Painted my hunting rifle

[BigTwig]

I haven't deer hunted (I duck hunt though) since I was a kid but have been wanting to do so the past couple of years. A friend has asked me if I wanted to go the other day but I didn't have a proper rifle to do so. Went out and grabbed a Savage Axis XP in 6.5 Creedmoor (since another friend raves about it). It was all black so I decided to try my hands at a camo paint job.

1st time doing this and I think it turned out better then I thought it would.

Before



After



Now hopefully I get a deer this year!

 

[Geezer]

Looks good from here.

 

[Tailhunter]

Yup, it does.

Hope you spend sometime shooting it so you know what it does at different ranges.

 

[jmccracken1214]

Check the scope base and rings, make sure they're tight before you go to zero it

 

[BigTwig]

Yup, it does.

Hope you spend sometime shooting it so you know what it does at different ranges.

That's the plan

 

[BigTwig]

Check the scope base and rings, make sure they're tight before you go to zero it

Will do. Thanks for the advise!

 

[Tailhunter]

Will do. Thanks for the advise!

Remember inch pounds, not foot pounds.

 

[HMP]

Looks good man
I think I'd be far too intimidated to take krylon to mine, but these do look good!

 

[Slacker]

You did use scent free paint right?

 

[Tigard]

Nice job. Don't drop it in the leaves.

 

[Rockchucker]

If you have a torque screw driver I’d check those action screws too.