Farmers Gun: First Custom 10/22 and Duracoating

[lead ƒarmer]

Well my dad and I have been wanting to build ourselves some 10/22s for a long time. I finally convinced him to buy the donor rifle, upgrade parts, and a some Duracoat. My job was assembly and paint, and I had a great time. I'm already planning out other 10/22 themes. He really wanted to do a John Deere rifle because every tractor on our farm is green. I think this turned out great, especially for a couple of first timers.

It started out with the skinny barrel and factory stock

Here it is assembled with the B&C stock and Green Mountain barrel

A little masking tape and planning

Time to paint

And here she is:

 

[PBRACEGUNS]

Very cool rifle .

 

[Papagallos]

Very, very nice!

 

[BERTMAN77MK2]

So, how does it shoot?

 

[lash]

That's a nice looking rifle and great theme paint work!

 

[bkincaid]

Looks good!

 

[odonnks]

Awesome looking ! Very Cool !

 

[mtrmn]

Now THAT'S a deer(e) rifle!!!! Looks excellent!!

 

[eclipse57]

That is sic!

Excellent job!!! Barrel fluting is a nice touch.

 

[Scratchthejeepguy]

Great job!

 

[MarineMD]

excellent paint maybe a career in gun refinishing?

 

[shooter65]

Well done.

 

[Tacsnipe73]

Dude, that is totally awesome, job well done!

 

[lead ƒarmer]

Thanks for all the kind words, I am pretty happy with it and can't wait to try something else

Couldn't do IH red, huh....

Would be a lot cooler if ya did.

The neighbors would hurt me if they saw a red gun or tractor. This is deere country

 

[defcon]

thats awesome. nice job man!

 

[Bulletmoto]

Very cool, nice job

 

[noeesp]

Well done. Looks really good

 

[longguntoter]

Holy crap! You guys did an excellent job!

 

[woogie_man]

Can honestly say that is the first time I have seen a Deere gun And it turned out great, espically for a first time!

Can't wait to see the next build you have up your sleeve.

 

[Mr.Stevens200]

Well done!!

 

[Dnalsi]

Very nice!
Great job with the colors.

I really like the photos posed on the JD farm equipment.

You "got skills" young man

 

[lead ƒarmer]

Very nice!
Great job with the colors.

I really like the photos posed on the JD farm equipment.

You "got skills" young man

Thanks! Yeah I got lucky with the colors because Duracoat actually makes a "John Deere Green" and "John Deere Yellow" so that made my job a lot easier. It seemed natural to do a photo shoot on the tractor, unfortunately it doesn't even show up very much in the pictures.

 

[jsthntn247]

How did you paint the flutes only?

 

[gathumper]

I would most definitely send a picture to John Deere, I bet they would post it somewhere!

 

[usmcchet9296]

I have always liked John Deere ...kinda stuck to it when I was a kid and its never unstuck ....guess its because my first name is john too. That is a nice theme rifle you go there.

 

[lead ƒarmer]

How did you paint the flutes only?

I taped off the entire barrel with masking tape then slid a ball bearing down each flute, which cuts the tape along the flutes edge. The ends are a little tricky but I got it to work. A marble will probably work just as well too.

 

[piglatinhater]

I'll admit, I was skeptical at first but you pulled it off.

 

[pinsandpitons]

Very very cool. Be proud of that.

 

[Ghogs Nightmare]

Nice job looks awesome

 

[Pappasniper]

I didnt see that coming. Nice

 

[AutoEssentials]

Wow! What a badass original paint job! Great work man!

 

[lostriverproductions]

sweet paint work