Most Beautiful Firearm

What would you say is the most beautiful firearm made to date? I kind of stole this from the "Most Beautiful Autoloader" thread but wanted it to include all guns. Please post pics for this. Here is what I think is the most beatuful:

Magnum Research BFR:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/abrnftballlvr/800px-BFR_45-70_1.jpg

and the remington XR-100 Rangemaster:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/abrnftballlvr/rem_xr100_204w_scope.jpg

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/abrnftballlvr/rem_xr100.jpg

http://www.blaser.de/typo3temp/pics/R_ea6d7b1e98.jpg

http://www.blaser.de/typo3temp/pics/K_3c9ce902b3.jpg

Blaser has some purdy stuff. ;)

Personally, Kaiser Wilhelm's IG71 ranks up there. Barring that, Amoskeag had some really nice Martinis, and I have a weakness for German drillings.

This one ain't bad either.
http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o182/bendebval/spacegun.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/nugilum/WWII-1.jpg
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii114/nugilum/Gar36.jpg

My list of purtiest guns, in no particular order:

Colt Single Action Army
Luger P08
Browning Hi-Power
Colt Python
Pre-64 Winchester Model 70
A.H. Fox side-by-sides

I'll probably think of more later.

Check out www.shilohrifle.com and pick one. They are fine pieces and as good as money can buy. Yes, There are other very nice guns out there but these are an American classic and one of the best built guns ever.

BTW, Great music.

1.Colt SAA

2.Colt Python 6" Deep Blue Steel

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=77987&d=1210396393

Uhh, Justin... What is that? :confused:

That's a Mateba auto-revolver.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h6/ottonsure/EngravedCZ752.jpg

http://sviguns.com/photo_gallery/8.jpg

I hope to be able to afford one of these someday.

Infinity Firearms.

Blast! You stole my thread! Nah, it's ok. The truth is when you expand it too all firearms it makes my head hurt which is why mine was autos.

The Colt 1860 Army Revolver.

http://www.thetraditionalhunter.com/gallery/v/Colt-Percussion-Revolvers/album_002/


And this one:

http://fordsguns.com/index-gun45.htm
Scroll down to see "before" picture. They do such nice work.

No such thing.
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Savage 1907
http://www.nationalfirearmsmuseum.org/tour/graphics/1907%20Savage.jpg

A gussied up Remington XP-100

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a136/Gaffer1/IMG_1619_edited.jpg

Either 1875 Sharps or Ruger #1.

Oh yeah, some of the old flintlock longrifles are incredible, to.

The GAU-8 of course!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/gixxanikk/069.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/gixxanikk/standard.jpg

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=73295&d=1203459276

Double rifles (http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=double+rifles&gbv=2)
Ruger No. 1
Colt Python
Smith & Wesson N-frame magnums

http://www.gunsatcost.com/DisplayPic.aspx?PIC=22722
:neener: Just kidding.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/Nolo_photo/BPS2.jpg
The Browning BPS.
At the end of the day, after all the talk of assault rifles, submachine guns, sniper rifles and handguns, I am a shotgun man.
They are my favorite type of weapon, and this is my favorite type of shotgun.
My favorite type of, BPS, now, would be this weapon in 3" (which I think it is, anyway) with a 20" barrel and deer sights.
Whoohoo!
Oh, and would it be too much to ask for a magazine extension?

S&W Model 19 4" bbl - even if the bluing is a little worn, all that does is give it character :D

Mmmm...more gun porn! Great stuff.

http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/11/50/35/28/browni10.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=52&u=11503528)


S&W Model 19 4" bbl - even if the bluing is a little worn, all that does is give it character

Here's one for you then, the blued finish is still perfect though ;)

http://i22.servimg.com/u/f22/11/50/35/28/sw_m1911.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=7&u=11503528)

Silvanus:

Nice S&W 19! That is what my BIL used as his duty weapon as an LEO. It is the first handgun I ever fired. A lot of great memories just came back with that picture. Thanks!!!

