Hop explains in this video several reasons you might want to paint your firearms and one reason you might decide against it. The primary reason you might want to pain your firearm is to minimize visibility. Even a solid matte color can make your modern sporting rifle look less like a big chunk of black metal; and many commercial coatings reflect IR light, so a coat of paint can reduce that as well.
Another reason to pain the weapon that he mentions, which may be particularly applicable to those of you who live or use your weapons in humid or wet conditions--to prevent corrosion. Even if you have an AR with an aluminum receiver and aluminum handguards, there are plenty of steel parts (barrel, muzzle brake, screws, etc.) that are steel and could rust.
On the other side of the argument, the reason you might not want to paint weapon or accessories is to retain the weapon's value. While he thinks this doesn't really apply to ARs because they have a low resale value to begin with (I think most people assume that if you are selling an AR it is because it has been pretty much shot out), it may be a different issue as to accessories like optics, lights, and so on.
While I've painted the receivers and, sometimes, barrels of AK builds, I've never painted an AR. With those, I've generally stuck with engine paint because of the heat resistance.
VIDEO: "You don't need to paint all your guns"
Hop (16 min.)
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