break my arm to get around it, good tone, light weight and a comfortable neck. What the guitar companies give us? Hello Kitty guitars and other ugly garbage that weighs a ton. In short, they don't listen to us.

For guns, we (or I) like a nice compact gun, not a mouse gun, but a compact gun that balances well, feels good in the hand, has a good trigger, easy to rack and maintain. What the gun companies give us? Pink guns, a hard slide to rack and prone to rust with abrasive recoil and PIA to takedown. I don't think they're listening at all....

Laura

A woman at work who hunts and fishes is vocally angry about the fact that “blaze pink” has become a color hunters are allowed to wear afield in Virginia.

I agree with the posts above; if allowing more color options brings more people into our community, it is a net positive for us. Nobody is making me shoot a pink gun or wear pink camo, but if an additional color option brings an additional X > 0% of women or men into fold of “hunters” or “gun owners” then I say bring it on!

Sovblocgunfan said:

Yall should look up the “fruity ghost” AR lowers. The builder Boris is known for his various builds and puts together really funny threads.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/ar-15/Fruity_Ghost___DIY_100s_of_ARs_cheaper__faster__gentler_/4-676733/

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That thread is epic! I am constantly amazed by the resourcefulness of the human race.

I almost bought a blue Pavona. The only thing that stopped me was the non-replaceable front sight. I rather liked the color.

It's not my taste at all. However, if it gets more women and kids interested in the sport, I'll get over it.
The biggest issue I see (after I blink a lot because of being blinded by all those bright colors) is that most of the models are lightweight and very small frame guns. Other than kid-sized rifles, these are usually poor choices for beginner guns.

The Mark IV 22 Lite has a "Diamond Gray" barrel which looks really sharp to me. I can go for that, but to me, really flashy colors work better on other things - such as my Jazzmaster build which I had Pat Wilkins paint Purple burst....

I've seen a few that I'd use. Especially on a rifle meant for target shooting or a sporting clays shotgun. On a handgun meant for carry or a hunting rifle I'd prefer something more subdued, but don't mind non-traditional colors. I have a couple of rifles with green stocks and have had some in various forms of camo. I have a Glock with a green frame and another in brown.

I'm not a huge fan of laminated stocks, but I actually like the looks of some of these. You'll have to scroll down to see most of them.

https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/gallery#colors

And I'd hunt with #3 or #5 from these. I'd kinda like that in a red or orange.

I like shiny stuff, and I get very bored of seeing the same black on black all the time, so I DO like that you can get polymer guns in different colors now. I kinda wish that Tanfoglio would offer their larger frame polly guns in the Pavona color options.

Mastrogiacomo said:

Men miss the boat by a mile trying to target women buyers and the guitar industry is just as guilty. In an electric guitar, specifically a Jazz, archtop guitar, I'd like a compact body that doesn't break my arm to get around it, good tone, light weight and a comfortable neck. What the guitar companies give us? Hello Kitty guitars and other ugly garbage that weighs a ton. In short, they don't listen to us.

For guns, we (or I) like a nice compact gun, not a mouse gun, but a compact gun that balances well, feels good in the hand, has a good trigger, easy to rack and maintain. What the gun companies give us? Pink guns, a hard slide to rack and prone to rust with abrasive recoil and PIA to takedown. I don't think they're listening at all....

Laura

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Speaking of, i THINK the Pavonas are built on a compact variant of the Tanfoglio P-S frame, which might fit what your looking for...and they come in less garish colors if you like
Out of the Box the triggers on the fogis are usually kinda squishy, but beyond that (and the fact the P-S frame was way too small for me) I thought their poly pistols were quite nice. I should mention ive never shot a Pavona, only played with one in the store. I owned a P-S for a few years, and have shot the regular P framed guns.

Nice guitar.

I love color on guitars too. This one here is exactly like mine (‘68 Casino w Vibraphone)

jmr40 said:

I've seen a few that I'd use. Especially on a rifle meant for target shooting or a sporting clays shotgun. On a handgun meant for carry or a hunting rifle I'd prefer something more subdued, but don't mind non-traditional colors. I have a couple of rifles with green stocks and have had some in various forms of camo. I have a Glock with a green frame and another in brown.

I'm not a huge fan of laminated stocks, but I actually like the looks of some of these. You'll have to scroll down to see most of them.

https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/gallery#colors

And I'd hunt with #3 or #5 from these. I'd kinda like that in a red or orange.

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Those marbled stocks are quite nice, id rock either on a stainless gun...Id prefer gray on gray or red on a blued/blacked gun.

I still want to do a whole AR Acid washed red/orange....cost of the ano would probably be half the price of the gun tho.

double tap

Elkins45 said:

That thread is epic! I am constantly amazed by the resourcefulness of the human race.

I almost bought a blue Pavona. The only thing that stopped me was the non-replaceable front sight. I rather liked the color.

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Actually, that blue Pavona has a certain attraction for me. It reminds me strongly of the blue speckle ceramic camp ware.

Nice guitars, both of you!
As for brightly colored guns, at the right price I'd be interested. I gotta paint one of my AK mags yellow.....

This is nice...I don't usually like laminated gun stocks but I do find this appealing...

GunnyUSMC said:

Yeah, I bet a Hello Kitty painted gun would sway a juror to convict you.

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I’d vote to convict you
It takes a real tough guy
And one who probably isn’t afraid of anything to have a gun like that

So obviously guilty

(Just kidding and ribbing my friend Gunny)

Don't let my wife see the Hello Kitty AR-she'll want to get one-for me! I made the mistake of saying I thought Hello Kitty was cute (well, she is....), and she's been buying me Hello Kiity stuff for the last 20 years. I have quite a collection.

I would not fault another human for the color of their vehicle, though I would press them to drive it with care.

I hope no one finds my stash of Red, White and Blue bullets...
...as they are next to the green, grey and purple ones!

Now, how to color code the cases... Rit dye perhaps?

It's like the zombie targets, tannerite, chainsaw bayonets, slide fire stocks, etc.

As long as it gets more people to the range, I'm fine with it.

Hokie_PhD said:

I’d vote to convict you
It takes a real tough guy
And one who probably isn’t afraid of anything to have a gun like that

So obviously guilty

(Just kidding and ribbing my friend Gunny)

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A Boy Named Sue, Second Amendment-Style!

Hokie_PhD said:

I’d vote to convict you
It takes a real tough guy
And one who probably isn’t afraid of anything to have a gun like that

So obviously guilty

(Just kidding and ribbing my friend Gunny)

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Now I don't have a pink gun in my house because, I have three basic rules. I don't wear skirts, I don't date men and I don't wear pink. But I won't pick on you if you build a pink AR.