[nonnieselman]

Found a load that my 22-250 likes so i figured id start varmint hunting with it, but i just dont like shiny barrels..
My buddy left some paint at the house from when he did his 10/22. Its all Flat colors, black, olive, brown, khaki.

Before:

After:
Never painted a gun, much less something i have this much money in. But i figured if i mess it up, its still gonna function properly. I used a ear plug and put it in the muzzle, it has a very good 1/8" clearance all the way around the crown so it worked good. I greased the bolt body so no paint stuck to it, it worked also.

 

[nonnieselman]

Been thinking about doin my 300wm now.. :lol4:

 

[cottonmouth]

Looks good!

J.B.

 

[nonnieselman]

Might add some more brown and olive to it for this summer on the farm. Guess we will just have to see, We stalk crows thru the corn stalks, can get close to the edge of the row and blast them. But they can see so good.

 

[judgedelta]

Really looks good... What kind of paint? Krylon or something special, or just paint??

 

[shoeshooter]

You're a brave man.

 

[SubGunFan]

Those varmits will never see you coming.................

Looks good for a first one. Hope the scope lenses are not that color.....

I personally could not paint a gun........ sorry. A different finish yes, but not a "pattern".

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[GunOneDown]

Looks pretty good. I see u have the same painting/working/ do everything stand there too.

 

[Xd357]

Doesn't look bad at all.

 

[nonnieselman]

It was krylon camoflage paint. It stuck pretty good too, it reminds me of that rifle savage has out. Ill find it tom.
Yea i sat there in my reloading room debating myself. Then said oh well here we go.
One my buddys come over this evening so i could take a look at his truck for him. He saw the rifle, then sat there for a few seconds and then said it looks freakin great. Now we gonna do one of his 10/22s this weekend.

Sgf, i hit the lens with a good coat of flat black so it wouldnt reflect

 

[GunOneDown]

That Krylon Camo has Fusion in it now so it will stick to plastics and such better.

 

[nonnieselman]

Yea it said it had Fusion in it..

I had to hit the barrel with some sandpaper to rough it up so the paint would stick.. That was the hardest thing to do, never had to be that mean to a gun..


This is what it did at 100yds.
3200fps
80Gr Berger run into the rifling pretty good
Lapua Brass
36gr H414
CCI BR2

Its funny what .5gr does to a group.
Here is 35.5gr H414 everything else the same.

Gonna try and get it on out to 600yds and do some more testing, i went ahead and loaded the rest of the Bergers.
They fly flatter than my 210gr bergers out of the 300wm out to 1100yds and stay supersonic out to 1400yds. Wind drift is almost the same.
Only a 10.4MOA drop for 600yds with a 100yd zero
Bye bye coyotes!!

 

[SubGunFan]

80gr at 3200fps = EXPLODING VARMITS.........

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[nonnieselman]

Yea, i figured id go with the 9 twist and shoot heavy bullets. That factory barrel didnt last long with them 45gr bullets at 4000fps.

 

[nonnieselman]

This is what it reminds me of..

 

[Beladran]

4000?? WOw how many rounds did you get out of it?

 

[nonnieselman]

Thats what i started out using.. i started loading 55gr Vmax for a while. It lasted a lil while..
No way i could keep up with the round count.

 

[Beladran]

ha i sent you a PM if you wanna get togther one weekend and send some lead downrange

 

[nonnieselman]

Better picture...

Crown

 

[SubGunFan]

I like the finish on the barrel............

Smile.... Wait for the FLASH.....

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