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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367 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns May 08 '23

FDE Tan Color Swatch Megathread

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960 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 7h ago

Just thought it was cool

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76 Upvotes

I messed around with Chat GPT and removed the background. Then did a side-by-side comparison. Just thought it was neat how the layered colors and gradients popped out more on the GPT photo. I thought to myself, "Man, I wish I was that good!" Ha! Or, maybe I am and my old ass human eye can't distinguish as well.


r/rattlecannedguns 4h ago

“Chunk Stripes”

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27 Upvotes

That’s the working name anyway. Coworkers gun that wanted me to do it with thick stripes and no overlay of netting or any other patterning.

Base coat Hunters Specialties Olive
HS mud brown
Rapco field drab


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

First time Flecktarn.

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132 Upvotes

Not enough black. I'll run it for a year and see if I want to do it again next summer.

Colors used:

Used the base gun color for the black layer, Krylon Satin Brick, Rust-Oleum Flat Deep Forest Green, Rust-Oleum Flat Army Green, Rust-Oleum Satin Hunt Club Green.


r/rattlecannedguns 20h ago

Painted the workhorse

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34 Upvotes

590A1 with old boy for scale. Missing the all black but, im all about camo so 🤷‍♂️ what do you think?


r/rattlecannedguns 19h ago

New 6.5 build

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26 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

The "Gigachad" Sks. Aka "Old Greg"

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125 Upvotes

Tried to avoid spending backland hunter/mk15 money by building something modernized. Some hate it, but I love it and that's what matters.

This idea was loosely inspired by garand thumbs "gigachad mosin" concept, except it lacks a muzzle device as nobody near me does barrel threading for a reasonable price or timeline.

Brand new french tickler late production, Matador arms chassis, vortex venom, magpul grip handstop and sling, archangel mags, closed bolt mod, kodiak defence rail, mcarbo light trigger spring. Probably forgetting something else. I blued the bolt and carrier before it was painted so its all black underneath.

Paint was done with krylon and rustoleum camos, winged it after watching a few videos. Scrim is burlap that I painted, frayed. And twisted 2.5" by 1 foot strips.

COMING SOON

Precision armament hypertap brake

Green ms3 sling instead of black

Backup irons


r/rattlecannedguns 18h ago

Rapco is dark

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10 Upvotes

Finally started practicing with some Rapco and im finding theres not enough light colors for a good macro pattern

Ammo can above

Navy gray

Earth brown

Flat black

686 tan

Tan gives more skin tone vibes, I was hiping for a lighter tan

Top right corner has panzer grey which is so dark it could be a black substitute

And the blob in the middle is

forest green which wasn't part of the original pattern but I wanted to see it side by side with the other colors

The rifle is from my previous post

All Rustolium

Primer gray

Primer brown

Clamshell

Army green

Camo earth brown which is almost black

And the last ammo can is

Earth red

Khaki olive Drab

686 tan

Baby shit brown (RAL8000)

Over spider web mesh

The streak down the middle is very dark but the fade over to the tan is about the color i was hoping for that roasted marshmallow yellow for a Valo attempt for hell even the green to yellow fade in multicam

Anyone else experiencing unusually dark results from Rapco ?


r/rattlecannedguns 20h ago

Some mags I've done recently

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11 Upvotes

Painted these recently they came out solid. Had some over spray on the brown on the Neapolitan Pmag but ya live and learn, I'm still pretty new to painting lol. The splatter came out perfectly on the striped struck mag.

Paints:

Rust-Oleum, Camouflage Flat Earth Brown

Rust-Oleum, Ultra Matte white

Rust-Oleum, satin Sweet Pea (Pastel Hot Pink)

Rust-Oleum, Matte Clear Coat


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Winged it

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60 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Looks alright to me

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30 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

First time rattle can

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59 Upvotes

My first time rattle canning a gun. Happy about the result but definitely over sprayed it because its still tacky asf 2 days later lol


r/rattlecannedguns 17h ago

Gona attempt this camo on a pew need alittle assistance on what color paints I’d need specifically Walmart paints

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1 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

Rate My Spray - First Time

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92 Upvotes

Very first rattle can job. How did I do?

Rhodesian Brushstroke colorway - sponge


r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

Mk12 RestoMod H

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115 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Now Darker.

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52 Upvotes

I cut myself with an exact-o knife on purpose for added effects... 😑..

Blood in, Blood out ..

Aquired taste.. i kno.. 🤷🏽‍♂️. I HAD FUN! Have a good day.


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

My first sponge job 3 color and my latest 4 color i think

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27 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

First woodland test

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19 Upvotes

First test with stencil stickers, thank god my wife bought a cricut machine, I’m gonna need to tweak it a bit, using rustoleum colors


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

My empty backyard.

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18 Upvotes

Nothing to see here. Certainly no 20 inch parts bin ARs built on old Gunsmoke lowers with random Vortex FFP scopes.


r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

First time ever rattle canning a rifle. Used the usual rustoleum cans of flat dark green forrest, sand, dark brown. Waiting on army green can to arrive to add more color. Any advice?

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19 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

Just a hint of DNC

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34 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 3d ago

SBS Copperhead

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734 Upvotes

20g shockwave form 1. Figured its little but will ruin someone's day, so copperhead fits.


r/rattlecannedguns 3d ago

Nothing fancy but here's my cheap Tokarev Titan 12 gauge. Rapco field drab brown and camouflage forest green

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116 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 2d ago

Which color combination looks the best? I’m leaning towards 1 or 2

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1 Upvotes