Camo rifle barrel and stock

[bassncrappie]

I have noticed on some guns there is a significant price increase for this feature on rifles. How important (if at all) is this? Obviously it cant hurt, but does it help significantly in your opinion?

[westkybanded]

Same reason guys put stickers on their trucks, or flames on their motorcycles.

It's just a cosmetic thing for the most part. Now I will admit, the camo does help keep a gun from rusting on the outside, but if a critter is checking out the wood grain on your rifle, he's close enough to kill.

[KYhunter79]

Same reason guys put stickers on their trucks, or flames on their motorcycles.

It's just a cosmetic thing for the most part. Now I will admit, the camo does help keep a gun from rusting on the outside, but if a critter is checking out the wood grain on your rifle, he's close enough to kill.

Yeah, I agree. I like the way it looks and I like how you don't have rust problems with the laminate camo. But, I don't think its necessary in most situations. However, a fully camo shotgun is necessary when turkey hunting, IMO. I try to be completely camo from head to toe including gun. I'm not saying that you won't kill a turkey if your gun isn't camo, but I don't like to take a chance on the bird catching the gun sticking out.

[quackrstackr]

I kill deer with shiny stainless rifles and pistols pretty much yearly.

That being said, I wouldn't have a duck hunting gun that wasn't camo.

Both the stainless and the camo I have simply to make them relatively maintenance free. I simply don't have to worry about rust.

Just ask lab how quickly a basic black shotgun can rust as compared to a camo one.

But as banded said, if he's close enough to see your gun.. he's close enough to be dead.

[killer]

It's just a cosmetic thing for the most part. Now I will admit, the camo does help keep a gun from rusting on the outside, but if a critter is checking out the wood grain on your rifle, he's close enough to kill.

EXACTLY!!!!!! Couldn't have said it better myself.