I get a laugh out of "Desert Tan"

[runfrumu]

I got tapco OD funiture on my ak, and I thought about getting the tan. I think it looks alot better than the plain black. Just my opinion.

Everyone and their mother has an all black ak, or one with the wood funiture. why not stand out a little? My bleached white spiked hair and tons of pericings got me alot of ladies around 98 and 99 when i was still in my late teens. I even hooked up with a Hooter's calender girl. Just because i was different than all the rest.

 

[Bwana John]

Growing up with Viet Nam I like OD on my guns and cammies.

The 3 color "coffee stain" desert pattern has really been growing on me lately, however.

 

[Travis McGee]

It's interesting to see how these things go in cycles.

The original modern camouflage uniform was adopted when the British "redcoats" in India and Afghanistan figured out that the enemy were not running away in fear, but were using the redcoats as aiming points. The British Army in India then made the radical move (I'm sure it was against London's wishes) of ditching the trademark redcoats for khaki uniforms. BTW, khaki is the Hindi word for mud. The Brits wanted mud colored uniforms, to match the dust and dirt of their area of operations.

And here we are in 2007, going to the "new" tan or "coyote" color for camouflage. The more things change...

Also I'd note that khaki makes a pretty good all purpose camo color, even in woodlands. There is a reason that deer and cougars are this color...it works in the undergrowth of woods. Plus, regular old khaki is pretty good "city camo," in that it doesn't mark you as a gun nut or "militia" type. You can wear your regular old dockers and so on, in various khaki or medium green colors, and you will blend in, both in the woods, and in the city, without having to change.

Something to think about.

 

[dm1333]

Does this mean that we have EBRs and ETRs now?

 

[AZTOY]

 

[Travis McGee]

AZTOY, that is a CLASSIC!

 

[Eleven Mike]

BTW, khaki is the Hindi word for mud.

I thought it was Urdu for "dust."

 

[ryan in maine]

but desert tan looks so good on me.

 

[Wes Janson]

AZTOY's photo doesn't work for me.


Tan isn't black. And I like green stuff.

 

[gunsmith]

but I do live in the desert

doesn't it make it ok then?

 

[collateral]

something I never understood...


desert eagles with a gold finish.
But, as previously stated, to each his own.

 

[Caimlas]

I can't speak for others, but "Desert tan" is actually fairly close to the undergrowth - tall grass - for a good portion of the year (all but a couple months in the summer). A rifle painted tan/desert tan, OD, and maybe a little coyote would blend in fabulously.

 

[norman74]

As many others have said, "tan" in general (whether called "desert tan", "flat dark earth" or whatever) actually blends in pretty well all over the place. On a personal level, my ARs are different colors so that I can easily spot which is which in the safe. 16" is tan, 11.5" is green, and .22LR is grey.

 

[SAG0282]

You're a damn godless commie if you dont think this is sexy!

 

[LAK]

Actually, "desert tan" is not far in color from - and very similar in tone to - khaki, nutria - or whitetail deer color. A very neutral and most effective general "camo" that dissappears (when unmoving) amongst all but the lightest and darkest backgrounds.

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[Shipwreck]

Do U live in a dark room all the time in order to store your black guns?

So, nothing wrong with the desert color if people like it

 

[Justin]

Well, I'd personally kill for a Glock in Burberry...

This is the best post in the entire thread.

I'm half tempted to work something up in PhotoShop.

As to the colors of guns, who cares? Cars have been available in all sorts of different colors for decades, should gun makers still act like Henry Ford in the early 1900's?

"You can have it in any color you want, so long as it's black."

 

[USMC Tanker]

The colors in question are typically not "Desert Tan" but more often than not, Coyote Brown (yes, there is a difference).

I've seen Coyote Brown in action in wooded, desert, and urban environments. Coyote Brown is the new OD green, it really works everywhere.

Brown is a very neutral color, rather than the very light desert tan. I don't see a problem with coyote brown/"Dark Earth" as Springfield Armory calls it.

 

[jeffkirchner]

Maybe the all-knowing gun store employees are telling customers that guns with camoflage finishes are easier to conceal. Or, maybe they just want to be "tacticool".

 

[Danus ex]

Also note that in practical use, this tan color is more likely to pick up and show grass and dirt stains from the surrounding environment than traditional greens are, adding to the camouflage effect.