Dressed up the Savage

[barrike]

I bought a new Savage 116 in 2005.  It came with the plain, ugly, cheap, plastic stock.  I never cared for it.  Last month for S#!t$ and giggles, I started researching different painting methods I could use to dress it up a bit.  YouTube was a big help.   After a bit of testing on a junk stock, I started on the actual stock a couple of weeks ago.  I just finished it up this morning.  I like it!  It looks way better than the original ugliness.  My wife made the stencil for the old Savage logo.  My only gripe is that I couldn't find a clearcoat without any sheen.  I tried FLAT and DEAD-FLAT but they were exactly the same.  I would call them Satin.  Definitely, not flat.   I used Rustoleum camo paints and clearcoat.  I don't expect it to last forever.  

[Buckeyes11]

Looks great!

[Coyoteslayer]

Oh yeah she's pretty when she throws that camo dress on 😆 🤣 

[ratherbhunting]

Looks good 

[Jcol6268]

Looks great. I did my 500 about 6 years ago and it’s held up fine. 

[JD48]

Looks good, nice job

[3Blade]

Looks great, good luck with it👍🏼

[tick trawler]

Hard to beat a savage rifle for accuracy and price.  Your camo job turned out great and may fade a bit but will serve its purpose for decades.

 

[cantw82start]

Came out great!

[Jim_]

Very cool paint job! Great job by Mrs Barrike, too

[barrike]

10 hours ago, Jcol6268 said:

Looks great. I did my 500 about 6 years ago and it’s held up fine. 

That's good to hear.  I hope mine holds up that well.