Product Review: Camo Form Camouflage Wrap
I saw this product last year at the SHOT Show and was instantly impressed with it. Camo Form from McNett Corporation is a protective camouflage wrap that can be used to wrap firearms, bows, spotting scopes, insulated bottles, etc. Three features I really like about this product are; 1) it doesn’t stick to the surface being wrapped, it just sticks to itself so it doesn’t leave any residue, 2) it adds a barrier of protection to your rifle/shotgun in the field giving it some cushion against scrapes and bumps, and 3) the additional grip the Camo Form gives you on a field gun is fantastic.
Camo Form currently comes in 11 different camouflage patterns including several Mossy Oak favorites and several digital patterns. It is very easy to apply. You can wrap it in overlays or cut smaller pieces to fit around scope caps, bolt handles, sling studs, etc. As long as it makes contact with another piece it will stick incredibly well.
I took one of my favorite wood stocked rifles, a Remington 722 chambered in 257 Roberts with a Herter’s scope and tried the snow pattern. I covered it really thoroughly and used a roll and a half. If you were just trying to break up the geometric lines of the gun, one roll would be sufficient. See pictures before and after.
Before
After
One of the other guys on our staff, Phil H used one roll of the Woodland digital pattern on his Savage Model 12 FV chambered in .223 Remington and covered the majority of the rifle but did a good job in breaking up the lines of the rifle. The scope is a Nikon Monarch 6.5-20 x 44. See picture below.
The Camo Form protective wrap can be taken off and wound back up into a roll for use again. I know in my own particular situation, I would probably take it off after use just in case any moisture got in the wrap and was trapped against the metal or wood stock.
I went on a bear hunt a couple of years ago and took a Pre-64 Model 70 (original wood stock) that my dad handed down to me. I babied it in the brush but the Camo Form would have given me that extra layer of protection.
It does contain natural latex so if you are allergic you might want to stay away from it. Very nice product and one I am glad we are carrying.
Good Shooting,
Bill Gravatt
President – Sinclair International, Inc.
February 23rd, 2010 at 9:05 am
I assume you disassembled the stock from the action/barrel and wrap each separately leaving the bolt, action and trigger exposed to function properly. So here’s my concern: 1) Doesn’t wrapping the barrel using say a 1/4″ overlap interfere with the clearance necessary to preserve a “free floating” barrel? 2) Does the wrap get “fried” to the barrel when the barrel heats up such as when firing lots of rounds rapidly down on a prairie dog town? 3) Did you wrap the stock completely around; including the action/barrel cavity and how does that minimizing the free float clearance affect the rifle accuracy?
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:59 am
Howard,
I didn’t pull the barreled action out of the stock. I didn’t want the gauze to be between the barrel and the stock as on my gun it would indeed put pressure on the barrel. Also, I didn’t want the wrap underneath the barrel because I was worried about moisture being trapped underneath if I happened to leave the wrap on for very long. It is fairly easy to wrap the stuff to avoid triggers, the bolt return, scope turret knobs, etc. You can either cut reliefs in the wrap or just wrap close and cut smaller pieces to fill in areas that aren’t covered.
You probably can’t see it from the picture but I wrapped completely around the stock on the rear and then went lengthwise along the stock with some long pieces underneath the action and then used small pieces to secure it in place. It is pretty amazing how well it works. I didn’t worry about wrapping trigger guards, recoil pad, triggers, etc. I did wrap most of the scope but on some guns I have done. I had to piece meal the wrap on the scope since I have a couple of scopes that I have mounted fairly low and it was hard to get the wrap under the objective bell.
I will say after doing several rifles, I honestly don’t think I have applied the wrap the same way each time. Each time I think I have come up with a better way to wrap it but then I’m not so sure. I am really just trying to break up the profile of the gun a bit.
Now, you asked a question that I can’t honestly answer. I have used it on low volume guns so far, in other words hunting rifles that I am not going to run a lot of rounds through in one session. Your question about varmint hunting applications is a good one. I’ll have to test one and see what happens when the barrel gets extremely hot.
Sincerely,
Bill
February 25th, 2010 at 12:26 pm
Ref: Camo Wrap: have used several different patterns (Marine digital and Army digital) of this product and all perform as advertised. If stock is already colored i.e. a green or sand only the scope needs to be wrapped in several places. This breaks up the black or silver scope tubes straight line. Also helpful is to paint the scope caps so they don’t show up BLACK as this is also not natural. Product is “no muss, no fuss”. Jerry Sweitzer Homestead Florida
March 18th, 2010 at 5:00 am
Adds massive grip to your favorite one piece knife handle to, I used it on both of my knifes and it increased grip level by half.