Good point and Great thread start.

I don’t know what your talking about..lol 😜
FDE “The New Black” is marketed and Priced higher too!

I will be able soon to share the New Black here. 😜 let the pics roll in!! I will go 1st!
I guess time will tell…we are in different renegade times! Its the “Time of the Mad Max and Mid-evil for guns “Xcaliber” hint..🤣🇺🇸

and more importantly “Let Freedom Ring” 🇺🇸💪 “to each is own”, IDC what someone likes or doesn't like, as long as they are enjoying their God given Freedoms, thanks to our forefathers and those protecting us NOW! 🇺🇸💪🙏👏❤

 

I'm waiting for the feedback to officially be the new black..including the price.

 

I finally transitioned all of my black t-shirts to camo.

 

I found some of that “New Black” finish.😜

 

I found some of that “New Black” finish.😜
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And oh so much more Grasshopper! Maybe the “New 50 Shades of Black” lol 😜

 

I'm normally fine with the boring black for a firearm. And the Glock 19X initially didn't appeal to me. But I really came to like it quite well. I just changed my XL to a Macro and chose the FDE grip frame for it. And I have to say that I really like it.

 

The beauty of it all is you can always go back!! cheers

 

this a multi new black aka Max print

 

I only have one pistol in FDE. Springfield Armory XD9 Mod 2. Every other pistol is the 'Scary' black variety, as is my AR's. Not all of my firearms are that a way. I do have 'Normal' looking guns w/wood furniture.....

 

I’m of the opposite opinion. I much prefer black/blue and the only non-black guns I own are ones that didn’t give me a choice. Ever since I discovered all black LEO Legions I’ve been buying pretty much every one I come across. I still have some gray/green ones but I definitely prefer the all black versions. I got rid of a SCAR-17 in part because it was a multi-colored FDE mess. It was also over priced and over hyped. Good rifle but nothing special and certainly not worth $3K. I still have several FDE guns I like in spite of them being FDE. My Beretta M9A3 is one example. Arguably the best 9mm I own and that includes my Sigs. I also have a few two tone black/FDE Sigs that are aesthetically pleasing.

 

There is always Cerakote and Rattle cans to fix any situation you come across not to mention send to someone to refinish, bead blast etc! The World is at your finger tips these dayz! 🇺🇸

 

I don't mind the FDE/coyote brown trend these days, as long as the FDE colors match! FDE skittles is not my thing, but two-tone FDE & Black looks sharp. I Cerakoted my CZ Bren2 in Patriot Brown because I was bored with a safe full of black rifles, and I thought it would look cool.

 

definitely 50 shades of tan, gold, brown, light and dark and everywhere in between.

 

I prefer black. The only FDE I have is a Glock 19X. I do have some others that are SS and wood or blued and wood.

 

Not a real fan of FDE, Coyote or any poop color pistols… but of course, it’s my personal preference.

 

Yes sir!! 💩 😎

 

Prefer black as most fde guns don't match with fde accessories. Only non black I have is my 1911 45..

 

Most FDEs are turd-colored especially the darker ones 🤣😝. I never had any fascination or interest in owning a turd-colored gun.

 

I have a “Turd Stick” thats kicks pigs rears!! 😜🤣 when I go all commando in the turd colored dirt they cant see the weapon so they dont get scared. lmao 🤣🙃

 

If it’s FN then it has to be FDE, black doesn’t even look good on FN pistol, rifles.

FN Reflex 9mm

FN 502 Tactical .22 LR

 

If it’s FN then it has to be FDE, black doesn’t even look good on FN pistol, rifles.

FN Reflex

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FN = Fortnite according to AI..lol the other meanings are funny online!

 

I'm almost there. 😉

 

I thought that super ugly OD green was the new fad. At least that's how it seemed for a while on some of the forums I belong to.

I have one SIG in FDE and that is because back when I was "needing" to buy my first P238, that original Scorpion was the only model which came with an ambi safety. I really did not like it one bit at first but men did. Oh boy, did they. At least my Vedder IWB holster almost perfectly matches the gun.

Then, forward a decade or so, and the only Keltec P22 I could find locally was OD green and you talk about UGLY! Oh my. Fortunately after I cleaned it and oiled it in and out, the color softened and deepened so it is much less objectionable now. Hubby says it is still ugly though.

SO - you are guys. I am a woman: What to me is beautiful is black frame and brushed stainless steel slide. Now THAT IS a sexy gun!

