Worth getting Camo'd Gun or not?

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Personally I don't really care getting a camo painted gun or not as it is typically 50-100$ more. All my friends seem to love them though, so I was thinking... are they really just for looks or are they practical?
 
Less glare, but otherwise I don't think that the animals care much. However, rust protection is better, in my experience. I hunt the salt flats on the bay of Fundy, and that place eats bluing for breakfast.
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It's just for looks, a marketing thing that gives shooters another option to buy. Hunters have been shooting game with rifles with glossy wood stocks and bright blued barrels for years, animals don't seem to care.
 
Hunted for 15 years with a plain black Maverick 88 ... Got one fo the cheap "camo sticker" kits and camo'ed it up ... With no change in our huntin methods or anything else, the ducks were coming in a LOT closer before they'd see us ... I would say the average distance went from about 35 yards down to 15 yards before they would slam on the air brakes and try to abort thier landing plans.

Is it worth paying for the Factory camo rigs? Not likely ... $30 for the generic kit in the camo style of your choice is much cheaper, and you can get the camo you want, and if you really don't like it, it peels off fairly easy.
 
I've hunted with blued and walnut guns, black guns and camouflage guns and I've never noticed a difference in how close or wary the animals (mainly ducks and geese) were. I find sitting still will get them closer than the best camo in the world.

Last fall I was standing on an island while duck hunting and I had to take a whizz. I took off my camo jacket and I had an orange shirt on underneath. I finished my business and was just watching the marsh when 4 mallards came out of no where and landed in my decoys about 15 yards away.

But, if camo guns give you confidence by all means go for it.

Cory
 
a Shiney barrel will give away your position if your glassing an moving the rifle around on a Sunny day, as will glassin looking sunward, a glossy plastic stock will shine an so will a glossy wood stock.. the Duller the better,, matte all the way.

Camo tape costs $15 an covers a few barrels... i personally dont like the camo stocks
 
IMO, a non glare option is worthwhile and very practical.

FWIW I had my hunting buddy easily locate me on a mountain side. Said my rifle shined like a mirror used for SOS. After that the shiney stock was dulled down. Think of it like this...how many bowhunters have a shiney gloss bow for hunting. Sure it may appear you are not being seen but you will never know how many other critters you didn't see because they saw you first:HR:

Most of the rifles out there today sport shiny finishes because that is what looks great on the shelf. Also it is what the shooting public has been raised on since they have been putting on that varnish epoxy whatever to keep it impermiable to the elements. Shiney stuff sells.

A black plastic stock sported on many new rifles today is just plain boring! You can camo paint to suit your artistic side for $20 in paint and stencils or foliage from your yard to help with the designs on such rifles. Or pay the company to do it for you for a premium of course.

Just don't hide that beautiful wood. You will achieve the matte finish as well with some old school oil finishes or the use of some sheen remover on a factory finish. My two cents....
 
I'm not a waterfowler but I always thought that the camo shotguns would be a good addition, since waterfowlers try to hide themselves quite a bit. For a hunting rifle- no, it wont' make you a better hunter, but it may help you stay concealed form other humans. And it might look KOOL too ;)
 
More of a "fashion statement" than anything else IMO. Lots of natural glittering and glare off the marshes I've hunted. Just one spin in a small aircraft will convince anyone that can see of this. One thing that does really stand out are hunters faces looking upward. As far as big game rifles being cammoed...I personally would feel real stupid with a cammo rifle while wearing blaze orange.
 
If the deal came that way, go on it.
If not, you have a good chance of losing it.
Put it down and can't find the dang thing....... :D
Never seen a groom in a camo tux.
Could be onto sumting here......
 
if you are hunting pressured waterfowl out of a blind like Avery's Power Hunter were the gun is not in the blind with you I have to say camo will certainly flare fewer birds. If you don't move you can get away with it but most folks can't stay still enough. If you are in a stand-in blind the gun is out of sight most of the time so it is not such a big issue.

for turkeys outside of a blind I highly recommend camo.
 
Having seen the benefit of camo clothing I would be reluctant to say there is no benefit. If you want to get insanely close, probably it is a consideration, if you want to shoot from 75 yards or more I probably would not worry about it. That is for big game, I cannot comment on birds, as I have never hunted them. I have shot lots of game under a hundred yards, and some under 50, most of the under 50 was looking at me trying to figure out what I was. Maybe they saw my rifle.
 
I think a nice, soft, fuzzy OD or Coyote is more friendly when walking up on a group of Fudds than a mean 'ol Black Gun.
 
I love the weight and the feel of a nice wood stock. The only time I wear camo is if I am duck hunting or bow hunting. Other than that, I have a green wool jacket and a pair of jeans that I deer hunt in.
 
I would think that it would help you blend in a little better. Not much though...especially if you are wearing a blaze orange vest. I think its more of a looks thing. Buy what you like the look of as I don't think it will make much of a difference in your hunt either way.
 
I currently have a Benelli Nova in Max4 camo but I hunted for years with a wood and blue Browning BPS. Success rate isn't any different with either gun but the reason I went with the camo gun is it doesn't show the dings and bumps that happen while hunting. I still handle it with care and don't go out of my way to knock it around but when it does happen it doesn't bother me as much as if it is one of my pretty wood guns.
 
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