FDE vs Black on AR15

[tv1217]

I have OD Green on my AR, because Indiana has forests, not deserts

 

[grouse08]

FDE

 

[mvician]

Black is way over done. FDE or OD. Besides black pops just a bit too much in nature. Ever wonder why snipers paint their rifles?

I wished MagPul made coyote brown furniture.

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[Amattern]

Here is what they would both look like.

 

[Crydaddy]

I'd say get both!

 

[Bonez87]

I have OD Green on my AR, because Indiana has forests, not deserts

Very good point!

 

[hotfarmboy1]

Black for me.
If I had to have a color it'd be OD Green.

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[bianjd]

I agree the first AR would be a all black but the second could be a multi colored AR

 

[Kedric]

I voted FDE of the two. I actually prefer OD as well.

 

[wsenefeld]

Father-in-law and I bought the same model ARs and he saw one in FDE and had me put all FDE magpul furniture on his. I also put magpul furniture on mine but kept it black.

Black is classic. It looked good decades ago and it'll look good decades from now.

 

[Cerberus]

Black is classic. It looked good decades ago and it'll look good decades from now.

The originals were brown, then green, then black.

 

[CoyoteCreekGuns]

Neither. OD Green is the way to go.

FDE is for the AK47

 

[dross]

I like that whitish color Larue offers.

 

[cdscds]

LOL check out the unicorn one, its nice lmao

 

[Sigblitz]

I picked up my Colt LE5920fdec today. The story on this is the distributor first received 200 and then another 150. The second batch, and I assume the first also, was supposed to go to South Africa with an ambidextrous selector. The state department denied the export permit so Colt is stuck with them. The selector says fire and safe on both sides of the lower and the other option (auto or burst perhaps) is milled off and they kerakoted it. It has black furniture and a stepped barrel. There was a colorized Colt 5 years ago but I don't recall any others.

 

[Sigblitz]

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Not my actual gun but same thing.

 

[bgcatty]

The rifle-carbine was always meant to be black. FDE, except for military guns used in a desert environment, is only an attempt to be “G I Joe” in a civilian environment. Black is best on an AR.

 

[Sigblitz]

Black is way over done. FDE or OD. Besides black pops just a bit too much in nature. Ever wonder why snipers paint their rifles?

I wished MagPul made coyote brown furniture.

I like the od green also. When did coyote brown become a color? 19x? Before? Just wondering. I would say I don't have a preference. FDE is good mixed with black. My Bushmaster has fde furniture and looks great. OD is more subtle and blends in, even with clothing. For concealment, give me od and a green shirt.

 

[Ggreen]

I like the od green also. When did coyote brown become a color? 19x? Before? Just wondering. I would say I don't have a preference. FDE is good mixed with black. My Bushmaster has fde furniture and looks great. OD is more subtle and blends in, even with clothing. For concealment, give me od and a green shirt.

The post you quoted was about 6 years before the 19x was released, I think coyote has been around for a long time.

 

[Ggreen]

The rifle-carbine was always meant to be black. FDE, except for military guns used in a desert environment, is only an attempt to be “G I Joe” in a civilian environment. Black is best on an AR.

I disagree, fde is good at blending in a variety of environments found globally. It is a medium neutral color that is found everywhere, and light enough that it can even melt away into snowy environments to a small degree, and much larger degree than black. Blends into way more environments than black, not to mention that black can get super hot and stay hot under the summer sun. I generally wrap my black, 300blk, with some burlap (handguard and up to the flash hider) to help conceal it when hunting and burlap is very close in color to FDE. FDE blends in really well with fall fields, and dry summer dirt in Indiana.

I'm partial to odgreen from a nostalgia standpoint, and all of my cerakoted rifles get od. I don't mind FDE when buying parts from a store, generally the only option other than black.