Well I’m kinda at a stand still here and not knowing which route to go. As the angle and light changes so does the anodized colors. But here it is normally in it’s raw. Stock and grip will be Coyote Tan and controls will be FDE. Where I’m stumped on is should I hold out and later try and get another anodized DDC set that will hopefully match more closely or should I just embrace the different shades and move on? A small part of me loves the SCAR look it has going on. But the OCD part of me is screaming no.
I think it was a Green Beret I heard talking about camouflage once, who said that a big reason they camo stuff isn’t just to avoid being seen, but to prevent someone at a distance from seeing what they had. Like it’s easy to see if someone is carrying a rifle if it’s all one solid color, especially if it’s black, but not so much if it’s all chopped up into different colors.
I went down the rabbit hole recently. I have the scars and empty cans of paint remover to prove it. Ended up buying 3 different colors of Aervoe paint before finding the right shade. I found Aervoe Field Drab compliments Geissele and Surefire shades. It’s not a match, but it compliments it well. Field Drab is also a very close match to Magpul FDE and B5 Systems Coyote.
Not sure how well known it is, but it’s absolutely true. Fun fact: the Navy gray Mk14s were actually supposed to be FDE, but they came out gray by accident. Shops have gotten a lot better at brown ano dyes since then, but they’re still very inconsistent. The high number of rejects was why brown ano colors were either unavailable or expensive/done in short runs. Geissele said screw it, it’s a feature, and thus gave us 40 shades of FDE.
I actually spoke with Mad Custom Coating and was told cerakoting will NOT match the color and they have lost many many hours just trying to match anodized colors for customers and have always failed.
I think a good gold mixed with rose gold would be the ticket but maybe it’s easier said than done.
