Lets see some home camo jobs...
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Code3GT
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oh what a beauty! think i'll do some research to do my own Model 60 
Fumbler
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Krylon is a wonderful thing.
My Mossberg 500
-shortened barrel to 18.5"
-cut off vent rib
-silver soldered on mossberg ghost ring front sight post, screwed in ghost ring rear
-installed tru-choke thin walls
-Krylon black-khaki-green digital camo
It's not a rifle, but it's an example of a home camo job.
It requires a LOT of time cutting masking tape.
My Mossberg 500
-shortened barrel to 18.5"
-cut off vent rib
-silver soldered on mossberg ghost ring front sight post, screwed in ghost ring rear
-installed tru-choke thin walls
-Krylon black-khaki-green digital camo
It's not a rifle, but it's an example of a home camo job.
It requires a LOT of time cutting masking tape.
anymanusa
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great pics guys. Lets see some pics of guns so camoflaged that you can't make out the outline of the gun.
Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Nice going, D. Boone and Fumbler - y'alls actually look professional - mine, OTOH, LOOKS homemade, and I'm embarrassed to put it up. But it WAS done with poison ivy leaves, before I realized what they were - that's a long story involving a rash on the face and a lot of scratching.
TehK1w1
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HAHAHAHA...ouch, dude
Fumbler
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Believe me, if you set my shotgun down in the woods you'd better remember where you put it.
Post yours.
I'm sure it's good.
A few things to remember about camo jobs:
-It's all about breaking up the outline. If the darkness of your colors are too similar then your gun will end up looking like it's one solid color. You need lights and darks to contrast.
-It's all about breaking up the outline (again). If your pattern is too small/too detailed then it still ends up looking like a solid color. Popular camo clothing is a good example. They have tons of details with foliage and bark, but if you see a hunter from just a short distance away they look like they're wearing a brown suit. You can have detail, but you need to keep the overall bigger picture in mind. Ask yourself "how does this look from 10 feet away? 20 ft? 50 ft?"
-Think through the entire process before you get started. Which parts will be painted? Which parts will have fit/function issues if they're painted? Are the parts thoroughly cleaned? What parts need to be masked off and when?
Anyone can make a great camo job, it just takes a little thinking.
hankdatank1362
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Head over to snipershide.com... there's a wealth of information on the subject.
Oh, and the purpose of camoflaguing something is to beak up the contrast. What looks the best might not always work the best, and what looks "crappy and homemade" might be the best in the field or woods.
But man, Fumbler's Mossy looks awesome!
Oh, and the purpose of camoflaguing something is to beak up the contrast. What looks the best might not always work the best, and what looks "crappy and homemade" might be the best in the field or woods.
But man, Fumbler's Mossy looks awesome!
RockyMtnTactical
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My brother did these.
You can see how well it works.
You can see how well it works.
CajunBass
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This is my old Sears/Roebuck 12 ga pump. I did the paint job back about 1978-79 or so. I used some stuff called "Bowdull" which oddly enough was made for painting Bows.
The gun was pretty ugly as it was. I figured I couldn't hurt it too much.
The gun was pretty ugly as it was. I figured I couldn't hurt it too much.
gvnwst
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just a question, how does one do the patterns with Krylon? I really want to camo my .22, but i don't know how.
AK103K
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You can slow the solvents eating the paint if you finish with a couple of over coats of clear flat lacquer. It also helps flatten and even out the whole paint job.
For patterns, you can use sheets of notebook paper with patterns cut out and just laid over the gun. What works best for most patterns though, spraying the base with the lightest color in the pattern, then finishing up with a brush.
For patterns, you can use sheets of notebook paper with patterns cut out and just laid over the gun. What works best for most patterns though, spraying the base with the lightest color in the pattern, then finishing up with a brush.
Fumbler
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I think the idea is camo uses patches of color to break an object up.
Adding pixels to the boundary between patches of colors, and a few here and there within a patch, further break up the patches.
From far away you can't see the small pixels, but the larger patches are effective in hiding an object. Close in the pixels break up the patches so they are less noticable.
The military's spent huge amounts of money testing digital patterns and found them to work better than traditional patterns.
The pics that RockyMtnTactical posted would be good camo too. You have larger colored areas that are further broken down with the light colored netting effect.
Basically:
1 - Clean everything, scuff up if necessary
2 - prime if necessary
3 - put on your base coat (i used black on my Mossberg)
4 - cut out a lot of small patterns out of some masking tape
5 - put the tape wherever you want it to be the base color
6 - spray on the next coat (green for me)
7 - put on more masking tape cutouts wherever you want it to be green. Overlapping and putting in a few very small pixels here and there really makes it look nice.
8 - spray on the next color
9 - keep on doing that for however many colors you want
10 - peel off the tape after the paint has dried
you have to let it dry after each coat of course.
It's a very very time consuming process, but the more time you spend the more detail you'll get.
BTW, Hoppe's #9, Hoppe's Benchrest, and Breakfree CLP hasn't eaten any of my Krylon.
Mike2
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Love the bumper sticker.
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