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  • Bozz10mm

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    I like the FDE furniture on an AR.

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    But I like the OD a lot too.


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    cherok2e

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    There actually is a standard for what some call FDE. There is RAL 8000, which some manufacturers achieve and others . . . not so much. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RAL_colors

    I’ve got one of the Canik pistols in FDE, and one of my lightest ARs in ODG. Pretty much everything else is either black or stainless. Oh, I forgot I’ve got two of the special HKPRO “BabyPoop” HK45c pistols.
    Probably more than I will ever need or want about colors in my life, at least what's left.
     

    gshayd

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    Black guns are purty. I just purchased a Winchester 1300 that a Law enforcement officer traded. It is either Cerakoted or Duracoated in Flat Dark Earth. Looks pretty good. The stock is functional but has some marks on it. I ordered a Houge overcoated black stock to match the black forend with a 12" LOP. I also ordered a new Bolt Cover I am going to Cerakote in a matte black. I am pretty impressed with the Dark Earth because it doesn't have a pinkish tint.

    Sometimes the FDE looks like the new tactical pink.
     

    Big Green

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    I am a fan of FDE. I chalk it up to being in the USMC when all of our gear was tan. The only thing FDE I have currently is a magpul stock and forend for my 590A1. Better than plain ole black

    I joined in 2004, not long after MARPART was adopted and several years before coyote brown came along. I wasn’t a fan of coyote at first but it grew on me. FDE is a much lighter color and I’m still not a fan overall. Generally I’ll take OD Green over coyote and FDE and most of my toys are OD. We bleed green, right?

    Isn’t the tan crayon FDE?

    FDE Crayons? We didn’t pay attention to the color of the food we ate.

    Think the formal name is coyote brown. Not sure though. I never heard FDE until I was out

    The Magpul coyote (Medium Coyote Tan, MCT) is pretty close to the USMC coyote. I’m hoping that one day they produce furniture in that color as opposed to just the PMags. B5 makes pistol grips, stocks and trigger guards in coyote that nearly matches Magpul MCT.
     
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