i just picked up a SP01 shadow (still in the mail) i got all cited and was thinking to coat it with digital urban camo patten until a read the rule book. why im i not allow to change the color of a production gun? there'll be no advantage what so ever.
why cant i paint my production gun?
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wow. that's kinda stupid. why would anyone be looking at the top of the slide when you should be looking at the sight. the sights are so nice and bright these days it would only slow you down to be aiming with anything else. well thanks for the respond.
Better question is why would you want to take a perfectly good gun and destroy the looks and value anyways when there is no purpose to camo it for hunting, etc? Try wearing camo combat pants to compete, not allowed either. It is IPSC, not GI Joe playtime. I would imagine they do this to keep the image of the sport looking professional, not like a bunch of Rambo wannabe's out shooting. Sorry if you take offence to these statements but that is my take on the situation.
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stormbringer
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Well that is in the eye of the beholder isnt it.
We can only hope.
Actually you should review that rule again.......
Really?
so you say.
LOL!!!
HHHAAAAA
Why can Rambo not shoot IPSC? Afraid he will show you up?
No you are not.
As I have long said......everyone is entitled to their opinion. Afterall there is no law against being wrong and you just proved it.
Yes, very nice stormbringer!
WELL DONE
You sure set me straight.
I would post more but gotta go paint up all my guns like Lego (I liked that comment) to increase their value, and did review rule 5.3.1 and as it is only discouraged I need to go shopping for some new clothes. Think I will get some face paint too, man, can feel my percentage increasing already. Think a ghillie suit would slow me down to much? Look out Rambo, I will be bringin' it next time.
WELL DONE
You sure set me straight.
I would post more but gotta go paint up all my guns like Lego (I liked that comment) to increase their value, and did review rule 5.3.1 and as it is only discouraged I need to go shopping for some new clothes. Think I will get some face paint too, man, can feel my percentage increasing already. Think a ghillie suit would slow me down to much? Look out Rambo, I will be bringin' it next time.
Farlsincharge
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Guys like you are the reason young people are intimidated to get into shooting sports.
Quite the contrary. I like nothing more than to encourage young, old, whomever to find interest in shooting, and am one of the most active volunteers at the range and would help anybody at the range, even the young guys that regularily show up at the range who have just bought a handgun, think that shooting a handgun is all about how fast you can pull the trigger, and can't hit jack. With a little encouragement and practical advice some of these guys who others would have just written off as idiots have taken interest in improving their skills and possibly even competing, and are now quite pleasant and responsible to shoot with. If someone wants to wear camo or paint up their gun go for it, matters not to me, I was simply asking why someone would want to paint a handgun as it would devalue it and there is no practical purpose. I judge someone by the attitude of the person inside the clothes, not the clothes themselves. My former comments were directed at stormbringer in jest to his previous post in response to mine, take it for whatever you like.
i dont see what's wrong with painting MY firearms. they are mine, i dont see guns as investments, i paid for them , i have right to do what ever i like with them (within rules which i intend to use them for). just like how i modify my cars . if i was going to do such detailed paint job to my firearm, i probably like it enough to not sale it too, and there will be people out there who dig this kind of paint job just like how i found this type of paint job on other guns and want one for myself.
painting a gun is not like wearing face paint or wearing a ghillie suit .having a cool or ugly paint job doesnt make you shoot better or worse so why are there different finishes on different firearms? why different colors are offered to a model of car?
painting a gun is not like wearing face paint or wearing a ghillie suit .having a cool or ugly paint job doesnt make you shoot better or worse so why are there different finishes on different firearms? why different colors are offered to a model of car?
