What is your preferred gun finish/color?

[tac]

I didn't even know they existed - I Googlfied the darn thing as a joke - and found out my joke was a reality

I honestly expected to see some phony-baloney mockup like this:

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Pull that lower off that gun and I'd love to have it!! Anyway, I've drifted enough, back to Joe's original thread....

THIS is better to my old eye trumpets..............





General Sedgwick was NOT impressed.

tac

 

[Quartermaster]

Well worn

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Blued steel and walnut for beauty and class.
Stainless and whatever for "don't care if I beat hell out of it"

 

[tac]

Know what you mean...



Four shot groop..........100m.



tac

 

[tac]

Connect with post #21 - imagine headbutting this baby at 900 fps............



That'll sting for sure.

tac

 

[etrain16]

THIS is better to my old eye trumpets..............

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General Sedgwick was NOT impressed.

tac

That is a fine looking gun there...

 

[Joe13]

Four shot groop..........100m.

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tac

You missed the target

 

[edslhead]

I prefer seasonal colors right off the chart.

 

[Joe13]

I'd like to get a hunting knife and maybe woods pistol cerekoted in the same color pattern.

Jon @NWCustomFirearms had some nice combos on display and for sale that got me thinking

 

[WAYNO]

What do you like the best if you could have your guns in any color combo?

Stainless is always my preference living in the PNW but that doesn't always work out for me.

I like the idea of coating a few in crazy colors, but in general, I like grey over black guns (polished stainless with black accents are very much my style).


So what do you go for if you have a choice?

The most luxurious deep blue possible. But, I know that blue is not always, if ever, the best finish for folks that actually use their guns. So, most of the time, I'm carrying and using stainless. A couple companies, Sig especially, and Ruger, for example, have figured out a way to blacken stainless. My experience, especially with Sig, is this finish is extremely durable.

WAYNO.

 

[Dungannon]

THIS is better to my old eye trumpets..............

General Sedgwick was NOT impressed. tac

But he was surprised.

 

[mkwerx]

Silver over black is my favorite - I really dig guns that have black frames, silver slides, black barrels, and silver controls - the way Sig used to do two-tone guns. Absolute favorite look. Stainless or nickle finish both look nice. NP3 isn't bad, though a lot of NP3 guns I have seen have a tinge of brown/gold and aren't really silvery in appearance. Satin nickle or satin silver (real silver) are the classier looks, I think. I'm only a fan of polished finishes on certain guns, for certain purposes.

Classic black is a good second followed by earth tones in a distant third. Bright colors only belong on toys and training (dummy or color marking) guns to distinguish them from honest to god bullet-firing firearms. I don't like black over silver (reversed two tone) - it looks off to my eye.

 

[3MTA3]

Blued steel and walnut for beauty and class.

YES - my favorite for my bolt action hunting rifles

For my defensive rifles I like combinations of foliage green and FDE like this:


Works well in desert and forested environments and stays cooler in the sun than black.

 

[cigars]

Krylon. I did the barrel of a 10/22 with it. About fifteen years ago and it still looks decent. Otherwise I can't stand stainless or nickel finishes. I hate chrome for that matter as well (and get off my lawn while I'm at it...)
I've got an SP101 that I've been dying to darken for years... I'm thinking it's go time.

 

[2506]

I prefer checkered English walnut and deep, deep bluing. But I'm an old fart.

 

[Medic!]

Bluing that looks dripping wet is also nice.

But it's not practical. So I will have all mine refinished in matt black.

 

[tac]

You missed the target

Nope. On the stock disc - 'OVERSTRICK 2'

That's sighted to be just under 1.5" high at 100m.

tac

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Well since we are showing pictures.
Walnut and Parkerizing and walnut and browning.
Andy

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Or maple and case colored.
Andy

 

[tac]

Model 29 - what else?

tac