So i just bought a Savage 10FCP McMillan , a Holland brake installed , the stock pillar and glass bedded and topped with a Warren 20 moa base , TPS rings and a Sightron 6 x 24 x 50 . Shooting great with Hornaday brass , BR2 primers , 175 grain SMKS and 43.5 grains of Varget with a COAL of 2.810" . 5 shot groups into half inch with a few groups in the .3' .
What's not to like ? The color of the stock , black . I'd like OD Green . So my internet quest began . I can't find anything on prepping a fiberglass stock for painting like removing even hand oil so the paint sticks . Suggestions ? I'll take the barreled action out and mask the interior of the stock . Primer , half the internet says that primer is unnecessay while the other half says two coats . Paint , most seem to use spray Krylon , and i'll be using a spray can but many say the Krylon wears off fairly quickly and there is better spray paint . Is there , what is it ? Guys are saying to clear coat any paint with clear Marine laquer to prevent the paint from wearing off . I can do that if clear Marine laquer comes in a spray can . No stencils , no camo , no fancy designs , just OD Green .
I'd really appreciate a tutorial from any of you guys that have painted a synthetic stock or know how to do it as this is a great rifle and i don't want to mess it up .
Thanks Guys .
P.S. ... shout out . I bought the above rig used , mint with 130 rounds fired and logged . The fellow i bought it from had lost the set screw key to take the target turrets off . Checked all of my keys , standard and metric and nothing i had fit . Called Mystic Precision and Jerry put me on to Peter at Hirsch Precision and i had the answer . One side of the country to the other with me in the middle . Awesome .
What's not to like ? The color of the stock , black . I'd like OD Green . So my internet quest began . I can't find anything on prepping a fiberglass stock for painting like removing even hand oil so the paint sticks . Suggestions ? I'll take the barreled action out and mask the interior of the stock . Primer , half the internet says that primer is unnecessay while the other half says two coats . Paint , most seem to use spray Krylon , and i'll be using a spray can but many say the Krylon wears off fairly quickly and there is better spray paint . Is there , what is it ? Guys are saying to clear coat any paint with clear Marine laquer to prevent the paint from wearing off . I can do that if clear Marine laquer comes in a spray can . No stencils , no camo , no fancy designs , just OD Green .
I'd really appreciate a tutorial from any of you guys that have painted a synthetic stock or know how to do it as this is a great rifle and i don't want to mess it up .
Thanks Guys .
P.S. ... shout out . I bought the above rig used , mint with 130 rounds fired and logged . The fellow i bought it from had lost the set screw key to take the target turrets off . Checked all of my keys , standard and metric and nothing i had fit . Called Mystic Precision and Jerry put me on to Peter at Hirsch Precision and i had the answer . One side of the country to the other with me in the middle . Awesome .