Geno

http://www.berettausa.com/diana/28_Large_woodcock.jpg

The 28Ga entry in the Diana Set.

http://geminicustoms.com/Gallery/DSC02621.JPG

Winchester 1894 Trails End

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg230/woodsy_2008/Guns/trailsend.jpg

http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Flintlocks%20Scottish.jpg

Scottish Flintlock: Reproduction of the 1760 model Scottish Flintlock, believed to be the style used to fire the "shot heard 'round the world", at Lexington, starting the American Revolution

Oh, wow. I never had a clue until this thread that the Mateba Autorevolver was a real weapon!
It was featured in the futuristic anime movie Ghost in the Shell, carrier by one of the police characters who was teased more than once about carrying an "outdated" sidearm.

I really do learn something new here every day.



Jeffrey

Not mine, but still good lookin'

Filigree, engraving, etc. Don't excite me. What excites me is a classic design that stands the test of time. Frankly the Thompson Sub-Machine Gun, The Garand, and the M1911 have always been my "most beautiful." :)

The Swede wins in my book! Better than the business end of the 120mm smooth bore.

What, no Colt Python?

http://southeastfirearms.us/rebelsubweb/images/GoldDesertEagle.jpg
http://www.blogger.ba/photos/20633.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/M1_carbine_kahr.jpg/800px-

Some of the previous entries here could be top contenders for most garish/gaudy/ostentatious.

http://www.militaryimages.net/photopost/data/531/Gyrojet.JPG
http://world.guns.ru/rifle/johnson1941.jpg

And just about anything from the first generation of military bolt-action cartridge rifles. They have a sort of elegance to them that I just find appealing.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d85/Claven2/mosin%20pics/IMG_3650.jpg

"There is no other caliber than 7.62x54r, all who suggest otherwise have been taken out and shot with it, all subjects agreed after this test was administered."

Avenger, what are those top two rifles?

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1986/imgp1555ot3.jpg

The two most beautiful guns I know of.

Why?

Because they go bang every single time, and that's the most beautiful thing to me with guns.

Sorry about that, retgarr, I lost a line of text there somehow. They are both Gyrojets, the carbine on top and rifle underneath.

I think Hawk has won the thread, so far...Nothing more beautiful than an expertly engraved side-by-side.

best looking one is the one that works!!

+1 to the hi power and 1911 design.
also have love for the s&w j frames.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v712/yongxingliang/DSC00038-2.jpg

"What, no Colt Python? "

46 posts and not a SINGLE Glock yet? I know this board is full of guys who assume glock is the answer to all questions. Here are my three favorites.

S&W 500ES

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee89/mdevietro/Guns/SW500es.jpg

S&W M&P .40- Its beautiful to me because its MINE and it was my first gun, plus it looks dang good.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee89/mdevietro/Guns/MP.jpg

AK-47

Done a lot of good and evil over the years and still looks good.

http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/q-photo-ak-74.jpg

While I agree with a few of the posts in here, to some of you, this firearm should fit right in.:barf:

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h200/benrulez71/HPIM1590.jpg

(I'd add my garands to the thread, but nugilum's is much prettier than mine.)

BTW...Hey Hank, can you make that picture a little bit bigger, I can't quite see it.

The Smith and Wesson N-Frame, with a 5" bbl, blued and Ivory gripped.

Just something about those big guns that makes them perfection, IMHO.

Doc2005, I'm glad you're enjoying my pictures :) This model 19 was previously my uncle's, but he rarely ever shot it, so he gave it to me for my 18th birthday.

46 posts and not a SINGLE Glock yet? I know this board is full of guys who assume glock is the answer to all questions.


