Originally Posted by
Circle_10
Yep, that's what's happening on both of my painted guns.
The paint job on Gun 01 here could be described as slightly LARPish I guess, since the rattle camo color scheme is a bit unnecessary, but I wanted to give painting an AR a try.
Gun 06, which was more of less a "spare parts" build, was more recently painted. I did the upper and lower receivers back in July, and I finally found paint that matches the color of that Brownells Type D stock almost exactly so I did the handguard/VFG up in brown. While I'm kinda neutral on the camo job on Gun 01, I actually like the grey/brown scheme of this gun. And I don't find it to be LARPish.
It might look like a bit of a goofy configuration overall but I've found it to actually be a pretty good gun.
I think spare-parts-bin builds make for some of the coolest projects. Just something about repurposing unused parts and saving money that gets me to a happy place.
I like how the brown furniture turned out, before I read your comment the Brownells retro AR-10 came to mind.
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