What, there's a gun in those pictures? Coulda fooled me... Did fool me actually!

charliebee. compliment or am I understanding wrong?

I also kinda found this painting idea kinda addicting. I have also since painted part of my decoy and my night hunting light!

I think what he meant was that you did such a good job that he couldn't see your weapon in the pic. Good job Dave, hope my messages helped you figure the technique out. And I see you figured the photo posting thing out too

Yeah thanks man, Its seems like I cant stop!

so i have a woodstock gun could i paint a woodstock rifle.

Sure you can. I've done several.
You can actually take a pretty ugly wood stock & give it new life with a paint job.

Barry

Does it matter if I take the barrel off before I paint it? And how important is a clear cote. I bought the Krylon camo paint and it doesnt look like it requires a clear coat.

Those paint jobs look great! Makes me want to spend a little time outback with my 22-250 and some paint. Thanks for sharing.

You can paint barrel on or off. The clearcoat adds durability to the paintjob, and makes cleaning it easy without rubbing off the painted finish. When mine gets dirty I spray the paintjob with glass cleaner and wipe it off. No oil.

Hey Barry,

Ever thought of doing a short video on the "how to" of the camo process. Maybe do a complete camo job and give instruction as you go. Some guys like me are visual learners and like to see it done before jumping in.

Just a thought about a video. I for one would be interested in purchasing a copy.

David

Me and Dad just finished his marlin 60. We think it turned out pretty good. Here are some before and after pics.
Before:



After:





Note the sponged toy in the back!

~Ben

All of these camo jobs looks great. This christmas break hopefully I will be able to try my hand at it

I am going out to the garage to paint up my rifle, I will post some pics when I get done.

Sorry for the quality of the photos, this digital camera isn't that good. Thank all of you guys that posted pics of your rifles and for all of the tips that you guys supplied. I was intimidated to do this until I read your guys' posts and tips.

Thanks,

gonzaga

Here is my 223 M700 VTR I traded off ..Here is another but the camo paint job truely does it's job .

I,m trying to get up the nerve to tackle my new Ruger 243 , and CZ 223 ......

Gonzaga; I really like the 527 you did .. .. One thing I didn,t do on the VTR was put a clear coat on it to protect the color coat ... What cal is your 527 ????

it is a .223. I love that gun, but I think my son is gonna steal it from me. He shot it the other day and told me"I really like this gun!"

Sure, you just need different colors and patterns.