His Majesty had mentioned that after CRHing was ended, which it now is, that KT would get back to a previous hobby....that of camo painting some shotguns and rifles.
First please realize KT is NOT taking any high $$$ rifles or shotguns to do this. This is for woods beaters, single shots mostly, and some older guns that are showing their age, either due to wear, light rust, or otherwise...something that would sell in local pawnshops used for from $100 to $250. Keep in mind, KT very much dislikes black sticks! These are rifles and shotguns that look unnatural in the woods...many "survival rifles" and single shot shotguns used for survival purposes look this way. To the Royal Way of thinking, animals can readily spot an unusual Black Stick from far away. Especially very sharp eyed animals like crows, squirrels, etc. So to take that black stick and make it blend more into the background is the aim of KT's efforts. And this is all done with rattle can paints, essentially all camo types that can be purchased at WalMart or other hardware stores that have a paint section. To camo paint an object one needs to recognise not only what you want to achieve, but that the results often come out the reverse of what you expect. If you want a green and brown grass pattern, you have a green and brown underlayment, then you spray with the opposite color to achieve your pattern and KT uses mostly natural grasses, leaves, etc to get the effect He wants. You start with a base color, either light or dark and then work towards the other end, working lighter on dark background or darker on light background. When satisfied with the results, then everything receives a coat, preferably 2 light coats of matte clearcoat. This acts as a hardner and gives the gun a reasonable resistance to scratches and abrasion. Some folks use Ceracoat, and that gives ultimate hardness after baking, but KT has neither the time, money or patience for that option. And besides, let's face it, if you try something and you cannot get satisfied with it, just wash the gun down with paint stripper and you are back to the original look essentially.
So, today here it is 98 degrees F. in the shade and high humidity....a terrible time to start the process! 80 or below and lower humidity is better, more comfortable, and promotes more uniform drying and spray painting! So, there are no pictures of anything but the raw gun to be camoflauged and its carrying case, also which will be camoflauge painted. Again, KT dislikes Black gun cases and bags!
The gun that will painted is a Rossi Matched Pair single shot youth rifle and shotgun.....22 and .410 barrels, made by Taurus. The stock is hollow and contains several .410 shells, gun oil, fire starter kit, very small first aid kit (a few bandaids, small tube of antiseptic cream, bee sting pads, and a couple of stop bleed wipes) and a small bandana to prevent rattling around while carrying it. In the bag, are both a pull through rope cleaning kit for .22 and .410(not pictured), and you will see a bunch of .22LR cartridges. Those fit inside the universal forestock~50. KT picked this up used a couple of months back for $200 plus tax...and got a free used sling for it. The shotgun barrel is drilled for a scope but KT will never put one on it.
This would be a great gun to train your young son/daughter some shooting skills, but until they are older, do not let them shoot the shotgun barrel as it is too much for a pre-teen to handle.
Alrighty then! Below are two pictures, the first one of the carry case, and the second of the stock, 2 barrels, forestock and .22 rounds that fit into the forestock. You can certainly see what KT means by a black stick!
KT will camo the bag first, and will see how it looks with a grass type pattern!
First please realize KT is NOT taking any high $$$ rifles or shotguns to do this. This is for woods beaters, single shots mostly, and some older guns that are showing their age, either due to wear, light rust, or otherwise...something that would sell in local pawnshops used for from $100 to $250. Keep in mind, KT very much dislikes black sticks! These are rifles and shotguns that look unnatural in the woods...many "survival rifles" and single shot shotguns used for survival purposes look this way. To the Royal Way of thinking, animals can readily spot an unusual Black Stick from far away. Especially very sharp eyed animals like crows, squirrels, etc. So to take that black stick and make it blend more into the background is the aim of KT's efforts. And this is all done with rattle can paints, essentially all camo types that can be purchased at WalMart or other hardware stores that have a paint section. To camo paint an object one needs to recognise not only what you want to achieve, but that the results often come out the reverse of what you expect. If you want a green and brown grass pattern, you have a green and brown underlayment, then you spray with the opposite color to achieve your pattern and KT uses mostly natural grasses, leaves, etc to get the effect He wants. You start with a base color, either light or dark and then work towards the other end, working lighter on dark background or darker on light background. When satisfied with the results, then everything receives a coat, preferably 2 light coats of matte clearcoat. This acts as a hardner and gives the gun a reasonable resistance to scratches and abrasion. Some folks use Ceracoat, and that gives ultimate hardness after baking, but KT has neither the time, money or patience for that option. And besides, let's face it, if you try something and you cannot get satisfied with it, just wash the gun down with paint stripper and you are back to the original look essentially.
So, today here it is 98 degrees F. in the shade and high humidity....a terrible time to start the process! 80 or below and lower humidity is better, more comfortable, and promotes more uniform drying and spray painting! So, there are no pictures of anything but the raw gun to be camoflauged and its carrying case, also which will be camoflauge painted. Again, KT dislikes Black gun cases and bags!
The gun that will painted is a Rossi Matched Pair single shot youth rifle and shotgun.....22 and .410 barrels, made by Taurus. The stock is hollow and contains several .410 shells, gun oil, fire starter kit, very small first aid kit (a few bandaids, small tube of antiseptic cream, bee sting pads, and a couple of stop bleed wipes) and a small bandana to prevent rattling around while carrying it. In the bag, are both a pull through rope cleaning kit for .22 and .410(not pictured), and you will see a bunch of .22LR cartridges. Those fit inside the universal forestock~50. KT picked this up used a couple of months back for $200 plus tax...and got a free used sling for it. The shotgun barrel is drilled for a scope but KT will never put one on it.
This would be a great gun to train your young son/daughter some shooting skills, but until they are older, do not let them shoot the shotgun barrel as it is too much for a pre-teen to handle.
Alrighty then! Below are two pictures, the first one of the carry case, and the second of the stock, 2 barrels, forestock and .22 rounds that fit into the forestock. You can certainly see what KT means by a black stick!
KT will camo the bag first, and will see how it looks with a grass type pattern!
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