r/rattlecannedguns

We’ve had people bugging us about these for a while now. It was hard to find the time to get them cranked out but we finally did and they’re awesome.

We couldn’t decide on the scale so we made 2 versions- ‘Standard’ and ‘Small.’ Personally I prefer the ‘Standard’ size.

Rapco colors used on our example ammo can are as follows, and in this order:

-911 Black

-30277 Sand

-34102 Dark Green

-34151 Light Green

While this seems like a simple pattern, we discovered in our first test that the way you arrange the shapes makes a big difference in how this turns out. It’s not as simple as just randomly layering them on. But I made a short explainer video to help with a few pro tips, and if you watch that you’ll get the idea. It’s at the bottom of the product page.

Anyway, these are live now on our site! Enjoy!

First time painting any gun, my AR was half FDE and half black. Finally got my suppressor on and wanted to to go the can route. All with rustoleum camo line. Base coat khaki, then army green and dark earth stripes. Then just took craft sponges dipped in each and ended with this.

I laughed because this is what a lot of things that are important to clay shooters and I have shot and owned a few that I thought was too dang much but I also enjoy rattle canning so rifles to. I can only imagine the guy that’s usually in the top 2 for individual high gun in league at the end of the season. He shoots a krieghoff K80 super scroll. Custom fitted. I mean he’s making payments on it like a new car. 36 K shotgun. Crazy 🤪

Finally got around to painting my new vortex venom 5-25. I think it turned out lovely!

Rapco all the way.

Sprayed an Opscore. My favorite paint jobs are no plan, no stencils, just staring at the woods and sending it.

You can't do it on the fly. I hit my SF 762 mini with 2 coats of Brownells Alumahyde about a month ago and took ole girl out for a training session. One tree later (oddly the same one in the photo) and the result was a lovely tear. No fear, took it home and scraped off the residual and blasted it again. Voila. To be fair though, cerakote is prolly ideal for a can, but until I run out of paint... pshhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Both Rapco paint. Left one is an slick side M16 tribute I put together few years ago with furniture painted early ww2 luster less olive drab. The right is a parts bin special I put together and painted field drab brown.