The question: to paint or not to paint. . . pay more to paint?

[Buckshot57]

Prime or raw!

 

[.22LRGUY]

I think it's a fair question to ask for sure, check the pulse of the community/get a pile of opinions, etc. More than anything, what shows-up in the box should be the quality/condition shown in the photos on the site. Anything less, and I think manufacturers (no matter who they are/what they make) can expect some push back.

Quock prime to protect a bit against rust..thats it.

I think this ^ makes the most sense if RR is offering paint, but explore what rust inhibiting, white primers would be best. Then pack components so that they can't crash into each other in the box. Post photos of colorful targets with a caveat saying; "example of what these can look like", but photos of the products should be shown primed white only. If going that route.

 

[Potashminer]

To answer your question - I would not pay more for gongs to have them primed or painted. Hopefully we can actually hit the things and won't be much paint left anyways. The raw metal ones that I have here will get some red-oxide primer to slow down rust - give it a blast or so with some bright colour when we go out. We are working on quick, cheap, stands made from poplar branches - pretty much free here - need to refine plan to make them up in a couple minutes without too much fussing - not so much into store-bought stands for shooting at, but we might end up there if we can not make this idea work...

 

[phats]

keep in raw, waste of time and money painting.
I re paint every time after shooting gongs, a pretty painted one from the factory only last on the shelf.

 

[IronCanadian]

Raw dog metal is cool.

 

[tylorlaberge]

Keep it raw

 

[hannibal.black98]

Raw Dawg

 

[threecentsolution]

I suppose you could do it both ways. Raw steel for those that want it, higher price and longer wait time for those that want fancy. Pain in the ass but an option

 

[greg olmstead]

Raw dog it. I paint my targets flat primer grey before I shoot them. No sense in wasteing your time and paint just to get it blasted off. And I'd put an option to buy what ever color of paint people want at check out. Add x amount for the can and if they want it painted by you add x amount plus y amount to paint. For the stands if they want them painted only offer rustoleum enamel paint and add your mark up to to the paint used and time spent.

 

[scotteboy]

Leave it bare and let people paint em. They're going to have to anyway

 

[Back Country Hunter]

Raw dawg steel. If your targets are rusting you aren't using them enough, if this is the case then paint them yourself.

 

[Boomer686]

plain flat gret/white/red/black primer if cheaper just to prevent rust on your end during storage then client can paint to personal taste.....

 

[GasCap]

keep it raw, I can paint my own colors
I have 10 different colours of spray paint jus for steel targets

 

[bogozzo]

prime to prevent rust until delivery to the consumer. As most others have said, targets will be repainted many times. If someone wants a "frameable" target to hang in the man cave, make a few and charge lots extra for perfection.

 

[SgtMittens]

My vote would be for occasional ugly paint or prime as others have said to prevent rust.

That being said, I wouldn't be upset if it was bare metal either... it's a target, not a beauty contest.

 

[Donny Fenn1]

From the responses here I'd love to host a BBQ for CGN one day. How would you like your steak sir?

Raw, raw, raw, raw same as my targets from Range Rabbit.

 

[hillbros_96]

Keep painting quick and ugly, as I would rather not have a rusted product if it sits around for a year and I have no desire to get my hands dirty from mill scale or protective oil.

 

[gunner065]

Hard to believe that some people get their panties in a knot over a paint job that is basically temporary anyway.

 

[Picatinny]

No paint please.

 

[ARrifleman]

1) Keep the occasional ugly paint job