Honest Question: Why the love for Tan/FDE?
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they dont get as hot if you are shooting outside, from the heat of the sun not the heat of firing.
they blend in better which may or may not be something you want/need. ive seen guys walking out of fields head to toe cammo with a black rifle on their back and the first thing that stands out is the gun
it looks cool, but so do other colors, black guns are fine but after you get enough of them it starts to get boring and you want something a bit different
some guys probably like it because of the boys in the middle east which is fine. clone builders especially like to imitate the weathered paint job to make their clones more convincing
personally i like the contrast of having a color plus black. so take an ar for example, having a tan hand guard, upper and lower and buttstock with the barrel, ejection port cover, forward assist, take down pins, trigger, mag release, bolt catch, buffer tube, pistol grip back up irons and maybe optic and other accessories black makes a ###y contrast. it also looks great as described above but od green and black, or grey and black. for me it just looks cool
i know guys that totally black out their cars, they want the trim, windows, rims, badges, interior, dash, everything black on black on black. sure it looks ###y on some cars but when they own 3 cars all the exact same color scheme? me personally id get bored of looking at that. but to each his own
they blend in better which may or may not be something you want/need. ive seen guys walking out of fields head to toe cammo with a black rifle on their back and the first thing that stands out is the gun
it looks cool, but so do other colors, black guns are fine but after you get enough of them it starts to get boring and you want something a bit different
some guys probably like it because of the boys in the middle east which is fine. clone builders especially like to imitate the weathered paint job to make their clones more convincing
personally i like the contrast of having a color plus black. so take an ar for example, having a tan hand guard, upper and lower and buttstock with the barrel, ejection port cover, forward assist, take down pins, trigger, mag release, bolt catch, buffer tube, pistol grip back up irons and maybe optic and other accessories black makes a ###y contrast. it also looks great as described above but od green and black, or grey and black. for me it just looks cool
i know guys that totally black out their cars, they want the trim, windows, rims, badges, interior, dash, everything black on black on black. sure it looks ###y on some cars but when they own 3 cars all the exact same color scheme? me personally id get bored of looking at that. but to each his own
FDE doesn't really appeal to me. I imagine if I was in the prairies I might have a different opinion, since it would go better with the environment around me. I like OD green better myself, though I don't have anything in it (yet).
These guys involved in the manhunt this summer in Northern Manitoba were showing off their largely non-black rifles. And at least one suppressor, which is decidedly black. Not sure why they'd need to shoot suppressed, unless perhaps to protect their hearing... anyway, yeah, for brush/grasses it kind of makes sense to avoid a black rifle I guess, but I'd avoid black sunglasses and magazines and whatever other stark black accessories if involved in a search for someone who might shoot back first.
For critter hunting, maybe not so much. In my experience with painting airguns, the result usually looks kind of grubby after less than a year of use. It's not always practical to thoroughly scrub one's hands before picking up an airgun to avoid getting the light coloured paint grimy.
For critter hunting, maybe not so much. In my experience with painting airguns, the result usually looks kind of grubby after less than a year of use. It's not always practical to thoroughly scrub one's hands before picking up an airgun to avoid getting the light coloured paint grimy.
redshooter
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I have a mix of charcoal grey, grey, and FDE on mine. For me it was down to price, grey was $5 cheaper than black...add to cart. I got a nice tidy deal on my Battlerail in FDE. It was supposed to be black, but the price was right, so FDE it is.
If I'm not mistaken the lack of color, black, doesn't occur in nature much, if at all.
If I'm not mistaken the lack of color, black, doesn't occur in nature much, if at all.
These guys involved in the manhunt this summer in Northern Manitoba were showing off their largely non-black rifles. And at least one suppressor, which is decidedly black. Not sure why they'd need to shoot suppressed, unless perhaps to protect their hearing... anyway, yeah, for brush/grasses it kind of makes sense to avoid a black rifle I guess, but I'd avoid black sunglasses and magazines and whatever other stark black accessories if involved in a search for someone who might shoot back first.
For critter hunting, maybe not so much. In my experience with painting airguns, the result usually looks kind of grubby after less than a year of use. It's not always practical to thoroughly scrub one's hands before picking up an airgun to avoid getting the light coloured paint grimy.
When the police are better equipped than the military.
It's a distinction that exists only within the virtual walls of this place. Guns are by definition weapons, so what. Ownership does not imply nefarious intent, no different than knives, baseball bats, axes, bows, slingshots etc.
Guns are weapons ....just check the criminal code
I find it funny when gun owners get ina dither because someone says weapon....probably the same kind of guy who barks at people on the range for not having safety glasses on
My only concern is the Lieberals running with the word "weapon".
And yes I would be the guy to suggest you wear glasses. I've had my face burned from a strange ejection and my face cut twice from shooting steel at an IPSC match
The "splinter camoflage" that the Royal Navy and friends used a century ago was an interesting thing, not so much using dull colours as trying to break up patterns and make a ship look like a bunch of random shapes or bits of smaller ships going in different directions instead. In that vein, a rifle that up-close looks like a colourblind drunken person went bargain-bin diving and came up with bits in all of the usual colours might not look at all like a rifle from a distance.
i think that speaks to the state of our military. Hell most members here are better equipped than the military
mebiuspower
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lower IR signature.
These guys involved in the manhunt this summer in Northern Manitoba were showing off their largely non-black rifles. And at least one suppressor, which is decidedly black. Not sure why they'd need to shoot suppressed, unless perhaps to protect their hearing... anyway, yeah, for brush/grasses it kind of makes sense to avoid a black rifle I guess, but I'd avoid black sunglasses and magazines and whatever other stark black accessories if involved in a search for someone who might shoot back first.
For critter hunting, maybe not so much. In my experience with painting airguns, the result usually looks kind of grubby after less than a year of use. It's not always practical to thoroughly scrub one's hands before picking up an airgun to avoid getting the light coloured paint grimy.
They get to use suppressors due to Health and Safety concerns for their hearing....entirely appropriate and in lock step with any other approach to the workplace hazard of harmful loud noise exposure.
Of course as a civilian you are expected to simply suffer in silence ...pun intended....
PS. I personally despise dirt coloured firearms....camo for the intended environment aside...dirt coloured firearms appeal to me like beige cars...always look dirty...and well...like dirt.
The primary affection for dirt coloured guns is of course the romanticism spec operator thing......
Good luck finding your dirt coloured gun/accessories if you put em down in the bush....
Milofficer
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- Vancouver, BC
PS. I personally despise dirt coloured firearms....camo for the intended environment aside...dirt coloured firearms appeal to me like beige cars...always look dirty...and well...like dirt.
The primary affection for dirt coloured guns is of course the romanticism spec operator thing......
Good luck finding your dirt coloured gun/accessories if you put em down in the bush....
You have just proved that "dirt coloured" is an effective choice for camouflage or for breaking up the outline of a firearm. Maybe there's more to FDE than 'romanticism'
