M14 Forum

willriskit

Does anyone have an ART scope case with GI paint? If so, is it a simple OD or something more colorful? Mine came as a sickly green. I bought some spray paint that appeared to be OD but when it dried, all I got was something like a '50 Studebaker color. Guess I can at least use it as a primer.

2336USMC

hehe, that goofy bright lime green fiberglass was standard, and hideous.

if you want a color that's a little less 70's leisure suit loud, I'd strip off whatever paint you put on and apply Brownells Aluma-Hyde II to the bare fiberglass. They make a number of flat camo colors and it's tuff stuff.

willriskit

Thanks, Bro! I guess anything's better than the Studebaker look. I have to wonder what they were thinking with the puke green.

Semper Fi!

mrmark99

Most of time the scopes were placed on a rifle, "zeroed" and kept that way when employed on a sniper rifle. It was meant for transit only, and the scope mounting base was serial numbered to the last 4 digits of the rifle. The case was never really carried to the "field" where the action was, and generally they were never field mounted to the rifle in battle. They were used in Grenada, Panama, and Gulf Wars part I and II, and of course the current global war on terrorizm. I have seen a single black painted one come out of Aniston, and some really badly repainted green ones (Paint on the webbing). Sorry, No Camo painted ones.
I have two for my two Art II scopes, and I picked out the best ones out of may be 8 or 10 at a gun show in 2008 or so. I have only seen about 40 or so over the last five or six years. The Tulsa Gun show is a great place to pick one up.

willriskit

Thanks for the additional info. The ART II case does appear to be a bit cumbersome for field use but the webbing has loops for M56 attachments. Mine came with the scope, mount and clip guide. Scope and mount are in amazingly good condition. I'll test it out tomorrow, but shots on our range are 300M max.