M4 in HBO's "The Last of US"

[Stickman]

Certainly nothing wrong with liking the look of something. Weapons are included in that.

[rushca01]

Certainly nothing wrong with liking the look of something. Weapons are included in that.

I’m glad you said this, I agree. OP rock want you want to rock. It’s no different than people making clone MK12’s, Mk18’s, or the Shughart M4.

[kirkland]

Do what you want with your own property. Who cares what anybody else thinks.

[HKGuns]

Just drag it behind your truck on a gravel road for a few miles.

[Ed L.]

Buy the decorative tape known as "Paki tape" that that the Afghans used to decorate their ARs and AKs. It is festive and will give the gun a Khyber Pass aura.

https://reaperfeed.com/paki-tape-ak-accessories/

https://www.echo93.com/product-page/green-paki-tape

[MSW]

Just shoot your gun, it will look that way eventually. Sanding the finish off your gun is the equivalent of 16 year old girls buying jeans made with giant holes in the knees.

This

[tkoglman]

I got some pics from a Kid that was at Ft. Campell, he was a mortar guy, but his AR had some milage. Looked like the one in The Last of Us. It actually reminded me the other night.

I can't imagine how many rounds down range with that bad boy.

PB

Probably due to excessive/improper cleaning more so than rounds down range. I knew way too many Marines who attacked their weapons with steel brushes, oven cleaner, and the like.

[hotbiggun42]

Use a sharpie to cover bare spots.

[markm]

People actually do this shit to Guitars. "Relic" them. It's so fukking gay and repulsive to me. You could even pay a premium to get a relic guitar cable from one company.

I got some pics from a Kid that was at Ft. Campell, he was a mortar guy, but his AR had some milage. Looked like the one in The Last of Us. It actually reminded me the other night.

I can't imagine how many rounds down range with that bad boy.

PB

Here's CB's gun:

[AndyLate]

Probably due to excessive/improper cleaning more so than rounds down range. I knew way too many Marines who attacked their weapons with steel brushes, oven cleaner, and the like.

Agree this happens (you forgot the green scrub pads), but I was issued a brand new FN M-16A2 before I went to Iraq and remember still how silver-worn it was when I turned it in. I was not a door kicker, was in an AVIM unit, but carrying/wearing the rifle everywhere and everyday in and out of vehicles, aircraft, etc. put an amazing amount of wear on the finish.

IMHO you cannot artificially create the look of honest wear.

Andy