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I've been goofing around with sponge painting lately. I recently did my 6.5 PRC Superlite and recently picked up this 223 Remington. I always liked the Grape/gray/black McSwirley color, but have never ordered one. So I decided to do a Grape sponge job on my new Tikka. Black base, light gray and grape. This will be used at night for fox calling and will probably be my new turkey rifle. It loves the 77 grain Nosler CC and the 75 grain Hornady HPBT.
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Here is the 6.5 PRC
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A good friend of mine(who loves his John Deere tractors)asked me to paint his 10-22 "tractor rifle"!
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I like it
But, I’d never hunt turkeys with a rifle, that’s just wrong. Ha Ha. Like shooting ducks on a pond with a .22. Pretty sure those turkeys will be able to see that brilliant purple as they are very color oriented.
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Never knew that was a thing. The 6.5PRC looks awesome.
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I've been goofing around with sponge painting lately. I recently did my 6.5 PRC Superlite and recently picked up this 223 Remington. I always liked the Grape/gray/black McSwirley color, but have never ordered one. So I decided to do a Grape sponge job on my new Tikka. Black base, light gray and grape. This will be used at night for fox calling and will probably be my new turkey rifle. It loves the 77 grain Nosler CC and the 75 grain Hornady HPBT. Very nice, I like it!
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Nice work! They look great.
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What brand of paint do you use? Do you clear coat after sponging? Those look great.
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Giving me some ideas. Mostly just need PRC brass...pretty much impossible to find.
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I like it
But, I’d never hunt turkeys with a rifle, that’s just wrong. Ha Ha. Like shooting ducks on a pond with a .22. Pretty sure those turkeys will be able to see that brilliant purple as they are very color oriented. They certainly have no issue seeing purple! That just ups the challenge! Just another thing to hunt with the rifle.
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What brand of paint do you use? Do you clear coat after sponging? Those look great. Rust-Oleum and Krylon. I just spray a little puddle onto a piece of shiny cardboard(like a cereal box) then dip natural sponge pieces into it for the pattern. I do use a satin clear coat. I don't really like the flat clear coat, as it almost looks gray. Use the satin, then take the shine off with some 000 steel wool, after the clear has fully cured.
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Giving me some ideas. Mostly just need PRC brass...pretty much impossible to find. I've been trying to find a bit more as well. Currently, I'm using 53 grains of 7828ssc with the 143 ELDX @2914 fps.
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Nice. Turkey with a rifle in Wyoming also
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Nice. Turkey with a rifle in Wyoming also Same in WV.
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I've been goofing around with sponge painting lately. I recently did my 6.5 PRC Superlite and recently picked up this 223 Remington. I always liked the Grape/gray/black McSwirley color, but have never ordered one. So I decided to do a Grape sponge job on my new Tikka. Black base, light gray and grape. This will be used at night for fox calling and will probably be my new turkey rifle. It loves the 77 grain Nosler CC and the 75 grain Hornady HPBT. I like it. Nice job! Now go get a turkey with it next month.
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My paint jobs never come out as nice,as yours. Every year my jeep guns gets beat up and gets the HELL used out of them i have 2 jeep guns both about the same, and every year i sand and patch the ding's and primer them and repaint them, this one has a $10.00 pawn shop stock, always wanted a flame job but have never figured out how to do it. so i call this one PRO--PAIN Rio7
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