Black turkey guns

[longislandloco]

Anyone using a basic black turkey gun or does camo rule the day.

[taylorjones20]

I'm using cerakoted guns. All the metal is one color. Brown colors... Black stock on one gun and camo stock on the other...

[chatterbox]

My son shoots an all black Mossberg 510, and has never had a problem killing birds.

[Double B]

I run a black Beretta 390, killed several birds with it. 

[Philippe]

Camo guns are nothing more than personal preference. As long as you are not being obvious the birds wont see it.

[Bowguy]

I was telling some folks about this sort thing in an instructor meeting just last week. I've kee kee'd in birds in fall wearing red wool/black rich jackets n red/black flannels. No one believes til they see it done. Tv has us brainwashed imo.
My daughter shoots an all black 11-87 the other shoots a wood n black 11-87. I've taken them w black/wood sp-10s, and sat next to a bunch of folks using all black guns. The Ithaca I'm gonna use this year is all black n the Benelli I plan to use too is all black.
For a long time I used a camo 835 n I'd bet the camo helped not at all.
Turkeys aren't the slickest, look at how close they come to blinds whatever color they are. Ever drop a black decoy bag n realize too late? Birds walk right up to it. My older daughter often takes off her face mask n forgets to pull it up when gobblers approach. Never once has a bird spooked when she sits still n sometimes even when they don't sit perfect.
Yea camo can help n I'd say there's never too much but don't stress over something so small. Wanna break up your pattern, wear camo n the black horizontal streak they see could be a wet stick, they aren't checking for safeties

[jmart241]

Never had a problem with black and they are cheaper than camo

[nyhunter]

  yepper I shoot an all black 870 20ga,

[Greg Massey]

I have 3 black and one factory camo and never had problems with the black guns...Agree camo is just preference..

[davisd9]

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[Frylock]

Camo guns might be the most successful marketing myth ever perpetrated on the hunting community.  Sure, I own, and use some, but don't think it makes a lick of difference. As long as your gun isn't painted neon yellow I'd say you're good to go. However, the camo treatments (dips, cerakote) definitely go a long way to preventing or even prohibiting rust on treated surfaces. 

[Yoder409]

My SX2, which I used exclusively for 8-10 years, is factory black.

Never had ANY issues whatsoever with birds seeing it as anything unnatural.

[turkeymanjim]

I shoot a benelli's cordoba that is all black. Never had a problem with birds seeing a black shotgun that I no of.

[kjnengr]

Camo guns might be the most successful marketing myth ever perpetrated on the hunting community.  Sure, I own, and use some, but don't think it makes a lick of difference. As long as your gun isn't painted neon yellow I'd say you're good to go. However, the camo treatments (dips, cerakote) definitely go a long way to preventing or even prohibiting rust on treated surfaces.

I wouldn't worry about hunting with a monochrome color gun but I would want my gun coated in some kind of way because of the environment I hunt. I get rained on at least once a season.

[wvmntnhick]

Camo guns might be the most successful marketing myth ever perpetrated on the hunting community.  Sure, I own, and use some, but don't think it makes a lick of difference. As long as your gun isn't painted neon yellow I'd say you're good to go. However, the camo treatments (dips, cerakote) definitely go a long way to preventing or even prohibiting rust on treated surfaces.

I wouldn't worry about hunting with a monochrome color gun but I would want my gun coated in some kind of way because of the environment I hunt. I get rained on at least once a season.

I'll agree to an extent. It cuts the glare in most cases. However, I've killed many birds while using a stainless steel gun with zero camo finish so obviously camo isn't a big issue. As for the gun being protected, I've seen where the dipped guns will sometimes rust from the inside out. The external appearance gives a false impression that all is well but that's not always the case. Once it gets scratched up some, it allows the water to get in there. If you want a tough finish, get the gun ceracoated like mentioned above. That's definitely the way to go for durability. Like mentioned by others, this is just one mans opinion.