Sorry, I forgot to post mine. And I actually think they look pretty good. Not "beautiful" like a classic, blued pistol, but not bad either.

http://i34.servimg.com/u/f34/11/50/35/28/glock110.jpg (http://www.servimg.com/image_preview.php?i=84&u=11503528)

I guess I'm just one of those stick-in-the-mud traditionalists.

Lon Paul custom in 10.75x68 caliber:


http://lonpaulcustomguns.com/aaa_001.jpg

I vote for the S&W Model 27
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/8906/m27b5hd.jpg

Artillery Luger or any German Doppelbuchse Drilling.

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q139/jad0110/Smith%20and%20Wesson%20Model%2014%20and%2017/IMG_1637.jpg


http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q139/jad0110/Springfield%20M1911A1%20Mil-Spec%2045%20ACP/IMG_5529.jpg

that chopped mosin is a disgrace to the entire russian population during wwII.

There are so many and so many cool ones in this thread. This is my favorite.

http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/flamedred//engraved_python.jpg

+1 on Glocks and AKs. Especially with a bakalite magazine. I'm always taken aback at how often they're called ugly.

THE ONLY ORIGINAL BAD BOY OE BIGGEST BADDEST ICON
1847 COLT WALKER
15 1/2 inches long
4 1/2 lbs

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/IMG_1899-1.jpg

Now beating any Win 94

1866 Henry

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/1866-SportYB-SadRng-Carb.jpg

Shot guns, single shot rifles Best in the world.

Holland and Holland.
Nothing beats a $100,000 shotgun
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/2b64d41137.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/36f6960afe.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/6270a42615.jpg

It's hard to beat some of the beautiful work done on custom flintlocks.

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn205/abrnftballlvr/hunt_7KCR.jpg

Maybe not the prettiest, but it has some elegance.

http://www.baikalinc.ru/res_en/0_value_8432_188.jpg

Or something more classic - a beautiful symbios of wood and metal.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=55442&d=1174823506

Or true classic. I kind of like the clean lines and good engineering.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=75358&d=1206708575

NC76, what is that revolver carbine?

My favorite is the Colt 1851 Navy for pure elegance in design and function. But I doubt I'll ever have an original. That said, the SW wheelguns are my favorites that I do have.

I was gonna post a pic of the aero, but I think the swede beat me to it. That GAU-8 is just one beautiful piece of engineering.

like this

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/4Apr-31.jpg
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/28Mar-71.jpg

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/IMG_1691.jpg

The most beautiful, my Dad's Model 10 (RIP):
http://herohog.com/images/guns/Model10R.jpg
http://herohog.com/images/guns/Model10L.jpg

2nd most, my Grand-dads Stephens .22 which I handed down to my Nephew's son just last month:
http://herohog.com/images/guns/stevens15b-r.jpg

3rd most, these I got from my good friend Dr. Sam Hutchison (RIP):
F.I.E Titan II .380
http://herohog.com/images/guns/TitanII380.jpg
and an AMT AutoMag III in 9mm WinMag (9x29)
http://herohog.com/images/guns/9mmWinMagL.jpg
http://herohog.com/images/guns/9mmWinMagR.jpg

These I will always keep and treasure until they get handed down to those who will care for them and appreciate them as much as I do.

Hero Dog.

You win

I dont compete with someone who lost a loved one.

It's not a competition man, it's a parade. It's for us all to enjoy. Keep posting them guys and gals!

not mine....have no pic of mine

I love anything with "M1" at the beginning, to include Garand, M1A/M14, and Carbine, in that order.

I vote for the Navy Luger. Has a slightly shorter barrel than the Artillery Luger, which I always thought was excessive. Navy Model looked just about right.

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/7789/aa1006my7.th.jpg (http://img440.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aa1006my7.jpg)
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5615/aa1005km3.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aa1005km3.jpg)

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q77/scratm3/4Apr-31.jpg

Neato, whats this?

