Mossberg 500 camo finish: What is it made of?

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These Mossy Oak camoflauge finishes you see on the Mossberg shotguns, does anyone know what that stuff is, and how resilient it actually is? I would think they would use different products for the metal parts, and for the plastic stocks, and would think at least the plastic stocks would be pretty easily scratched, but I'm just guessing.
 
The early "woodland" camo Mossberg used might have been paint, but the newer guns use hydrographic dipping just like everybody else.

I've had my Realtree APG coated 500 out for a couple of turkey seasons. It has a tiny bit of wear on sharp edges like the front of the receiver, but nothing you'd notice unless you were looking for it.
 
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I have an older Mossberg shotgun with the Woodland camo finish and I'm pretty sure it was painted on. Whatever they used it has held up very well over the years, showing only a few minor nicks and scrapes. I believe the newer ones use the hydrographic camo finish that natman mentioned.
 
jaguarxk120 said:
Please note "hydrographic" is a process used to apply the PAINT to the stock!
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Only if you have a very unusual definition of "paint". It uses a decal floating on a water bath. The object to be dipped is often painted using actual paint beforehand to provide a consistent base color.

Here's a short video.
 
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