Look out! Invasion of the anti Evil Black Rifles!

OK, I got bored. That's a dangerous thing.
I've become worse than tired of the EBRs. You can't throw a rock without hitting one. They're like weeds popping up everywhere.

I had to take a step back. Maybe I stepped a little too far.


If I fuss about the guys with can openers, dishwashers, and outboard motors hanging off their rifles, I'm told to go pound sand.

It's now their turn to get their fist dirty.

Today was the official unveiling of my anti-EBR. It was a good day at the range. I actually used open sights (which I suck at using) to outshoot the tactical yard sale guys once more.

Meet my Evil Purple Rifle:

This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My rifle, without me, is useless. Without my rifle, I am useless. I must fire my rifle true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I WILL...
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Don't cry. It's not that bad.

It came with a traditional pattern camo stock. I don't care for camo stocks. Call me weird. I don't lurk around in bushes with my rifle so why should it look like one?

Instead of hacking the perfectly good camo job, I bought a surplus stock at Cheaper Than Dirt many years ago. It was the nasty brown 'glass stock we know all too well. Being of less than sound mind and body, I grabbed my nearest rattle can and got after it. That can happened to be Candy Grape that I used to paint a helmet.
The stock was too dark for the spray bomb and left it a really dark "is that really purple" kinda purple.

Fast forward 15 years and I'm so tired of seeing black rifles that I think I'm going to hurl.
We've got a class III shoot coming up next month. That's means it's time to freshen up the Poly. It may not be full auto but it's still fun to shoot. Why not have a little more fun?

I ran to the nearest AutoZone and dug through their paint. the only purple available was a Duplicolor Metalcast which was designed to make metal parts look anodized. I grabbed the primer (rather interesting - it has metal flakes) and the paint.
Two coats of primer covered the scuffed dark purple. Three coats of Metalcast had it looking fingernail polish pink. Three more coats last night left it a real nice purple. This stuff is like spraying Kool Aid. It's really thin.

For the most part, I'm just kinda sick and twisted. Do you know anybody else that installed a 440, distributorless fuel injection, twin turbochargers, and monster sized Mercedes AMG brakes on a 65 Plymouth?

I'm just a little warped that way.

The camera flash really "pinked" it out. It's a fairly deep purple.

Who cares? I get a kick out of it. Should I tire of the color, there's always another can of spray paint down the road.

I could take it to work and have my painters shoot it any Mercedes/Porsche/Maserati/Bentley/Rolls Royce color my little heart desires. We could even bake it in the booth with the cars.

We've done some seriously nipple pink Smart cars. Maybe I'll do that next?

Whatever color I choose, you can't fuss about the holes it puts in the target.

We've only got 5 paint booths. However, I'd have to sucker the painters into doing it. Something simple in a standard color is easy. Getting them to do something that requires effort is another story.
Money is usually involved.