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Arctic M24 Paint Job (MW2 Camo)

White with soft gray blotches and black flecks on an M24 sniper rifle (Remington 700). The look comes from MW2. The pattern is painted on the gun below with real spray can colors; reroll it, change brands, or paint over it by hand.

Arctic on an M24, on a real photo

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Photo: M24 photo by the US Air Force, Public domain

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Spray cans for an arctic M24

In spray order, lightest first. Either brand works; do not mix them in one job.

Krylon

  1. 1COLORmaxx Flat White
  2. 2COLORmaxx Gloss Smoke Gray
  3. 3Camouflage Black

Rust-Oleum

  1. 1Painter's Touch 2X Flat White
  2. 2Painter's Touch 2X Gloss Winter Gray
  3. 3Camouflage Black

How to spray arctic on an M24

  1. 1. Strip it down

    Pull the bolt, take the barreled action out of the stock, and take the scope off or bag it. The stock and the barreled action paint best apart.

  2. 2. Degrease everything

    Wipe every outside surface with acetone or isopropyl alcohol. Paint will not hold over gun oil.

  3. 3. Mask what moves

    Plug the chamber and muzzle, tape the bolt raceway, the magazine well, the trigger and the scope lenses and turrets. Leave the inletting where the action sits bare.

  4. 4. Base coat in white

    Two light coats over the whole gun, 8 to 12 inches away, 10 minutes apart.

  5. 5. Smoke gray blotches

    Hold cardboard blotch cutouts just off the surface and spray smoke gray around their edges for hard edged blotches.

  6. 6. Black specks

    Flick small specks of black: a short burst from a foot away, or a stiff brush dipped in paint.

  7. 7. Let it cure

    Handle it after an hour but give it a full day before it goes in a case, and a few days before hard use.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What spray paint do you need for an arctic M24?

3 cans, sprayed in this order: Krylon Flat White, Gloss Smoke Gray, Black; or Rust-Oleum Flat White, Gloss Winter Gray, Black.

Can you rattle can arctic on an M24 yourself?

Yes. Strip and degrease the M24, mask what moves, lay the lightest color first and build the pattern light to dark with tape, stencils or netting. Plan on an afternoon plus a day to cure.

Cite this tool: GunPartPicker, “Arctic M24 Paint Job (MW2 Camo)”, https://gunpartpicker.net/gun-paint-planner/m24/arctic. Paint colors from the Krylon and Rust-Oleum color charts; gun photos credited under each gun. Free to cite with attribution.

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