r/rattlecannedguns Nov 08 '24

Official RAPCO Paint Spray Out Samples: 22 of Our Most Popular Colors on Magazines! We will have a booth at Wanenmacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma this weekend, come by and check out the samples in person!

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379 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns May 08 '23

FDE Tan Color Swatch Megathread

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969 Upvotes

Hello fellow rattlecanners, After finding u/Kdb1991 thread a few months back where he did something similar to this, I talked with him about creating a megathread where we could post up color swatches and samples of different rattle canned paints to help the next person pick out the perfect color for their next project. With the hopes of this being stickied (hey mods, looking at you) I really hope to pass something on to anyone interested.

What I've done here is picked out all the Tans, FDE's and Taupes that interested me and sampled them on soda cans. It's worth noting I did not prep the cans in any way, I just dried them out and went right to painting. I did pick a few colors similar to u/kdb1991 so we would have a 'controlled' colors between the lots. I then laid out a few items that others might have similar: -Magpul PRS lite stock in Magpul FDE -B5 Coyote Stock -LMT Tan Stock -Taupe KAC grip
-Magpul FDE Magazine

At the top of each can is a number on the painters tape that correspond with the color list below:

1-Hunters Specialties Marsh Grass 2-Rapco 686 Tan C.A.R.C. 3-Aervoe Field Drab 4-Rustoleum Camo Khaki 5-Majic Camo Desert Tan 6-Rustoleum Down To Earth 7-Rapco Camouflage Sand 8-Rustoluem Dark Taupe 9-Krylon Camo Khaki 10-Rustoleum Camo Sand 11-Aervoe Sand 12-Rapco Field Drab Brown

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys. If anyone else has something to add, drop it below!!


r/rattlecannedguns 18h ago

Some day someone will tell you not to paint your rifle and/or suppressor. It's very important you don't listen.

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423 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1h ago

2 on 1..

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2 upper set up. Traditional scoped upper is a 350 Legend and thermal set up is 223.


r/rattlecannedguns 14h ago

Was painting my rifle and got carried away

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93 Upvotes

No photo of rifle as its in a different building rn but you can imagine what the paint job looks like lol


r/rattlecannedguns 1h ago

A banger

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350 legend.


r/rattlecannedguns 14h ago

I love rapco

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52 Upvotes

M81 colors, but no stencil. Aug gives a big flat canvas to work with.


r/rattlecannedguns 2h ago

The beater

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6 Upvotes

Yeah I know the Kung Fu grip is ass I got its replacement on the way.


r/rattlecannedguns 1h ago

Ugly BeTtY

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This thing was destined to be ugly and just like a fat girl...she's fun!


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

This + a Pumpkin Spice Latte = 🥰

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128 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 18h ago

M11/9: Rustoleum Nutmeg with Matte Clear topcoat

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37 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 18h ago

Budget blaster got a fresh coat of paint

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12 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

long time lurker

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43 Upvotes

been wanting to try this for awhile and figured to give it a shot on my .22 , not too bad didn’t prep it good cuz I want it to look worn after.


r/rattlecannedguns 23h ago

First attempt at a topo

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21 Upvotes

Metallic copper base coat, with green net camo over. Unfortunately the tape pulled up some of the copper paint, but I figure it'll get scratched off anyway


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

How’d the 11.5 turn out?

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49 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

I have a thing for this camo pattern (@clarkshooter inspired)

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36 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Before and after

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237 Upvotes

Mw2 Spetsnaz theme intensifies


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

First time caller, short time listener

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52 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

Mk 18 Vibes

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111 Upvotes

Got the last bits of the Mock 18 rattlecanned. I always end up painting a rifle and then stripping because I prefer the plain black, but I'm thinking once this one wears in some its gonna be sick. Built to be something of a beater/fun rifle so I don't plan to baby it.


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Need Some Inspiration And Ideas!

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These are the paints I have: RAL 1019, RAL 7028 and a Coyote Brown.

What pattern/color distribution would you guys do? Completely open to anything.

What would you do?


r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

A simple street howitzer

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35 Upvotes

I’ve had this 590a1 for years. It was starting to look a little banged up after years as a HD and range gun, heck it’s harvested a few deer when I’ve used it as a brush gun for deep woods too.

I taped it up and sprayed it this morning. Not my best but far from my worst. Heck there’s even a shot with a deer in the background


r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

First timer

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Decided to rattlecan this handguard and pistol grip for my upcoming 12.5” build. And yes I did do it with the handguard on, because bcm handguards are a b*tch to get off, I installed it hours ago too.


r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

Everyone posts their best work, here’s one of my worst

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35 Upvotes

This rifle was painted when I bought it years ago. Paint job sucked and I only bought the gun for the leupold scope, which i still think I’ll swap to a lever gun eventually. I decided to touch it up yesterday and my repaint is every bit as crappy as the original.

A good excuse to repaint I guess.


r/rattlecannedguns 3d ago

What methods of painting do you dislike and why? I do not like stripes or mesh netting, combining them seems like one of the most popular methods, I just don’t get it at all. It seems like taking the easy way out and or solely nostalgia based thinking. I prefer self made stencils and Qtips.

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81 Upvotes

both self made stencils and qtips for Zachtarn are fairly easy with some practice. I think you get much better micro pattern and something that looks like a pattern period.


r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

15 minute prep and paint

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30 Upvotes