Is black rifle camo'ed enough?

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JerryinPA

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While I have camo for the body, I don't have the rifle camo'ed. It's a Browning A-bolt 243 with a superb piece of curly walnut, and I don't honestly have the heart to cover it up or scratch it...

So, I'm thinking about picking up a nice black-stocked synthetic 223 rifle. Heck, it seems like a good excuse to buy another rifle doesn't it?

My first question is whether the flat black rifle is sufficient, or if a rifle HAS to be camo'ed? Talk eastern coyotes and foxes.

I'm obviously just a beginner.

Thanks in advance,

Jerry.
 
My muzzleloader is just a black synthetic stock and forearm. It is not shiny at all. I guess you call it a matte finish, very dull. I have had no problems with this deer hunting. If hunting at night I would think it would be just as affective as camo and in day your biggest problem is sun or any type of light reflecting off of your gun. If it has that dull finish I think you are ok. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
 
I used to use a T/C encore with a 22-250 barrle, and it was camo and stainless. And I have killed a few critters with it.

Now when I took my Ruger M77 all weather 270 out yote hunting this year, I was set-up along an edge of a field, and I could really tell that the barrel was glaring from the sunlight..

I would think that a flat black finish would be just as good as a camo'ed gun.
 
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Jerry, I use a Remington Model 7 in 223 for a coyote rifle. It has a factory black synthetic stock and I put a matte black DuraCoat finish on it. I use it like this for my coyote rifle with no problems. I also use my AR-15 with no other camo on it to take coyotes. You can camo your rifle if you want to, but as long as it's not too shiny, I don't think that it's necessary. MI VHNTR
 
Dull non reflective finished firearms are just fine. I've used such for both turkeys and predator calling with no problems in the past. Sometimes I get an itch and scratch it by wrapping some cloth camo tape on the stocks only to break up the outline, but I doubt seriously it matters. Glossy shiney finishes can be stand busters, as is movement. If you're fidgeting around and waving the barrel while sitting on stand you'll tip off more predators than not, regardless of the firearms finish. I rate movement on the stand as a top priority.
 
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Heck, it seems like a good excuse to buy another rifle doesn't it?



Sounds like an excellent excuse to me! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Maybe even good enough for two or three guns! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
 
Try to set up in the shadows... whenever possible.

I also agree with GC:
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If you're fidgeting around and waving the barrel while sitting on stand you'll tip off more predators than not, regardless of the firearms finish. I rate movement on the stand as a top priority. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

 
I cover my rifle up with a Gun Sock. Its a bit of a pain to put on and remove, but it works. You could also buy a camo stock for it and save to wood and use camo tape on the metal
 
I have an ar, and instead of painting it I just wrap it with 1" white medical bandage for snow, or a 1" brown wrap like an ace bandage for the summer. It's easy on and off.
 
This might be an option. You make it yourself from their kit for 20 bucks or you can buy one already made for 29.

Slips on and off in a heartbeat so you can use it on different rifles. I've been using them for several years and they seem to work very well.

The web site is www.bushrag.com

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Jerry:

Maybe if the gun is black a yote will think it is a dog, cat, a snake, turkey, or some other black critter and you can use it as a decoy.

Good question, the last few days i was considering purchasing a new stock for my benelli, for turkey and yotes. The camo stocks cost more and if i got a camo stock then i would need to do something to the rest of the gun so it all looks similar.
 
I've been seriously thinking of painting or Parkerizing a flat grey color. Like that of a dead limb, w/o its bark, in the woods. I would leave the top of the rib on the shotgun flat black. I'm thinking it would look like the crack in the wood. Dead limbs point in any direction so no matter how you hold your gun it won't look unnatural.
As for the BushRag, I like it, but if you have to move that's a lot of stuff to be moving, (?)
 
"As for the BushRag, I like it, but if you have to move that's a lot of stuff to be moving"

Not at all. If you move slowly, as you should, it wont bother them at all. Like I said, I have been using one for a while now and they work really well for me in my area.

One thing, it also acts as a sort of mini blind, helping to break up your figure.

The only down side to it, if it rains, the stuff gets heavy.
 
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