Camo Patterns Which one makes your mouth water

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For practical purposes, nothing beats a homemade, terrain-specific camo job. They're usually not pretty, but they do the job.

If I were to do one, I would paint the grips "anti-camo", i.e. flourescent orange or red. They'll be covered while stalking with the gun, i.e. when only you know where the gun is because its in your hands. Once you set it down, however, it suddenly becomes really easy to find. It seems like a better alternative to carrying a metal detector to help you find your gun after you set it down in the brush and go about field dressing while the sun goes down. :)

For purely aesthetic, "cool factor" purposes, I have other patterns that I like. Of course, they can be functional as well.

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ETA: Those are Zak Smith's ARs. Credit for the photo, and props for the fine taste.
 

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I mean ....it's different... have not done any of this pattern yet.
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I've done Flecktarn a couple of times. Its a little more labor intense and really needs a brush for all but the base to get a decent job.

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And a version of Tropentarn. I call it bored and laid off Gumbo. :)
This was just a light sand base and I used sheets of notebook paper and a three hole punch to make the patterns. All was sprayed.

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Flecktarn, polka dots for the camo generation.

I am a bigger fan of standard Olive drab though. Most of the pants I where are Czech surplus OD six pocket. Great pants, without that Camo weirdness in public places.
 
I was thinking of designing a system thats KISS, something like velcro tabs and a person can buy "wraps" of different patterns like Realtree, Woodland, Desert, and Arctic coloring.

Something a lot of people forget is to camo a mag, shiny news mags are easy to spot.
 
Great pants, without that Camo weirdness in public places.
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I know what your saying, but around here, you stick out if your not wearing some sort of cammies, even in town and on Sunday. A lot of that has to do if your a city boy or country boy. We dont see to many baggy shorts and shirts with funny looking ball caps around here. :)

As far as Flecktarn goes, its lineage is really THE first effective mass produced and used camo pattern, and probably has done more to get us where we are these days, than anything else.
 
Like the scene in the movie "Shooter", a couple cans of camo Krylon and some ferns or leaves is all you need.
 
I usually paint everything. It makes for a better job. With the right paints, it can be usually be completely removed down the road if you want a change. Some paints are more permanent than others, and you do need to be aware of what your using.

Heat from the barrel and suppressor shouldnt be a problem. I've shot things like my MP5 and AK's to the point you couldnt touch the barrels, and the paint didnt bubble off or discolor.
 
What do you do about serial numbers and other manfacutor markings. I was thinking some white paint in the engraving would look sharp.
 
I just paint over them. If your worried about them, you can mask them off.

On some guns, like my M1's and M1A's, I used to just fill the lettering and witness marks with white or yellow paint to highlight them.
 
This one is pretty interesting and actually very good for desert-like conditions.
 
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