I'll throw a few of mine in the pot. Rem700 in .17 Did about 4 months ago. This is the Third paint job that it has had. I get bored with them easy.
I might change them here in the next couple of weeks.

I have pics of the finished 870. Can I send them to someone so they can post them?

Is MinWax fast drying Polyurethane clear satin ok for my clear?

I am not sure if I did this right. Heres my finished 870.

Kenawell,

The paint job looks great!
Very interesting pattern.

One thing I noticed is that you took it apart when painting it. There's nothing wrong with that, but you need to be sure the paint is not going to affect the operation of you slide & the chambering of a shell from the chamber end of the barrel.

When I paint something I usually keep disassembly to a minimum to protect the internal moving parts.

Great looking camo though.

Barry

Barry,
Thanks , I hope nothing goes wrong

I didnt want paint on the stock and forend b.c they wre already camo and brand new. I taped some of the parts as ya can see. If theres a problem I can try to take the paint off whatever is giving me the issue. I have not put er togeher yet. How many coats of clear do you usE?

I know its different then others I see

Has anyone removed the paint yet and what do you use?

unsure what to do to a stainless barrel, got a couple of savage lrprec. with 26" stainles, don't like camo wrap, would love to paint.

BT,

I have painted stainless with good results.
Here's the first rifle I did over 2 years ago.



The barrel is a 24" stainless.

The only trouble I have had with it is that if you bang the barrel against something hard, it may chip off a very small bit of paint.

I fix that by spraying a small amount of the camo paint in a paper plate & dipping a Q-Tip in it, then just dobbing it on to cover up the chip.

It hasn't flaked off in big pieces, & has not affected accuracy. Even got the barrel pretty hot a couple of times.

Barry

heres a couple of my model 700 varmint SF in 220 Swift

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!