Paint Jobs
- Thread starter Gatehouse
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on the one I did the paint was a marble spray can that you shoot into the air and let it fall onto what you are painting.That stock with the sculls is something else,look kind of funny around the campfire in moose camp I think!
- Location
- St. Joe's Island, Ont
Not sure how long it took his kid to do it.
I've been looking for the pics of his other Savage.
Edited, I found his other gun, the .204 Ruger.
http://www.savageshooters.net/Customs/SteveSimons_204.html
and the specs on his 300 RUM on the previous page.
http://www.savageshooters.net/Customs/SteveSimons_300RUM.html
I've been looking for the pics of his other Savage.
Edited, I found his other gun, the .204 Ruger.
http://www.savageshooters.net/Customs/SteveSimons_204.html
and the specs on his 300 RUM on the previous page.
http://www.savageshooters.net/Customs/SteveSimons_300RUM.html
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Beautiful jobs on the stocks! I'm guessing most of those are synthetic/composite stocks. Anyone have any experience on a wood stock...keeping in mind proper strip, sand, and primer/prepping? I'm sure wood could hold the adhesion just as well??
Thanks
Thanks
machinistbutler said:
I started with a light coat of white, still letting the black show through as grey..
Then I added khaki, and it looked like a nice speckled tan. I almost wanted to stope there, as tod had indicated he MAY like a tan stock
But I went ahaead and GREENED it, again, a light coat.
With the base of black, the light speckled coats of white, khaki and olive, it gave it agreat pebbled look. That in itself looked liek a great stock, but TOd wanted webbing, so I did it...and it turned out great. The pic doens't do it justice, really.
I htink it is a nice, classy, non specific (as in wintercamo) stock, and I am pretty pleased with it.
Maybe that year at Emily Carr Art School paid off?
Anyway, I have lots more rifoles, and I am serioulsy considering an airbrush!
Brambles said:
If you mean the webbing, it is reasonably tough. I plan to put a fixative (clear coat) on it, that will help.
This paint seems to be pretty good stuff, though. But frankly, no paint will hold up to serious abuse without chipping a bit. My brand new custom 300WSM has a Bansner stock, painted black. After a rough sheep hunt this year, it is chipped and scratched to hell.
But every chip is ###y..
Anyway, wiht a camo stock, touch ups are easy.
- Location
- north vancouver
those camo stocks are 'awesome'
Now, my question is, are we doing this so that the deer/moose or whatever cannot see us any more because of the camo rifle, OR, is it to match our camo clothing which will now make us completely invisable
OH, BTW, I think that the photo by 'MadDog' is the best/most awesome looking rifle of them all, (although, pretty much everything else also looks cool)
Now, my question is, are we doing this so that the deer/moose or whatever cannot see us any more because of the camo rifle, OR, is it to match our camo clothing which will now make us completely invisable
OH, BTW, I think that the photo by 'MadDog' is the best/most awesome looking rifle of them all, (although, pretty much everything else also looks cool)
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haggisbasher said:those camo stocks are 'awesome'
Now, my question is, are we doing this so that the deer/moose or whatever cannot see us any more because of the camo rifle, OR, is it to match our camo clothing which will now make us completely invisable
OH, BTW, I think that the photo by 'MadDog' is the best/most awesome looking rifle of them all, (although, pretty much everything else also looks cool)
I don't do it for camo reasons, really. I doubt that a 6 foot, 260lb sasquatch can hide behind one of these rifles!!!
But hell, it's fun, the Sgtevens that I first painted was UGLY, anyway.
Alot of this stuff is just KOOL factor. Guys have brought home lots of meat with red pliad jackets and glossy wood stocks, nothing will change that.
But FUn is FUN!!
- Location
- north vancouver
Actually, i agree, they certainly do look great.
Something had to be done on those 'plastic' rifle stocks that some people want to buy these days (for some strange reason)
If you bought a conventional wood stock however,there would be no need to do this sort of thing, to hide the fact that you bought a sub standard/walmart/zellars type plastic stock on what would be otherwise considered a beautiful rifle
Something had to be done on those 'plastic' rifle stocks that some people want to buy these days (for some strange reason)
If you bought a conventional wood stock however,there would be no need to do this sort of thing, to hide the fact that you bought a sub standard/walmart/zellars type plastic stock on what would be otherwise considered a beautiful rifle
Okay, Clarke, as per your request, here they are! Will post a bit more about how I did the work after church tomorrow. Kind of busy getting ready for that.
I finally got around to doing up the 300 Win. It may be used as the backup rifle on my Woods Bison hunt.
(Edited with new pictures. Focus was a little soft on the first ones.)
Just did the stock to start with. Couldn't quite bring myself to do a brand new scope.
River Rat and I got after it in his shop last night. He held the stock, I painted. You should see what he looks like!
Used Krylon Fusion. Thanks for the tip from Machinistbutler. Great stuff!
Did no priming, no sanding, just sprayed it on. We'll see how it holds up.
Talk to you guys tomorrow!
Ted
I finally got around to doing up the 300 Win. It may be used as the backup rifle on my Woods Bison hunt.
(Edited with new pictures. Focus was a little soft on the first ones.)
Just did the stock to start with. Couldn't quite bring myself to do a brand new scope.
River Rat and I got after it in his shop last night. He held the stock, I painted. You should see what he looks like!
Used Krylon Fusion. Thanks for the tip from Machinistbutler. Great stuff!
Did no priming, no sanding, just sprayed it on. We'll see how it holds up.
Talk to you guys tomorrow!
Ted
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haggisbasher said:Actually, i agree, they certainly do look great.
Something had to be done on those 'plastic' rifle stocks that some people want to buy these days (for some strange reason)
If you bought a conventional wood stock however,there would be no need to do this sort of thing, to hide the fact that you bought a sub standard/walmart/zellars type plastic stock on what would be otherwise considered a beautiful rifle
OUCH!!
You goddamn haggis eating scotch drinking bastard!!
While we ar eon the topic of wood stocks, I will (once again) give my opinion, even though I everyone knows I am not very opinionated!
Most factory wood stocks are TRASH, plain and simple. (Although smae goes for most factory synthetics, too)
Some are nice, most are horrible these days.
If I hear one more moron looking at one of my Bansner/Mcmillon high quality stocks and say "I would never have one of those cheapo plastic piece of #### stocks" while lovingly caressing his factory #### wood stock, with machine checkering and some ugly as #### white line spacers...
Good wood is good wood, and good wood is wonderful, but you are very unlikely to find it on a Remington/Winchester etc etc these days..
Gatehouse said:.............Good wood is good wood, and good wood is wonderful, but you are very unlikely to find it on a Remington/Winchester etc etc these days..
You mean wood like on my Mauser custom 270 Wby?
Ted
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Why not? said:You mean wood like on my Mauser custom 270 Wby?
Ted
That's got to be the ugliest stock I've ever seen Ted. I'll tell you what, just so nobody else sees that you have such a horrid looking firearm, I'll buy it from you. You've got a respected reputation here on CGN, and I wouldn't want people thinking less of you because you poses such a poor looking rifle, LOL.
That wood sure beats the heck out of any synthetic stock for looks. But the practicality of a sythetic stock for hunting purposes just makes sense. That is a beautiful piece of wood though.