A few I believe should be in the running.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/2007_03140004.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/2007_02030003.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/2007_02030079.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/2007_02020012.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/019184.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/2006_0717Colttrip0046.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/Hunter1911/2006_0525Hornady0007.jpg

I always liked the engraving on this little piece.
http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/images/engravedmp5k.jpg
Form and function.

Stop being such guys guys. Look deep. It's what's underneath. Why can't you see her for what she really is?

:neener:

OK, that was wrong!

suddenly... feeling nauseous... :barf:

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm157/GingerGuy_photos/Forum%20Shots/Springfield058.jpg
Springfield Armory Stainless Steel Loaded Champion.
Performance and value.

Sorry MDeViney, I see trouble. Not a slam, but I see an LEO hesitating because he thinks its a toy or a dummy gun.

i see your face turning the same color as the gun when the BG's start dropping from laughter

http://www.gundirectory.com/guns/20397-1.jpg

http://www.riverviewsales.net/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/KGP141-lg.jpg

They just kind of grew on me.:p

I don't currently own one but it has to be the Winchester Model 70 featherlight!

http://www.howardcommunications.com/winchester_firearms_news/Model%2070%20Featherweight%20Deluxe_low.jpg

A few Handsome firearms..

Shiloh Sharps/ Restored 86 Winchester both in 45-70
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/win-sharp-1.jpg

C. Sharps Arms Custom 45-70 (in the mail to my house this week)
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/c-sharps21-1.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/c-sharps22.jpg

Gotta love the Old West

Jasonbu,

That may be the very definition of sexy!

Jasonbu's custom Sharps for the win. Just....wow...

Thanks guys. I didn't set out to buy a custom Sharps (was going to get a regular one w/ semi-fancy wood) but when I found this one my plans changed. Sold a rifle I never thought I would (to buy this one), but that's life. John Schoffstall of C. Sharps Arms had this one set aside for his personal collection but changed his mind (Told me he couldn't keep em all). Great guy to do business with. I hope it shoots 1/2 as good as it looks.

How about a range report? (and more pics. I needa new desktop at work)

Beautiful wood on that beautiful gun, Jason. Best post in this thread yet. Treat her right.

when I think about these pictures I touch myself...:what:

Wow! This thread is making my heart race! :what:

Those are some lovely creations....

I should be picking up the Sharps this week. I will take some more pics, and hopefully get a range report in the works.
Thanks guys

I don't own this gun. Hell, I don't even own a 1911. But this John Jardine custom 1911, a photo taken off his website, is, to me, the most absolutely stunning firearm I've ever seen.....

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w156/elsdvm2/shootingphotos/showoffTwoTonek.jpg

More then 104 year old now!

http://www.mdwguns.com/alter_stand/Luger009.jpg

More then 104 year old now!

How are you counting?

That particular example couldn't be more than 100, since it's marked as a P08 (the German army designation, for it's adoption in 1908). The design was patented 110 years ago in 1898. So are you counting from the date of adoption by the German Navy in 1904?

winchester model 12

I can't wait to post a pic of what I've done to my father's revolver for Father's Day.

Once I clean all the parts and reassemble, I'll post a pic.

How are you counting

I would count from when it was avaliable for sale and that was somewhere around 1900 if I am not mistaken.
Either way, it is a pice of history and a beautiful gun!

Empire Legacy Rifle, Professional Grade

http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=78611&d=1211331764

Bowen M1917 Redhawk

http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=78612&d=1211331792

(I don't own either ... more's the pity.)

That big ole revolver on my couch :

Smith & Wesson Model 29.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c275/alexfubar/DCP_3257.jpg

well, from the pics i have seen so far, none of them, i.m.o., beat a nice Remington 700 bdl. a really nice engraved one, would be very hard to beat. except for an engraved one with gold inlay! and i am sory to say, that i.m.o. a lot of the guns posted are really not all that pretty. for a hand gun, in automatics, a nice Kimber 1911 is really hard to beat! and there is really only one pretty revolver, an engraved, blued smith and wesson. that is the only gun i have seen that the word "sexy" could be used with.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=78616&d=1211335406

That would be a P7, no?

