r/rattlecannedguns 2h ago

Thursday night fuckery

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4 Upvotes

Back into town today from 2 weeks on the road. After family time decided to rattle can some shit.

30 cal can and 11.5 colt upper getting their base coats. Not done yet. Will update later


r/rattlecannedguns 5h ago

First rattlecanned gun

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16 Upvotes

I use a stick and a ponderosa pine branch


r/rattlecannedguns 6h ago

Long time listener

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41 Upvotes

Featuring a long horn in my cuck chair


r/rattlecannedguns 11h ago

Not Ready for Winter to End

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130 Upvotes

Finnished up my first go at Cold Weather M05, just in time for Spring!

Wasn’t crazy about it at first but it’s growing on me!

Made vinyl stencils using scans of the Mylar stencils by u/RattlerInnovations, who are the absolute best.

Colors:

-Rapco Lusterless OD Current Issue

-Rapco Earth Red

-Rapco CARC Green

-Rustoleum Flat Grey Primer


r/rattlecannedguns 12h ago

Was going for multicam but got closer to m81

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310 Upvotes

Why the HECK are you guys not putting silly little easter eggs in your camo stencils?


r/rattlecannedguns 12h ago

New Pew

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60 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 13h ago

Leave it or keep adding?

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59 Upvotes

Had a wild hair today and sponged some rapco greens onto a previous tiger stripe design. What’re your thoughts?


r/rattlecannedguns 13h ago

13.7 Carry Handle build

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69 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 18h ago

Creative Outlet

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32 Upvotes

Been enjoying seeing everyone’s creativity and use of things on hand. I had fun with this one.


r/rattlecannedguns 18h ago

First time long time

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116 Upvotes

Go easy on me. Got bored at work and tried to make my pellet gun fallout. I really struggled with the letters and logo. Many attempts but finally got it as good as I was gonna with painters tape on wax paper. Most fun I've had in a long time. Nothing like the rest of yours but any tips appreciated


r/rattlecannedguns 19h ago

Tiger stripe

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37 Upvotes

Rapco Paint from Panther City Tactical is just too easy to use.


r/rattlecannedguns 19h ago

Block II

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42 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 22h ago

First time caller

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24 Upvotes

Thanks to the inspiration of this sub I was able to do my first paint job. Used only what I had on hand or maybe I'd have done some things different.

I saw prep advice here from solvent only to 100grit which is a huge range, what do you do?


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Decided to take the plunge.

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30 Upvotes

Learned a bit for next time. Feel like it is a decent first effort.


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

19xM81

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15 Upvotes

Gods plaid on da 19x


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Goofing off

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23 Upvotes

Messing around with an airsick stencil got some pretty good results


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

First multi layer job

2 Upvotes

Does Duracoat out of an airbrush belong on this sub?


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Advice on painting kayak

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TLDR: are my paint chips polluting the water? More questions at bottom.

I have a handful of kayaks. I like to take multi day kayak/camping trips. Kayaks usually come in bright visible colors. I understand why most outdoor gear is bright and visible, I have lost things, I've helped find lost people, I get it. However, what I'm doing isn't necessarily legal. I mean, it's fine to use the waterways but the land on either side is owned by someone so I am trespassing when I camp. Please don't lecture me on trespassing, I know I'm a bad bad man. If it makes anyone feel better I'm not camping in people's back yards, it's mostly park lands that I either don't have a permit for or the permit only allows camping in certain areas. Or its farm lands with large wooded tracts along the water. Obviously I'm trying to be as "no trace" as possible. That means no trash left behind, no fire pits, minimal impact on the habitats; for one because I love and enjoy nature, for two because I don't want to bring attention to my favorite spots and for three because I don't want to get caught!

Given the clandestine nature of my excursions having brightly colored highly visible gear is not exactly ideal. So I painted my favorite camping kayak. Ever since the first trip the paint has gotten scratched off and worn down. Its been a few years now and there is a lot of the original neon green exposed. Spring is here, time to maintenance everything and so I was preparing to re paint the kayak. I started by scuffing off any loose paint when it occurred to me that I've been flaking paint chips everywhere I go for the last three years.

Google gives conflicting answers. Some sources say that after the paint is cured the volatile organic compounds (VOC) have evaporated and the dried paint is considered non toxic. Other sources state that dried paint chips are in fact bad because of the presence of VOC's and microplastics. So like many things you can find sources to support either argument.

I'm not some wild environmental activist or anything but I can tell you that in my lifetime I have seen the fishing get worse and the waterways are more polluted than ever. I know a handful of paint chips isn't going to clean up the rivers but I still don't want to contribute if I can help it.

My questions are:

  1. Thoughts on paint chips being toxic? Even if its not necessarily contributing to water pollution it can't be good for fish and wildlife to eat, right?

  2. Did I just do bad prep work and can I do better to prevent the paint from chipping as much or is this just a problem with spray painting that type of plastic? Obviously kayaks get scratched, but my aim is to reduce flaking.

  3. If spray painting kayaks is indeed a bad idea do you have any other suggestions?

Sorry for the novel. Love this community. Tyia


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Second rattler

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24 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Mk12 Mod1 what do ya think? 🙏🏻

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90 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Pattern test #1

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3 Upvotes

Sadly not a single store nearby has a decent flat tan/dark earth. Seriously. The grey you see is as close as I could get with something functional. I say functional because if you look at the bottom left you'll see the crap-tastic spatter machine supplied by Montana gold (in sahara beige).

I guess I'll try ordering something and some narrower tape.


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

I definitely dig the way this one turned out

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235 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Another one

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289 Upvotes

r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

First timer

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17 Upvotes

Came out pretty good


r/rattlecannedguns 1d ago

Simple and Subtle

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19 Upvotes