A few members mentioned grey. I think there was/is an attempt to make this the next cool kid color. Glock has made a few runs of pistols in this color, and I happen to own one. I like it because I like grey, not because of anything tactical about it. It’s the only plastic gun I own that isn’t black, though.

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Originally posted by 18DAI:
I hope so. They look like dog shit. Literally!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

It's better than the awful cerakote camoflage that was the rage for a time, when everyone had to use the local fauna as a stencil then post a picture of their rifle; can you spot my rifle? That, and spiderman firearms, american flag firearms, and everything else that anyone with a rattle can could come up with, that looked like it was done by a third grader.

Then of course the dyed firearms...

What is 'SWA"? South West Airlines? Sustainable Washington Alliance? Single Wire Armor? Secure Web Authentication!

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What is 'SWA"?

That be SW Asia if I were to guess. And considering where on the planet where we'd have troops coming back from, and where FDE colored weapons would make a high degree of sense and need.

FDE isn't going anywhere as a color, just due to what I just wrote. It's the Middle East/SW Asia, after all. Armed conflict is ingrained there. And FDE fits right in. On that level there continues to be an actual need. As for the shade's popularity among civilians, yes it still exists. For instance, FDE Hellcats is our most requested color with that model. And no question for us that a SCAR in its multi-FDE glory is the most lusted version, more so than the basic black which sort of disappears into the black rifle landscape, if you can ever imagine a SCAR just blending in.

I own a gray G20, mainly because it’s a bit different, and it’s in the best mm.
Also, it is cast/molded in gray, not cerakoted aftermarket, so the frame is gray all the way through.
And I have a SIG Scorpion 1911 in a kinda FDE color.

I know this: if you lay a black firearm on the tailgate of your pickup on a sunny summer day in East Texas, you may not be able to pick it up in a few minutes.

Factory FDE makes a good base to krylon camo your firearms.

Nothing says, "I'm going to turn this perfectly good firearm into a redneck piece of junk that won't sell for ten bucks," like krylon.

Or a home cerakote job.

Or home camoflage.

Nobody is going to cry about a camouflaged Glock.

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:
A few members mentioned grey. I think there was/is an attempt to make this the next cool kid color. Glock has made a few runs of pistols in this color, and I happen to own one. I like it because I like grey, not because of anything tactical about it. It’s the only plastic gun I own that isn’t black, though.

I had forgotten about the grey GLOCKs. I recall thinking they were sort of cool as they would have matched our grey and black uniforms, but I wasn't stylish enough to actually get one.

How about the Battleworn models, some are pretty well done, hey every gun doesn't have to be black...

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Originally posted by kkina:
The Next Big Thing: Primer Grey firearms.

I'm not sure I'm kidding.

Magpul sells a lot of urban Gray AR foreends and stocks. Maybe if you are building a dedicated 300 blackout or other non traditional caliber AR it would be much easier to visually identify it.

I always kinda liked the greenish glocks.

See, saying SWA makes you a really tacticool Tier 1 operator, compared to wannabe mall ninjas who are saying "sandbox".

Just about all of my guns are good ole blued/black. I am not even a fan of the stainless and nickel finishes.

I'm really diggin' my Sig P320 M17 in FDE. I really think Sig did a great job on this one.

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Originally posted by Johnny 3eagles:
See, saying SWA makes you a really tacticool Tier 1 operator, compared to wannabe mall ninjas who are saying "sandbox".

Where as if you just said "the shithole" everyone would understand.

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Originally posted by SIGWALLY:
I'm really diggin' my Sig P320 M17 in FDE. I really think Sig did a great job on this one.

Same here, but with the black controls I'm still making jokes about the pistol looking like Snoopy.

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Originally posted by spunk639:
Polka Dot should be next, or a Burberry pattern.

My LGS had 2 Smith 642’s that had Louis Vuitton cerakote finishes. Apparently high maintenance ladies in Dallas like them.

I was never really interested in the FDE color but after buying a M18,the color just seems to fit it, so my feelings have changed.

I just purchased my first FDE a Sig P320 AXG Scorpion.