Shotgun Painting Opinions/Suggestions

[SoDak_JD]

I decided to join the 20ga club this year with a Remington 870 and ShurShot stock.  I decided to try painting it.  Catman529 did a stellar job and even has a video on YouTube...looks like a Mossy Oak Bottomland style pattern, I think.

I tried to do something similar but had clearly failed by the time I added the second color.  So, I just went with it.  You can see in the pictures how it turned out.  I'm thinking that it could be OK for this year and I could give it another try over the summer or something.

The lighting isn't great but I added some pictures.  I'm looking for suggestions.  Usable for this season?  Add some more of the sand/khaki color before the clear coat?  Other suggestions?

Thanks!

[Dr Juice]

I like it - go with it.

The set-up has a matte finish which is the most important feature for a turkey gun in my opinion. Good luck with it.

[spaightlabs]

That'll hunt.

In the last 10 years every one of my birds have been taken with a black synthetic gun of one variety or another.  Turkeys can not identify the shape of a gun, if you aren't waving it around like the starter flag at a Nascar race they ain't gonna see it. 

[tomstopper]

That's fine. Turkeys have been killed for many years with just walnut stocks. Get to hunting and good luck this spring

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[guesswho]

That will work fine.  But if you decide to redo it after the season I'd use a lot bigger color pattern breaks.  Small like what you currently have quickly looks like a solid color from a short distance.    Bigger patterns will hold up the break up effect at longer distances.  But camo is more for the hunters eye than it is the turkeys.

[SoDak_JD]

Thanks all!

Yeah, I know the camo isn't necessary for turkey hunting but I wanted to give it a try.  My 12ga has factory camo.

The lighter sand color was my base coat after the primer and I ended up covering too much of it up.  Smaller pattern (as guesswho mentioned) and darker than intended.

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[Gen.27:3]

I say go with it. If you want to try to make it more appealing to your eyes next year, that's up to you. I think what you have will work fine as far as hunting goes.

[Clydetaylor1]

Looks fine to me.

[Tom Foolery]

Nice job

[roberthyman14]

I wouldn't redo the whole thing. If anything just hit it with a few light colored "grass" streaks.  But looks good to me

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[Waynesworld23]

I think it looks great and is easy to repaint in the future

[Marc]

Looks a lot better than mine...

I used two colors of Rust-oleum with a tan base for duck hunting, touched it up in green for turkey...  Next fall, I will add some more tans...  My method is to randomly spray on the color I want more of till I am satisfied... 

To my eye, plastic guns in general just are not all that pretty, and they serve the purpose of being functional...  Painting the gun serves to make it reflect less light and blend in a bit better to the background you hunt.  Your gun looks a lot nicer than mine, and is certainly equally functional.

I do not think by any means you need a camouflage gun...  Given the choice of two different guns, I would first choose the gun that patterns where I shoot the best, and second the lightest in weight...  But, I do think a gun that blends into the background a bit better and does not reflect light allows us perhaps a bit more chance of movement without being seen.