Deer hunting BS thread

indeed, imma send my shotgun to him, see what he can do !!!

 

Thank ya sir, she definitely approved!

Thank ya sir! And yeah, the knife route seems like a real big opportunity to mess it and myself up pretty easily.. I really like the idea of the soldering iron! I think I could probably get better results with that vs a dremel (just knowing my past dremel work jobs). This is exactly why I asked - I knew there'd be a tool out there I hadn't thought of yet!

Negative. I'm really liking the soldering iron idea. I think I can still get that personalized handwriting look I was hoping for that route, and I like the idea of shallow passes/low heat until I get where I want. Plus I don't have to pay anyone

I bet that looks amazing! The only reason I was okay painting this rifle was because it was a synthetic plastic stock. I couldn't imagine painting a wood one. It also cost about $150-$200 from the local hardware store many years back. Its nothing special in terms of monetary value. Which to me makes for the perfect "tool" to be passed around, used and abused, and truly enjoyed, instead of some trophy worthy gun you're scared to take in the woods. We've got a couple unique ones in the family that will pass down to the boys. I'd like to do the same for the girls, and hopefully start a reason for future daughters to have interest in guns/hunting.

Thank ya sir!

I'll save you the trouble and tell ya exactly how I did it! Its really easy to be honest. I did it exactly how I painted my climbing sticks, just changed the colors obviously. Start with a solid lighter color base coat (tan or grey), then get some craft sponge, spray a new color paint on a paper plate, dip it, and start dabbing! Dab the whole rifle with each color til you're happy! If you do this method with traditional camo colors (tan, dark green, brown, lighter green, black, and then extremely light dabs of white in a few places), it comes out really similar to Bass Pro Redhead Strata camo pattern. For this pink pattern, I did a base coat of like a slate grey, dabbed with a really light matte pink, dabbed with a more traditional just bright ass pink color (it was unfortunatley gloss), and then dabbed with black. To be honest, I was extremely happy without the bright gloss pink on it - it was a more realistic camo. The bright pink just brought it to life, less camo-y, more girly, but still camo-y.

 

Same Buck.
He's staying in the area.
Nice by Ct. standards. That's a throwback for @buckhuntin-tacoma

 

Let it go another year....

 

From Dennis’ perspective, that buck still has milk on its lips

 

Barely dropped his spots

 

What can I say fellas, we are blessed in this area as far as deer hunting goes. Politics is another story but it is what it is!

 

Here’s one my buddy has on one of his farms.

 

We just of the deer

 

Nothing like your amazing job on your daughter's rifle, this was a last minute thought and like yours, this rifle was bought when I was a kid. Sandpaper, linseed oil and a little time and here it is. This thing has taken a ton of deer and varmint over the years. This .243 will be handed down to one of my grandsons.

 

Remington 788 ? ive got one. its a dang good shooter

 

Love it! Looks great to me! I thought after acquiring the AR10/.308, I'd be happy having my "do everything" gun, but I keep seeing beautiful natural wood stock rifles, and its got me feeling like there's still a slot missing in my collection lol. Just goes to show we'll always want what we don't have! Great job sir, they'll be extremely fortunate to inherit a many-times-proven tool of the woods

 

Yes sir, O reliable 788; thing drives tacks!!

 

Thank you, sir! I must have liked how it turned out, I have a 22mag that looks just like the .243 Bought the 22mag, sanded it down the next day and applied linseed oil to it, looks good as well.

 

22Mag & .243 together
These were both sanded down and hand rubbed with linseed oil. Applied linseed oil until I reached the desired color I was happy with. Fun and easy to do!

 

there is a gunsmith in our area that builds guns off the 788. even though it was an economy gun it was very accurate with its 9 locking lugs. yea the bolt is sloppy compared to higher dollar guns but it locks up tight.