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Posted: 3/12/2009 5:18:03 PM EDT

Went From This:

To this:

Edit: The few smears you see will be corrected in a few days after its had time to cure. I will tape the areas that need fixing, and repaint the stripes. They are smears, not chipping. This paint is VERY durable, i did a Ruger 10/22 like this and has stood up to a ton of abuse and still looks like the day I painted it.

Posted: 3/12/2009 5:19:58 PM EDT

[#1]

That thing is frickin COOL!! How did you do that?

Posted: 3/12/2009 5:20:03 PM EDT

[#2]

Not a big fan of paint on rifles, but that's like a damn nice job....

Posted: 3/12/2009 5:21:01 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
That thing is frickin COOL!! How did you do that?

Used a base coat of khaki, then used the pine straw method with some brown earth paint.

Posted: 3/12/2009 5:21:07 PM EDT

[#4]

Nice job

Posted: 3/12/2009 5:22:09 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
That thing is frickin COOL!! How did you do that?

Used a base coat of khaki, then used the pine straw method with some brown earth paint.

Very nice!!

Posted: 3/12/2009 5:24:00 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:
That thing is frickin COOL!! How did you do that?

Used a base coat of khaki, then used the pine straw method with some brown earth paint.

Very nice!!

Thanks!!! I like it alot better now, like getting a new rifle.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:37:50 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Not a big fan of paint on rifles, but that's like a damn nice job....

I used to not be a fan, but I like the change sometimes.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:39:34 PM EDT

[#8]

What sort of paint did you use?

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:42:21 PM EDT

[#9]

I was gonna say some smart a remark asking if you fluted your barrel with a dremel too, but I dig that paint job.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:43:10 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
What sort of paint did you use?

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:44:04 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
What sort of paint did you use?

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:44:05 PM EDT

[#12]

Lay that down in the piney woods and it's a lost sumbitch.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:47:41 PM EDT

[#13]

Looks like shit. It doesn't blend in at all with it's background.
J/K

Looks real good, I did something similar with a twig from a pine tree and some Krylon.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:49:55 PM EDT

[#14]

Hoooahhhh!!! fuckin git sum! nice work!!

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:49:59 PM EDT

[#15]

Nice! Id be afraid to set that thing down outside. Id never find the damn thing.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:50:44 PM EDT

[#16]

I like it... that would work well here in FL in many areas.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:52:04 PM EDT

[#17]

PAINT..............................what kind

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:52:49 PM EDT

[#18]

Very nice. I've been considering attempting something similar on one of my rifles.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:53:14 PM EDT

[#19]

He used spray paint, duh.

Posted: 3/12/2009 6:58:08 PM EDT

[#20]

Fun, ain't it ?

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:01:06 PM EDT

[#21]

Good looking rifle. The pine needle paint jobs have yielded some of the best camo jobs I've seen to date. I want to get another AR or two before I paint one of mine

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:01:28 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Not a big fan of paint on rifles, but that's like a damn nice job....

This. If you did that yourself, you did a damn, DAMN good job. Props. Looks great!

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:04:55 PM EDT

[#23]

I like the quality of the paint job.

I just don't like the paint job...

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:05:38 PM EDT

[#24]

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:06:37 PM EDT

[#25]

I love it.

I'm gonna do that when my balls drop...

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:08:06 PM EDT

[#26]

Badass!!!

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:10:12 PM EDT

[#27]

Nice job.

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:12:09 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What sort of paint did you use?

I used the camo series from Krylon. I did this on my Ruger 10/22 a year ago and its held up to a ton of abuse.

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:14:49 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
I love it.

I'm gonna do that when my balls drop...

Yea, this was something I wrestled with for a long time. Then said fuck it, I don't plan on selling any of my 3 ar's. This one in particular is my main battle weapon, its taken everything from 250 pound boars, snakes, coyotes, skunks, etc.. Its a Bushy V Match that is MOA all day with Federal I buy at Walmart.

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:28:50 PM EDT

[#30]

Looks great!

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:29:24 PM EDT

[#31]

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:33:05 PM EDT

[#32]

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:49:43 PM EDT

[#33]

that is a great job,

I am very impressed

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:52:56 PM EDT

[#34]

That looks great!

Do not drop it in the woods, you may never find it.

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:53:21 PM EDT

[#35]

Looks freakin awesome. Well done!

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:58:10 PM EDT

[#36]

Very very nice!

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:58:12 PM EDT

[#37]

I'm generally not a fan of patterns like that, but one can't deny how effective they are.

Be careful where you put it down...might not find it again.

Posted: 3/12/2009 7:59:09 PM EDT

[#38]

Very nice!

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:04:44 PM EDT

[#39]

nice job

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:05:35 PM EDT

[#40]

it looks beautiful, how exactly did you get the pattern?

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:13:09 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
it looks beautiful, how exactly did you get the pattern?

I make a fan type shape of broom handle clippings and alter the patern as I paint it.

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:14:49 PM EDT

[#42]

Pretty cool. It's weird looking but I bet it'll work great in a pine forest.

I did a bolt action last weekend.

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:18:02 PM EDT

[#43]

Looks sweet

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:20:39 PM EDT

[#44]

You did take he safety selector lever off when you painted it......right?

Move that thing to safe and post the pic then

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:20:44 PM EDT

[#45]

tap x 2

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:22:01 PM EDT

[#46]

It's interesting to see camo that works as opposed to the designer camo patterns. That is one heck of a paint job. It's already been said, but your gonna lose it if you set it down.

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:22:22 PM EDT

[#47]

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:23:16 PM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
You did take he safety selector lever off when you painted it......right?

Move that thing to safe and post the pic then

I almost made that mistake, I had it on safe when I did the khaki base coat. Then flipped to fire when I started with the brown.

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:24:53 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:

Quoted:
You did take he safety selector lever off when you painted it......right?

Move that thing to safe and post the pic then

I almost made that mistake, I had it on safe when I did the khaki base coat. Then flipped to fire when I started with the brown.

Glad you caught yourself. Me, I wouldn't have. I would have done that shit up, taken pics and posted here and THEN be reminded. DOH! haha

That's a fine paint job on that rifle IMHO.

Posted: 3/12/2009 8:25:11 PM EDT

[#50]

Nice paint job.
I'd love to paint mine..but I'm too chickenshit. With my luck I'd screw up the paint job and have a crappy looking $1,500 rifle

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