Does anyone have experience camo spraying a rifle?
 

I was wondering if someone could help me. I don't know how to align the camo patterns. I was thinking of using leaves.

What rifle and what type of pattern? Also, what above leaves?

If the rifle is something like an AR, your best bet may just be to buy furniture with the camo pattern you want.

Spray painting a rifle, in my opinion, gives it an unpleseant texture. Just think about that before you spray

Well not exactly an AR but an airsoft remington. I saw this movie once where
the actor put a couple of leaf on top of the rifle and started spraying a few streaks.
Thing is, I don't really know how to position the leaf on the rifle to break the outline.
Lets just say I'm unsure with the basics of camouflage.

I don't really mind. It's an airsoft. Hah

Then spray away using some kind of stencil

I'm thinking about painting up my Remington M700 but I'm not sure what the best paint for it is and I can't aford duracoat or whatever you want to call it.

I didnt think duracoat costs much?

when one is in a poor part of Oregon and only has $1,000 to last until one finds a new job...yeah gun paint is very expensive.

I would think that painting your gun wouldn't even be a priority.

Yeah, id wait till you had money to spare and get a good job done. Getting a crappy job done will waste money you dont have now and cost money in the future when you try to fix your mistake.

You doing okay Rockwolf? We Oregonians have to stick together.

All 18 of you :p

Ah, OK. If it's airsoft, you probably have less to worry about.

I knew a guy once who spray-painted his airsoft Tokyo Marui M14 with a woodland-style camo pattern (no leaves, though). But he separated the entire receiver/barrel assembly from the stock before he did it. The stock was the only thing he painted. I also can't remember what type of primer he used, but I believe that there are airsoft retailers who sell a type that's very good for this exact purpose.

I take extreme offense to that! I know at least 19 other Oregonians!

I think they did that in Shooter. Didn't understand how they did it so precisely just putting leaves on it though.

Since this topic came up again, it reminded me of this video. Skip to about 6:30 to see the final step and results. It's quite impressive.
Part one is here, to see the full process.