Thoughts on painting precision rifles?

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Nothing wrong with painting a rifle, and personally, unless it's really horrible, I don't think it affects resale value much if any.

Just because you're out shooting doesn't mean you can't be pretty.
 
Precision rifle? How 'bout an Anschutz 1913 .22 LR with a custom stock, custom barrel and a 24x scope. All for 50 ~ 100 yard NRA prone competition.

Roger

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Krylon is beautiful. I would never paint a high end rifle like this but my Mossy ATR 30-06...Yea Absolutly!

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Just the stock:

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No paint:

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MarkR said:
Two words: baby poop.

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I actually like that better than all black. :uhoh:

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Cody and JPWilly, great looking rifles. :)
 
Camo is overrated for hunting and yes I own some. Painting a rifle can effect value in some cases.

Time change and tastes are all different. Henry Ford didn't invent the saying "You can have any color you want, as long as it is black." for no reason at all.

Some people will buy anything though, or else you wouldn't ever see neon green cars on the road. Not a lot of market for them but someone will buy them.
 
As far as resale value, painted rifles in my area are the bottom-of-the-barrel in pricing and tend to sit and collect dust right beside badly-sportered milsurps.
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I wonder how this compares to professionaly done "dip" camo like this?

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I cannot believe there's some who seem really concerned that a $400 rifle might drop in value by 200 dollars. Heck, there are lots of folks paying that much for a brick or two of 22 ammo these days. It's a savage for heavens sake. Good, accurate rifle but will never be a high valued collectable. Here's another vote that says do what you want and paint the damn thing. Enjoy it. I just don't understand the logic of those who are more concerned about the value for someone else down the road versus the current owner enjoying the rifle the way he wants to today. Just my 2 cents...;)
 
I have been tempted to paint a couple of my firearms, but I just can't bring myself to do so. I do like the appearance of so many of the custom painted rifles I see around THR. But, keep in mind, I am also the guy who just can't bring himself to modify any Mil Surp rifle in any way that could not be reversed. In the past, I simply have opted for a removable cover on my rifles to protect the stock, as an example.

Geno
 
If you use the right paints, they can be removed completely, with no damage to the gun. I usually use Testors, but I have used Krylon (not Fusion), and it seems to come off just as well.

These were painted for over 25 years, and the Mossberg still is.
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I stripped the 1100 a couple of years back, and restocked it. As you can see, the parts that were painted, no longer are...

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As far as spooking game, Ive found they come in a lot closer, and especially when bird hunting in the open, when Im all cammied up and my gun is painted, versus unpainted.

They do notice the movement, but the difference of the unpainted gun moving is much more noticeable and eye attracting, than one that isnt.


Multicam is a very easy pattern to do, and it does work great. :)

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Same gun without the background...

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@sixgunner455 - I like the Mossy it's a good shooter and was cheap. If I was buying now with other better choices I'd probably choose an Savage Axis or Marlin X7in 308 Win instead but this rifle was purchased back when those weren't on the market and it was on sale for $219 at Wally World. It's an Ought SIX and I've shot handloads into less than 1" groups with it. Cheap factory loads like Federal and Remington will shot around 1.5" groups. It prefers 155gr and 168gr pills. Still very good for a $219 dollar rifle with a $70 scope.

If anyone wants to know how I did this quick paint job here it here goes:

Frist wipe down all parts to be painted with denatured alcohol, use painters tape to mask off anything you don't want painted. I used a streached out metal hanger to hang the part I was paintin. Spray down a base coat and don't try for 100% coverage on the base coat or you'll get runs. apply additional layers until covered completely. Then use a accent color or two in the pattern you want this can be more complex like digital camo or simple like I did by painting stripes (It's what I'd call field expediant! ). I used the tan and the dark brown. When I was done with the brown stripes I "dusted" them with light tan again to tone it down.

Regards - Joel
 
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I cannot believe there's some who seem really concerned that a $400 rifle might drop in value by 200 dollars. Heck, there are lots of folks paying that much for a brick or two of 22 ammo these days.
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$200 may be a nice dinner to some folks but it may be a 3 months savings for others.
 
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Thoughts on painting precision rifles?
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To each their own. Personally, I would not paint 'cause paint wears off easily. I'd get the shrink wrap heat activated skins that use a blow dryer to apply.
 
It's really a personal choice. I will think of a particular look I want for a particular rifle and go for it. It differs for me from rifle to rifle. Dont really need the "camoflague" for my useage but just like peope with diffferent taste is colors I happen to like certain types of camo. It's just a choice I make. It only has to satisify me and no one else and I dont consider what it does to the resale value.

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So I took some Duracoat and turned a rifle that I have appx $4K invested in and turned into something that a another person would'nt give $500 for it.
That's ok though as I am perfectly happy and content with my choice and will live with it. May however someday get bored with the digital and re-do in another pattern.

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Ha, nice one taliv.

Beautiful rifle, dubbleA. Which caliber is it?

I haven't handled a ton of "painted" rifles, but the ones I have handled always seemed to have a strange texture or feel to the painted areas. Kinda grippy... I don't know how to describe it well. They just feel different, in a way I didn't like.

If that's the case with all "painted" rifles, that would be enough to keep me from ever painting one. I like the look when its well done, but the feel and texture bothers me.
 
Nice rifle, doubleA. Anybody who knew what they were looking at wouldn't care what color you painted it.

$575.
 
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