Well, I had been considering it for ages and I finally did it. I had some H.S. Camo permanent paint left over from an electronic caller I had made and decided to put it to good use. The rifle is a .243 chambered m77 markII ruger and was stainless steel, was being the operative word here. I prepped the rifle by wiping it down with actetone, making sure to test all synth. material first. Once she was clean it was time to spray. I had started to paint the rifle lying down but quickly found that to be too cumbersome. Words of advice for anyone thinking of trying this, your first layer of paint should be thin, thin, thin. Take your time and build slowly making sure to coat everything evenly. After that first coat is done you'll be limited only by your imagination. I used cardboard cutouts as "templates". Oh yeah, almost forgot, make sure to tape off anything you don't want painted like the markings on your scope and plug that barrel. attached are pics of the project. I know I will catch some heat on this one about value of the rifle being deminished, but this gun will never be sold only handed down for generations. Well the next project will be painting my duck boat.
Nice job. I've actually been looking for a stain color for my K98s stock since the last paint job in 1938 is pretty bad now. Might actually go camo now.
dwarren, I haven't had it on long enough to know just yet how well it holds up. I have read numerous accounts of people using it on their rifles and it held up for years. I won't have time to get her dirty in the next few weeks, but I will keep everyone posted on how wells it holds up.
**** dude that looks like crap!!!! i guess your the one who painted the house and shed in the background too huh?? man what a way to end the life of a great lookin gun . i bet if guns could talk that sucker is still crying and it was screaming that day you put that graphiti crap all over it. man i bet you went inside and said "look hun i just made the value of this gun go up in value when in fact you just dropped it down man! man! man! . man i bet i had you sayin what the heck is this guy sayin .lol it looks real good dude but i figure i would mess with you and have you read a long paragragh .lol
it was beautiful, but to each their own, i'm sure you love it. how did you like that gun anyways i'm lookig at a ruger mark77 mII .300 winmag with the skeleton stock just like the before picture.would you mind giving a complete review of your experience with that rifle for me!accuracy, trigger, etc...
any help is appreciated!
well the shed and the house in the background are the landlords, and if the bank would get off their *** and push our paper work a little faster we will be outta this hole by the end of the month! can't wait.
dceptiv, I love this gun! I haven't really had the opportunity to truly test the accuracy. I have had it to the sand pit (a.k.a. shooting range) and I was shooting at the primer ends of left behind shotgun shells at 150 yards and sending them flinging through the air if that helps. I am not a big fan of the stock at all, seems to be a bit too small for my liking. The trigger could use some work to ease the pull a bit and the three stage safety is a bit hard from me to reach with my thumb and is quite stiff, I chalk this up to me having small hands though. As soon as I can quit driving down to the Detroit area every weekend I will take her out and really spend some time and test the accuracy. My only mistake with this rifle was not getting the vari-x III scope with the external markings and adjustments for widage and elevation.
The whole reason for the paint job here was for varmint hunting (yotes and cats). This gun is a tool and not something I wanted to hang on the wall for display.
Thanx all for the input here I do appreciate it.
That's a pretty decent camo job. It wouldn't work in my AO, but you have to use what works for you. I've camoed a few of mine too.
If it was a super nice old vintage hunting rifle, it would be a different matter - but this is a modern working rifle! Anything that improves it's use for the owner is fair game! I like it!
I have done a few myself for varmint hunting. but then my guns are to kill stuff not look at. if it brakes up the pattern and shape good and blends with your background more power to you. in the snow i often wrap gauze bandages or strips of sheet around the barrel, scope and stock to hide the shape. one thing good about paint is it doesnt snag on brush the way loosely applied cammo material can.
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Last edited by Idaho Dave; 12-13-2007 at 06:04 PM.
I camoed a rifle once, darn thing wouldn't shoot without jamming, that was before I painted it. decided to just paint it up for practice. It turned out well, though it did not manage to stop the jamming problem. It has made a nice acurate single shot, Maybe on of you gun smiths on here could come up with a way of turning all those Marlin 60's to single shots for states don't allow hunting with semi's
Blow you up.
