No it's not a 'custom' gun

[ProfHappyCat]

Re: No it's not a 'custom' gun

Just painting a gun, never mind changing the internals makes your gun a "custom gun" because you've customised it to look and perform how you want it to and it's common to shorten the word "customised" to "custom"

I'd disagree. mostly because it's either striped camo or really poorly "worn" camo. where it's worn in all the places where it would have minimal contact and still perfectly intact where it would be handle .e.g pistol grip, stock, handguard.

[druid799]

Re: No it's not a 'custom' gun

Ok maybe I worded I poorly, I meant painting it makes it custom because it looks how you want it to look and adding new inner barrels/gears etc. makes it custom because you've chosen those upgrades yourself despite them being widely available

Ha ha ! for a moment there I thought "f**k me ! TM are making paint !"
I respect your argument but for me a custom has to have components that are bespoke , eg I recently bought a King arms FAL to convert to an SLR (then ares re-released it !) any hoo I spent a fair bit of time painting the black furniture fake wood , still not a custom gun by any stretch of the imagination then I removed the existing cocking handle and fabricated a new SLR one , starting to approach custom I then fabricated a new selector lever , carrying handle , barrel extension (had to make it from scratch from an M4 barrel as what I wanted wasn't available) then I had to fabricate an SLR flash hider from an M14 one and after several hours with an angle grinder Dremel mil putty wet&dry I had a very (I've been told by others not just me blowing my own trumpet) a very good copy of an SLR F1 jungle model . Now this I would be happy calling custom because it really is a one off as I've actually made parts for it , in side it's still a FAL carbine BUT it no longer looks any thing like the FAL through fabricated parts and paint . And to further strengthen my point about bespoke physical alteration is needed to qualify as custom I've also made a nato spec browning HP , took a WE one with the hideous Chinese leaf sight on top ground all that off then re built the top slide level and smooth and fabricated a new rear sight for it and milled and fitted a lanyard loop to the pistol grip , so again it's still stock inside but the outside has been physically altered to a one of a kind state , plus I also distressed the metal work and did a paint job on the grips , these don't make it custom just aesthetics. Do you see where I'm coming from with my own personal opinion on whats custom and what's not ?

[Paul55]

Re: No it's not a 'custom' gun

Back in the 70's there was a craze for custom cars. Back then if you put a set of alloy wheels on your car & a coloured sunstrip on your windscreen with your name & your girlfriend's name on it, you had a "custom car". Pop riveted arches on your Mk1 Escort & a pair of furry dice hanging from your rear view mirror, you had a "custom car" The real customs back then were works of engineering excellence. A very popular route was an old Sit Up & Beg E93A Ford Popular fitted with rear IRS from a Jag along with 3ltr V8 squeezed in along with loads of other stuff. These were not showpieces either you'd see them on the road used every day.

That defines a custom anything to me, the mixing, modifying, adapting to create a useable new item.