rentascout
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Alright I know I have asked more questions than should be allowed by law, so I figured I would try to give back a little. I have been in the Army for 9 years as a 19D Cavalry Scout( Forward Recon), during my time in the Army I have been very lucky to go to a lot of fluffy schools, to every Marksman School Offered.
I have seen some of the top shooters in the World come in and show us how to camo our weapons and I figure I would pass it on to anyone that maybe has that in their mind.
Now first many people will tell you to never shoot more than three colors, Wrong shoot as many as you want and if you dont like it then repaint and do it again, you cannot mess up cammo
Too many people pay a lot of money to have people to it for them and it is not worth it when you can use some simply household items and do the same thing
Make sure you know the area you plan on using your weapon, What I mean is if you are going to hunt in Arizona do not paint it dark. You want to make sure in dark areas you use forrest greens OD green and even brown and blacks, some people like to use whites and lime greens and it give you away.
Now you are not going out to hunt people and you are simply using it to break up the outline so bambi won't see you until you are pulling that trigger.
Okay here goes, you will need spray can paints, don't waist your money on the so called cammo paint, just regular flat. ( at least two)
Some thin rope, and even some extra cords of small rope in the pics you will see white 550 Cord and I used the guts at the end to break up the major outlines
You also need some mesh bags or you can even use simply leaves in your yard. You can get a mesh bag at wally world and it can be used over and over.
1. Tape off all areas of your weapon so you do not paint lenses, needed markings, insert or out ward areas where the bullet comes out.
2. Wrap the cord around the weapon, This is optional it just help you add another layer of camo without painting you will see
3. Paint your base coat, I went with brown, make sure you dont get carried away again it is camo so if you still have areas shown it is okay you will break it up later.
4. Add your net across the weapon, Again you can hold it in one hand and spray with the other, I like to lay it on the weapon and move it so it lays on the weapon so when I spray it makes a good pattern.
5. After you are done go back through with another color and make the same strip or spray the same way you did with the first coat but go in front or behind of the first one,( now this is very debatable but trust me making the paint flow one way or another is important if it starts going back and forth it will be seen)
6. Remove the cord you put on your weapon in step 2.
7.Once you get done go back through with the thin strips of guts from a string or even take blades of grass and place it over the weapon and spray I used tan then went back over with black. This is very important to ensure you do not have too much of one color.
8. Take your tape off all the places you covered, and enjoy.
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I have seen some of the top shooters in the World come in and show us how to camo our weapons and I figure I would pass it on to anyone that maybe has that in their mind.
Now first many people will tell you to never shoot more than three colors, Wrong shoot as many as you want and if you dont like it then repaint and do it again, you cannot mess up cammo
Too many people pay a lot of money to have people to it for them and it is not worth it when you can use some simply household items and do the same thing
Make sure you know the area you plan on using your weapon, What I mean is if you are going to hunt in Arizona do not paint it dark. You want to make sure in dark areas you use forrest greens OD green and even brown and blacks, some people like to use whites and lime greens and it give you away.
Now you are not going out to hunt people and you are simply using it to break up the outline so bambi won't see you until you are pulling that trigger.
Okay here goes, you will need spray can paints, don't waist your money on the so called cammo paint, just regular flat. ( at least two)
Some thin rope, and even some extra cords of small rope in the pics you will see white 550 Cord and I used the guts at the end to break up the major outlines
You also need some mesh bags or you can even use simply leaves in your yard. You can get a mesh bag at wally world and it can be used over and over.
1. Tape off all areas of your weapon so you do not paint lenses, needed markings, insert or out ward areas where the bullet comes out.
2. Wrap the cord around the weapon, This is optional it just help you add another layer of camo without painting you will see
3. Paint your base coat, I went with brown, make sure you dont get carried away again it is camo so if you still have areas shown it is okay you will break it up later.
4. Add your net across the weapon, Again you can hold it in one hand and spray with the other, I like to lay it on the weapon and move it so it lays on the weapon so when I spray it makes a good pattern.
5. After you are done go back through with another color and make the same strip or spray the same way you did with the first coat but go in front or behind of the first one,( now this is very debatable but trust me making the paint flow one way or another is important if it starts going back and forth it will be seen)
6. Remove the cord you put on your weapon in step 2.
7.Once you get done go back through with the thin strips of guts from a string or even take blades of grass and place it over the weapon and spray I used tan then went back over with black. This is very important to ensure you do not have too much of one color.
8. Take your tape off all the places you covered, and enjoy.
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