But who cares anyway. Guns are to shoot, not to wear to a party.

(Unless it is your barbecue gun, that is.)

...carry on...

 

I thought that super ugly OD green was the new fad. At least that's how it seemed for a while on some of the forums I belong to.

I have one SIG in FDE and that is because back when I was "needing" to buy my first P238, that original Scorpion was the only model which came with an ambi safety. I really did not like it one bit at first but men did. Oh boy, did they. At least my Vedder IWB holster almost perfectly matches the gun.

Then, forward a decade or so, and the only Keltec P22 I could find locally was OD green and you talk about UGLY! Oh my. Fortunately after I cleaned it and oiled it in and out, the color softened and deepened so it is much less objectionable now. Hubby says it is still ugly though.

SO - you are guys. I am a woman: What to me is beautiful is black frame and brushed stainless steel slide. Now THAT IS a sexy gun!

But who cares anyway. Guns are to shoot, not to wear to a party.

(Unless it is your barbecue gun, that is.)

...carry on...

 

Ah. Now if only Sig could figure out what “color” they want FDE to be.
The bronze tint of the Foxtrot and the RomeoX
almost perfectly match the slide of the civilian M18. But are far from matching the Surplus slide of the M17X. Which of course matches well with the Romeo M17.
And. Well look how well all the blacks match on the Bravo. 👏

 

Ah. Now if only Sig could figure out what “color” they want FDE to be.
The bronze tint of the Foxtrot and the RomeoX
almost perfectly match the slide of the civilian M18. But are far from matching the Surplus slide of the M17X. Which of course matches well with the Romeo M17.
And. Well look how well all the blacks match on the Bravo. 👏

You are so right on the “What color FDE is supposed to be” I carried a Sig module to a milling service and he had 3 Sig FDE slides ahead of me and none of the 3 where the same shade. All 3 were P320 slides. Throw in a FDE module and a weapon mounted light and you now have the “3 shades of FDE” I just haven’t gotten into the FDE.

 

For me it depends on the weapon, I have an MCX in FDE and I like it, passed on a decent deal on a P220 10mm that was FDE, just didn’t look right to me. I saw a picture of an MP5 in FDE and that is just wrong…..

 

I have a 220 10mm in FDE and think it looks great. Nice even color all arund.

 

I like peanut butter, but will have to say no thank you to FDE weapons.

 

I am not a fan of what has become “Snake bite” or “Cooper head” mix of black and FDE grips and slides. It’s one color or the other. Getting the accent pieces for the M18 (FDE takedown and slide plate) really completed the look. But those items will not match the FDE of the Surplus models (M17X) So I have to stay with the black takedown, plunger and slide plate.
And let’s not even bring up the FDE mismatch on the AXG combat. 🤨

 

I only have three FDE firearms, all SIG, a MK-25-D/P226, a P229 Combat, and a P320-M17. Everything else is blue, black, nickel, chrome, or stainless.

P.S.- I forgot I have one two-tone, cerakote FDE earth slide on a black frame (Beretta 92 Compact).

 

I have no preference. Except the slide of the 19x. I changed enough diapers in round one, and I’ve (hopefully) finished the grandchild round.

 

I don't know if it's just me but all of a sudden, and I don't know HOW this happened but all of a sudden, every thing gun related that I look at is in FDE.

FDE's already had its "moment in the sun" ... Not sayin' that it's going away anythime soon, but its peek of popularity is in the rearview mirror.

 

When the British were in India and Afghanistan they wore white. Soldiers noticed that as they got dusty during a long patrol, they blended in more, and stood out less as targets.
Thus Khaki was born.
During 20+ years in the Mid-East our military learned the same lesson, hence FDE/ Coyote.
US civilian gun trends tend to follow Military/LE fashion and here we are.
I don't have one, but I have no problem with two-toned pistols be they black/silver or black/tan.

 

Correction: I don't have a black/tan pistol. I do have black/silver combos.

 

My formally all black 320 Compact ... it was my first 320 and I was just learning my way around the gun when I ran across the FDE grip module and decided to build something different. Found the matching INFORCE weapons light, and the extended base pads kinda finished off the project. I'm not a hardcore FDE guy, this is the only handgun I have in FDE, and I like it.

 

And that is the only one I've seen with what I feel is a good combination of the FDE and black. Nice!