Painting Your Sniper Rifle
Well, in this section o' me web page, I am going to
attempt to teach you all how to effectively paint your sniper rifles.
I will show you the trick that some o' them USMC snipers use on their nifty
M40A1's, and I will take it a little further. Unless they already
employ the step that I am going to show you, but hey, who cares?
1-Materials
To successfully paint your sniper rifle, you need
the right materials. So here ya go:
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Spray Paint-For this job, you need the right paint. Look for any
of the paint at military surplus stores that is specifically for camouflage.
You need a light color for the base color. Try a light green or Olive
Drab. Next, get some red-brown spray paint to add contrast and variety
to the rifle. After that, get two darker shades of green.
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Quality Tape-Be sure to get strong, sealing tape, so that no paint will
get on the valuable parts that shouldn't get painted.
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Leaves and Grass-You need a variety of plants and leaves that will look
good on your rifle
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Burlap-This will be wrapped around the gun to break up it's outline.
Choose OD Green or Brown.
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Cardboard or Newspaper-Be sure that this is longer and wider than your
gun, because it will have the gun on it.
2-Starting Out
Here is what you'll need to do to set up:
Lay down the cardboard or paper, with the rifle set on top, or, if
you have a bi-pod, take out the legs, and stand it up.
Take out the tape, and tape off all of the areas of the gun you do NOT
want to have spray paint on, or that shouldn't have spray paint on them,
like the scope lens, magnification numbers, bolt, etc.
3-Base Paint
Now, after shaking the OD or light color spray paint
can fully, spray paint the entire gun that color. You may or may
not want to let it dry for a day, but it's all up to you. Let it
dry before you do the next steps, though.
4-Contrast and Variety
This is probably the easiest step of all: simply
shake the red-brown can of spray paint, and put strips of that color on
the gun. These strips do not have to be evenly distributed, if preferred.
5-Touching Up
This is the cool part: after shaking the two cans
of dark green, place some of the plants onto a part of the rifle.
Now, spray paint OVER these plants, creating a plant-like pattern on your
gun. Alternate between the two cans of spray paint and the plants,
making the patterns spaced about 6-12 inches.
6-Burlap
The last step in this is to wrap the gun up in burlap.
Do this carefully, so as to not cover up any vital parts of the gun, such
as the scope lenses, and the bolt, trigger, etc.
Welp, that's it, boys. Hope this helps, and
if you have any questions, I'd be glad to help.
Smurfett