everybody else is doin' it, so will I :D UPDATE ON DURABILITY

bronco_mudder

bronco_mudder

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I see a lot of guys painting their synthetic stocks and posting pictures of them on here......and then there's win94 and his bed liner walnut stock:p:D I thought I'd do one too. I bought a Ruger 77, in 7mm mag off the board a little while ago, it had a B&C stock on it....in pretty rough shape. So I picked up a can of textured granite finish Krylon paint, sanded down the stock and gave it a blast. I don't care much for the painted stocks, certainly not the camo ones, but hey its your rifle, if you like it go for it, I'm not trying to change your mind. This stock looked pretty bad, so I gave it a spray, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. Its not the Fusion paint, so it may chip, but its only spray paint. If it chips from a bump, then I can just give it another blast:cool:

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Bronco, the bedliner in a can is way more durable compared to the textured paint. Nice look none the less.
 
ah hell you ruined another gun:pnow i'm going to have to let you give me $20.00 again to take it off your hands:pthe things i do for people

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the gun looks fine have you shot it yet since you refinished it
 
I've used the Krylon textured paint and although they look alright when done even with lots of sealer applied after a bit of carrying when it gets wet you are going to have a handful of mushy textured paint.
 
Did a similar thing once to a sporter Swede Mauser 6.5x55mm that I had very little into. Turned out to be a fairly nice looking rifle for a econo job... :eek:

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Very nice work on both those rifles. I do hope that once sealed this kind of work doesn't go to mush; I've got my M14 done up this way with textured metallic grey Krylon that looks like a match to the parkerizing on the metal and the gun looks way cool. If it turns to mush while moose hunting, that won't be way cool however.
 
Depends on how much you are exposed to the elements, but seems the sealer is not real durable and when slung over your shoulder in wet conditions it doesn't seem to take much carry to have more of the paint on you than on the rifle, the upside is throw it in the bathtub and soak for a bit and just wipes off and ready to repaint.
 
They make a "Make it Stone" hard clear that works great on the stocks, and helps to keep them unbothered by the solvents... I've found that the stone finish unless cleared will soften around areas subjected to solvent...
I did my Model 64 about 8 years ago like that, and have done a bunch of stocks like that since. You cna take a crappy looking stoci, and make it functional, and good looking again for about 14 bucks...
 
Gatehouse said:
Bronco, looks cool...

One question, though...Did you follow my rules of stock painting and get hammered before painting it?:evil:
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I forgot your rules, but the recipe was something like this:

1 750 ml bottle of Appleton Estate Reserve rum
1 1000 ml bottle of diet pepsi
1/2 sheet of sand paper
3/4 can of spray paint


Does that sound about right Gatehouse?:D
 
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