camo pattern suggestions wanted!

[10ga]

Have the stock for the White Bison, blue barrel&action, stripped down to bare wood, I think it's some kind of birch and it's badly stained.
1st Q is what is good base before I do the camo paint job? I have some regular paint primer like Zinzer etc, is that OK?

2nd Then the camo pattern, I am leaning towards an Okapi or Zebra pattern but have had several "spoted cat" ie... Bobcat, Leopard and "Jagwire" patterns suggested, of those I like the "Jagwire" best. Any other suggestions? Sure I could do the "duckoflage" or "snakeoflage" thing but I gotta paint this thing myself.

3rd Any advice or experience out there, All my other stock refinish jobs were polished/tung/linseed oil finishes.

Pictures welcome, your chance to show off. Merry Christmas to all, Bob

[Jed]

If I were you, I would probably do my base in a tan/coyote color. I would then do my camo pattern in gray and olive green. Maybe a little white thrown in.

I like the look of a tan/coyote color base with grey (or black) and a blued stock.

As for the kind of finish, I have never painted a gun stock before, but I know from my woodworking experience that you would want to apply all paints first, so that they can soak into the wood, before applying a final oil/clear finish.

Use the camo pattern given by The LeftHand in the tips and hints section of the Savage Smokeless forum. I think he did a good job!

[whyohe]

here ya go. this was in the tips and hint in the savage section but i think it will do you well here too.

dougva.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Savage&action=display&thread=9692

[browndown]

That is one cool camo pattern.

[sabotloader]

10ga

I like this one...

[littlejoe]

I like the new "LOST" camo pattern. I am thinking about vinyl wrapping my 78 f-150 with it. Joe

[deadon]

Dec 16, 2010 0:46:02 GMT -5 littlejoe said:

I like the new "LOST" camo pattern. I am thinking about vinyl wrapping my 78 f-150 with it. Joe

78 and 79 f 150s and Broncos, They are the mules Buddy ;D Maybe the best trucks ever built except Scouts IMHO. Wrapped, it would be really cool, Rusty

[littlejoe]

Yeah Rusty, I was going to restore the body, but I have already sunk to much $$$$$$ into the mechanical resto. Lost camo is cool IMHO