Is there a way to camo my gun?
 

I have a rifle that I would like camoflauge what do I use? Camo duct tape, paint? Ha ha.
Thanks guys. :party0007:

You have a few choices. You can paint it, have it dipped or restock it. I would avoid camo tape as a permenent fix, its designed to be used for only 1 season or less.

I've painted a few of mine with really good results, others on this board have had excellent results judging from the pictures that they have posted.

I thought about having mine dipped but it wasn't worth the cost to me.
I wouldn't consider restocking unless your current stock is unusable, you can buy a new rifle for the cost of some camo rplacement stocks.

How much do you want to spend and how good do you want it to look? You could always get some spray paint and have at it but for a professional job you could look at something like this:

http://www.camo-solutions.com/finished_items.htm

If you have a Gander Mountain nearby I think they offer this service as well.

I bought a camo sock once....was great....look for one.

it slid over the entire gun....was dull cloth type material, so no tape/glue residue left afterwards...

dipping or just buying a camo gun otherwise I think is the way to go...

The easiest none permanent way I've found is camo vet wrap. Typically used to bandage horses legs it has no glue or sticky stuff on it. Its a tape that only sticks to itself and you can do up a gun in five minutes. At the end of the day take it off and if you care to re-use it again. Cost is less than $2 a roll. Generally I do the barrel and scope of my predator guns the night before I go out.

check this site out. it has very good details and colored pictures as well. just make sure you practice on something else first and don't just go straight for the gun. get a piece of galvanized pole or something and practice a few times on that first before you get to work on your firearm. seems PERFECT and i'm going to try it on my savage very soon!

http://www.longrangehunting.com/arti...nt-rifle-1.php

You can camo dip it yourself using a Dip Kit found here http://www.mydipkit.com/

You can find a video of a guy explaining and demonstrating the dipping process here http://www.archerytalk.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1160855

Here's another step-by-step how-to on painting a gun camo. Similar process to the one above with a different camo scheme.

http://www.duckhuntingchat.com/forum...p?f=13&t=36000

Mike

While the gentleman in your link did a very nice job it is still a painted shotgun.
The link that I provided is actually dipping the gun in a camo film. It is the exact process that professional camo dippers go thru when you send your gun out to them, but in a do it yourself format.

What's wrong with using paint? He's asking for options, and painting is a valid and cost effective option for a permanent camo finish.

On a side note, if you check the link regarding the camo dip kits, you'll find that one kit costs $129 and appears to not be such a simple process. Meaning that, unlike the guys who do it professionally, the average Joe is likely to screw up, which at $129 per kit, and who knows how much effort to fix the mistake, would be a costly proposition.

The Krylon camo paint method will provide as good results, and the 5 cans of paint (auto primer, three camo colors and satin urethane clear coat) will cost around $25, can be found at any hardware or home improvement store, and is enough to do several guns. And if you mess up, you can just paint over the mistake.

Mike

i just bought the sock fer my 11 y/o 223, one goes over the barrel, another over the stock. very effective..i oiled the barrel before puttin it on and it hasnt rusted or anything. also makes it look sharp too. and ya can get different types of patterns fer different seasons. for me i got a BAR in mossy oak break-up and i love it.

Sweet i might try that! thanks

Thats not a bad idea either. I will have to give it a try.

Nothing at all wrong with paint I was just pointing out that the dip kit is not similar to paint as you had referenced earlier.
If you had checked out the video that I linked you would have seen that it is a very easy process that the average joe is more than capable of doing.
Yes, it is more expensive than painting, and yes you will have material left over to complete more than one gun.

I was referring to Post #7, which had a link to a page demonstrating the painting of an AR-15. Apparently you were not sure to who's post I was referring, as I was not sure why you were directing your subsequent comments back to me. Now I understand where the confusion originated.

Mike

Yup good old internet confusion. Sorry about that!

custome camo-ing your firearm isn't always about what looks best. it's about making your firearm more personal. it's easy to just dip it in camo if you want a perfect finish. it's much more sentimental and rewarding in my opinion if you take the time and practice to entirely paint it by your own hand and skills. just my opinion tho

there also a company called camoclad that makes stick on camo for guns boats trucks and other things all you do is stick it on and heat it to set the glue you can also take it off by just heating it agian it protects your gun only need to oil exposed parts ive never used but im gonna try it you can find at macksprairiewings.com or camoclad.com

Okay thanks.

What do you guys think of this? http://raindancehydrographics.com/

Their pictures look good, although I have never used them.
I have used Tarjac though, and they do a very good job http://tarjac.com/