Refinish/Camo pics of Browning and Savage rifles

[Meta]

Having had both of these rifles damaged in a fire several years back, I've finally gotten around to refinishing them. The stocks of both rifles, being composite, were a total loss. Not a bad thing since the tupperware that comes with them leaves a lot to be desired. The Browning Stalker stock being quite a bit better than the Savage Model 12. Thats not saying much since the original Savage stock was garbage. It still shot extremely well, just like most Savages. Replacement Bell and Carlson Medalist stocks in hand, I sandblasted all of the metal parts on both rifles and then proceeded with an airbrush a basecoat (after the pre-treatment) of KG Gunkote in McMillan Tan. That followed by several other colors with vegetation stencils to provide the depth and shadow, working light to dark colors. The final color being a VERY light fade of flat black with additional vegetation stencils in a few areas to provide full depth of field. I don't think the Boar or deer will see my Browning this year and the Woodchucks will not see the Savage poking out of the grass.

Savage Model 12, .223 Rem.

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Browning Stalker, 30-06

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[Rokman]

They look great! Now you might want to try knocking down the gloss of that Nikon scope.

 

[Sock Puppet]

They both look great! Looks like a ton of work, but it sure seems worth it.

 

[Meta]

Yes, that gloss on the Nikon admits a bit of a contrast with the matte camo! I'm either going to replace the scope with a matte black one or I will use the air cured KG GunKote to do a camo job on it. I don't think the scope would hold up to the 325 degrees baking of the regular GunKote! Bad, expensive experiment that would be. Even though, strangely enough, the scope survived the fire and functions/tracks perfectly. It was hot enough to surface melt/damage some of the plastic stocks so why scopes were able to survive with apparently no damage to what is likely at least some plastic parts internally is a bit of a mystery.
The other option is that self-adhesive camo tape that I could at least for the time being wrap around the scope until I come up with a more permanent solution.

 

[SFTitan]

Yes, that gloss on the Nikon admits a bit of a contrast with the matte camo! I'm either going to replace the scope with a matte black one or I will use the air cured KG GunKote to do a camo job on it. I don't think the scope would hold up to the 325 degrees baking of the regular GunKote! Bad, expensive experiment that would be. Even though, strangely enough, the scope survived the fire and functions/tracks perfectly. It was hot enough to surface melt/damage some of the plastic stocks so why scopes were able to survive with apparently no damage to what is likely at least some plastic parts internally is a bit of a mystery.
The other option is that self-adhesive camo tape that I could at least for the time being wrap around the scope until I come up with a more permanent solution.

How do you like the Nikon Monarch? I'm debating between the Monarch and a Vortex Viper.

 

[shootr]

Great-loking rifles, nice job!

 

[taliv]

very nice job!

 

[Meta]

Actually, I really don't like the Nikon that much. I would give the Vortex a try and steer you away from the Nikon. I've heard a lot of good things about Vortex recently. All that being said, this Nikon Monarch will be getting replaced with a Nightforce. After years of compromise on optics, I finally stepped up and bought one for my T2K and I can't go backwards. They even leave my Leupold VIII's with something to be desired.