How I Painted My Tikka T3X Rifle Stock (and you can too)

My Tikka T3X stock came with a plain black stock and after seeing some of the great looking infused rifle stocks out there I wanted one too. I looked up prices for a new stock and holy cow they ranged anywhere from $400 to upwards of $1000 for a polymer stock!!

I decided I can do equally well by just painting my stock myself and sealing the paint with a matte clear finish and I was right! Three different color paint cans (of which I used maybe 1/3 can each color) and a matte clear coat and the paint has yet to even chip once anywhere, many months and many range trips later.

All it takes is a little elbow grease and time and you can have a great looking paint job on your rifle too. Just be sure to take it apart and don't paint the barrel, scope, action, bolt, or accents, etc. And if you end up hating the look, you can always remove the paint and start again or go back to black.

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