you guys today a lot of you might have
seen my review of the Stoeger M3500
if you haven't you want to go check that
out but this is that gun and at the end
of that video one thing i did was added
this rubber grip tape onto the gun i
think it gives it a really cool look and
it gives you a lot better grip on the
gun so a lot of people in the comments
for wondering how i did that and what
the best way to do it is so today i have
my remington 770 my deer hunting rifle
and I'm gonna apply some of this rubber
grip tape on this and show you exactly
how to do it
this is some really nice grip tape for
guns i think it's not that gritty sand
papery skateboard tape material this is
very rubberized and this stuff is
actually made for boats so it's going to
be as about as waterproof as you can get
for a tape like this and it's it's meant
to last a long time
this actually came on a 20-foot role
comes in a role four inches by 20 feet
there's a lot you could do a lot of guns
with that obviously I've already done my
shotgun
I've already done 4 of my friends shotguns
the same way and i will put a link to
that in the description below now most
guns have these recessed areas with a
little bit of a grip surface already but
that's not going to be near as nice as
having this rubberized grip tape on
there so usually what I do is I just
find these factory spots on the gun and
I use that as a template for my grip
tape as you can see on this gun has it
on the rear grip and that pattern goes
all the way of the front and then we
have these cool spots here on the
foregrip first thing you need to do is
get you some tape on my life to use
masking tape because i think that works
the best but a blue painters tape or
something like that would also work and
what you're going to do is you're going
to get you some pieces of this tape and
you're just going to apply it over top
of these areas loosey
and then you're going to take your
fingernail or some kind of tool and run
along the outside of the edge and you
keep doing that until you cover the
entire area and I say you're not putting
it down too tight and then you want to
use your fingernail to trace the outline
of that space
and you're just going to trace along the
outside of that design all the way
around
now once you've done that you're going
to take your grip tape and you're just
going to size it up and you want to go
ahead and cut you a piece that's going
to be about that size and then we're
going to peel up that masking tape be
careful to to keep it all together and
keep it in its place now once you've
done that you're going to take that and
you're going to stick it to your rubber
grip tape and you can go ahead and stick
it here or you can stick it on the back
if you're doing it on the back you just
want to make sure this shape is
symmetrical is the same on both sides
i'm just going to use the back because
the tape sticks a lot better to the back
you'll make sure it lays down flat on
there and then you're just going to cut
it out you want some really good sharp
scissors to do this you can go ahead and
cut that out and you want to go just
inside the line it's okay to if it's a
little bit inside the line but if it's
too much outside the line then it's not
going to work very good you're going to
have to do some trimming once you get it
onto the gun
alright so now once you have your piece
cut out you wanna test it to make sure
it fits good looks like that's going to
work pretty good
your next step is you want to use some
kind of alcohol wipe or just some
regular rubbing alcohol on a paper towel
and just want to clean up that part of
the gun really good then just make sure
it's good and dry you want it nice and
clean and dry, no oils or anything
like that on there and then you want to
take one edge of this and you're going
to fold it about halfway you don't want
to go ahead and take the whole thing off
because you'll get stuck to your fingers
and it won't stick as good
so once you have that you're just going
to go ahead and stick it in place and
you want to try to get it right the
first time because if you have to peel
it back up its not going to stick is
good now once you've got first-half
stuck then you can go ahead and peel it
back slowly as you press down the rest
of it
now you want to go ahead and press it
down good everywhere really get it
pressed down tight next thing you want
to do is heat this up to make sure that
glue on the back of the griptape really
sticks good for that you can use a heat
gun or just a regular hair dryer i'm
just going to use a hairdryer and you
want to make sure its own hot
now once you've got a good and heated
up you want to press it down again
really hard all over especially on the
edges and once it cools should be good
to go
I think it looks really cool and that's
definitely give you some extra grip now
i'm going to go ahead and do the rest of
the gun and I'll show you guys what it
looks like when it's done
alright guys know when you get to a
section like this what you want to do is
apply your tape to the opposite side of
the gun the shape on this side should be
the exact opposite of the shape on this
up with and I really think it improves
the looks of it gun a lot and it
definitely adds a lot more grip this
looks pretty good i'm gonna have to say
I definitely liked the way it looked on
this shotgun a little bit better but
it's more functional than anything else
and it works great
hopefully this video has helped you guys
out if you're interested in doing this
to any of your guns the same technique
should work for pretty much any gun
especially if it already has these stock
designs cut into it for grip anyway you
guys have any other questions about how
to do this or if you have any other
requests for things you want me to do
make sure you put it in the comments
below thanks for watching and I'll see