painting a rifle barrel

[fungunner]

i was wondering what type of paint would work. thinking high heat, but not sure, any ideas

[Kurt L]

I have never painted a barrel before,I would assume you are thinking of a flat black or camo colors.
I would think that flat paints would work and not get any in the barrel, crown,chamber would be ok.
I would not worry about high temp paint,as if you get the barrel hot as to need this you are doing damage
to your barrel from over heating it.

[victorcharlie]

i was wondering what type of paint would work. thinking high heat, but not sure, any ideas

Graybeard posted about this some time ago.

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,4431.0.html

[montveil]

If you go to the Brownells site they have a step by step vidieo.

[PartsMan]

Clean it. Clean it. Clean it.
Any oil will keep the paint from sticking.
Also use a good primer.

BTW that was a good read from Graybeard.

[fungunner]

thanks for the knowledge guys, got some painting to do.

[SHOOTALL]

there is a guy in Farmville Va. that paints guns , he uses automotive paint and it seems to hold up ok

[backstrap]

I have painted a single shot 223 of mine and it still looks good i just used red primer let drie real good and used krylon flat black it has held up well for me,if u get a little nick in the paint just tuch it up is all it takes.i put 2 coats of paint on mine,but to me it seem like the paint holds the barrel heat in more and take a little longer to cool down maybe not but that is just my thinking

[mcwoodduck]

I've used grill paint, wrinkle paint, and the Brownell's baking paint.
Depends on the gun and the results that I want.
Black wrinkle is a good base for a camo pattern.

[jcn59]

I spin the barrel slowly on a lathe & run an orbital sander (coarse) up & down the barrel. (cover the lathe well).  This gives the paint something to grab on to.  I've used Brownell's baking lacquer plus Midway's Cerama Coat.  Both require oven curing a half hour at 325 degrees.  No barrels turned into pretzels.   All shot as well afterward.  None have been shot much as they are dedicated hunting rifles.