Painted my new Rifle

[LckyTylr]

Wifey bought me a Lower Receiver for an AR-15 for Christmas. I have been acquiring parts for it since. I can never leave "good enough" alone, I always have to personalize my toys.

[LckyTylr]

[LckyTylr]

[Elkonthebrain]

Looks good.... How long did it take you to do?

[Swede]

Your rifle looks great luky. You do nice work.

[LckyTylr]

I'd say, with stencil cutting, rifle prep, masking and actual painting, about 15 hours spread out over a few weeks. I'd put both of my young children to bed and then cut stencils while I watched TV with my Wife. Same thing for masking and rifle prep.

My last rifle paint job probably took my 3 times that amount of time, WAY more stencil cutting and WAY more application and re-application time.

[zpd307]

yowser! nice....

[LckyTylr]

Thanks everyone, one of these days I'm going to buy an old oven so I can start painting with the Cerakote. So far, I have only been using rattle can AlumaHyde II from Brownells, but I get the feeling that there's got to be a product out there that will give me a better finish, better lines and a stronger surface.

[LckyTylr]

UDPMS Upper and Lower
DPMS Lower Parts Kit (so a cheap factory-style trigger)
Yankee Hill Machine Foreend
Can't-remember-name Butt Stock (cheap)
Can't-remember-name Bolt and Bolt Carrier (cheap)
Nikon M-223 Scope Mount
Vortex Diamondback 4-12 Scope (again . . . Cheap)
Odinworks 18" Barrel
Cheap Federal factory ammo

This is the first trip to the range. Zero mis-feeds, functioned perfectly and shot well for not doing any load development and shooting out the back of my truck.pdate

[zpd307]

how far out were you shooting, 5-600 meters

[wawhitey]

how far out were you shooting, 5-600 meters

Had to be further than that, didnt you know 98% of people on hunting forums shoot dime size groups at 800 yards with factory ammo?

[LckyTylr]

Ha, you guys are hilarious!!! Only 100 yards, probably about the limitation of what I'm able to shoot, or close to it. I think, with hand loads, I can get that 3rd (lower) shot to group with the upper two . . . if I can reach that point, i'll be one happy camper.



I do NOT claim to be a long range shooter . . . I'm trying to get my feet wet in that arena, but it's an expensive undertaking.

Not to mention, this is a AR . . . not overly notorious as a long range shooter. That's NOT to say that an AR platform is not capable of long range, Lord help me, I don't want to start that argument, but this is a very budget-minded coyote gun, not a tack-driving competition bench rest beauty.

[zpd307]

i didnt want to start an argument, just ribbing a little...

[LckyTylr]

I hear you, it was well-received.

I'm a forum member on Long Range Hunting Forums . . . I'm baffled by some of the BS that gets passed around on that forum by people shooting fly eyeballs at 800 yards with a factory rig and quality bedding.