I really like the looks of a mannlicher stock. Don't own any examples, but I really like the looks of them. I also think some of the small semiauto pistols are beautiful (Walther PP, Colt 1903, "baby" Browning). ...And a Thompson with the drum magazine.

That would be a P7, no?

Two of 'em, actually. :)

Did I really only count one mention of the M1911!

My vote:
#1 -- Classic M1911. Perfection through simplicity and utility.

#2 -- Mosin Nagant M91/30.

plain jane M16A2

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Hawaii-convoy2003-12-17.jpg/800px-Hawaii-convoy2003-12-17.jpg

The more the clean lines are disrupted by rails the type bristles with today, the more elegant an early pattern AR (w/triangular grips, please) looks to me.

And the Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless.

+1 on K-Frames, though I prefer stainless:

http://lonelymachines.org/guns/696_ahrends_sm.jpg

http://lonelymachines.org/guns/66_ahrends_artsy_sm.png

And yeah, grips do make the gun sometimes...

http://lonelymachines.org/guns/holsters/dyer/dyer_p220_wood_artsy_sm.png

http://lonelymachines.org/guns/marschal/makarov_marschal_left_sm.jpg

#38 Yokel, you said it best Some of the previous entries here could be top contenders for most garish/gaudy/ostentatious.

To each his own I guess. I just don't get the gold, bright colors, engraving thing. Wood and blue or black for me.

But like they say everybody's got one.

Ok, I finally joined this forum because I figured I'd give you all something to chew on besides my face.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/WikingSS/tacMosin-1.jpg


There!

That is a picture I took of the infamous tacti-cool Mosin thats been on forums worldwide ever since someone took a picture of me shooting it. Its not mine, its not beautiful, and its down right ugly.

It was built as a joke by a licensed manufacturer using extra parts and a beat down Mosin that was headed for destruction. To be honest it was done to poke fun at the people who add all the extra and useless crap on AR rifles.:D

Now... if you want to see a beautiful firearm... this one is mine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v283/WikingSS/M39Fall.jpg

The Luger Modell 1900:

http://gallery.rennlist.com/lugeralbums/Musgrave1900/Robert_Musgrave_1900_Luger_Right.sized.jpg

Milsurps 4 Me -welcome! I would like to apologize. I am sure that I have made fun of you. In fact I am VERY sure that I have made fun of you.....

I'll submit a couple.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/IMG_0366.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/IMG_0362_1.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/IMG_0271.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/IMG_0357.jpg

As always: The 1911, and size don't matter

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/GitchiManitou/100_0214-1.jpg?t=1211511441
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s66/GitchiManitou/100_0477.jpg?t=1211511567

An Elegant Beauty:

http://www.fnhusa.com/support/images/dynamic/milm/FNM0045mb.png

Hmm...probably would have to go with a Springfield 1911, aint real shiny but sure is damned sexy

A few more pics of the Sharps as requested. I am sure when I take some outdoor photos in the sunlight she will look much better

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/C-Sharp-1.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/C-Sharp-2.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/C-Sharp-3.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/C-Sharp-4.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/C-Sharp-5.jpg
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk207/Jasonbu/C-Sharp-6.jpg

Holly cow, I just noticed my crazy cat in the background of picture 3. She looks possessed!!

Milsurps 4 me....that M39 is GORGEOUS. And the composition of that photo.....wow.

Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter Bisleyhttp://www.galleryofguns.com/prod_images/ks-417nhb.jpg

Good gosh the wood on that Sharps is beyond words it is so beautiful. I would be embarrased to post any of my guns as the most beautiful after seeing that.

Yeah that sharps wins my vote.

I don't post here much, but Jasonbu's Shiloh is the winner...no contest. Wow!

As a poster mentioned, a lot of gun porn here!
I'll add mine.