17poundr
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Hello from Finland again! I for one see guns as tools primarily, and as any tool they have a funtional beauty.
I often look at the pictures of guns that I have downloaded, not just because I dream of living in a place where I could own some of them (wallet allowing), but because there is a certain beauty to them. Anybody into revolvers looking at say a Colt Navy, can but be in awe of it's functional beauty.
Threfore, and with the cunning plan to get pics of you lucky US gun owners, I here declare for all participants to list say ten (not a binding number, just list your favourites, but in moderation, say that you can list some reason for each pic) favourite beauty's. Rifle, Revolver, Semiauto, SMG, if it's a one man apparatus, let's hear of it!
Here are my humble and probably too fastly thought of candidates:
1. Colt Navy. Imho, the most beautiful cowboy gun, something about that barrell meeting the otherwize 1800 century's rounded features makes it my fav six shooter (or were they five). And now you can get working replica's, which take a multitude of modern cartiges! (try: www.cimarron-firearms.com).
2.The 'Centucky 50cal', I do not know the exact name of this gun, but it's of the kind that you see in the film 'The last Mohican' with Dainel Day Lewis, or in 'The Alamo' the new version, these were truly great guns, and I belive spurred the next candidate into existence some 20 years ago?
3. The Barret light 50. I saw a good pic of Royal Marines handling this amazing gun, and it's beautiful, deadly as anything, but beautiful...
4. The Lee Enfield. That ww1 style model where the barrel doesnt come out of the wooden grip/covers. It was just so functional, exellent gun as it was used for over 50years as the British army's rifle. And it made an exellent sniper rifle too.
5. The Mauser 'broomhandle'. Yep, this is the teutonic gun for me, it just looks so right, I love it!
6. The US ww2 M1(I hope that was right), carbine.
This is THE carbine for me, it looks beautiful, and like a perfect all rounder. I would love to have one on my dream farm/ranch...
7. The Browning Hi Power. I have been to one of the many threads dedicated to this seminal gun, that has made so many follow up guns, a true benchmark and beauty just like the second gun which is...
8. The AK 47/74. This gun, is beauty and the beast. Such deceptively beatiful curves and a good mix of metal and wood, but inside a truely genious of simpliciy and lethality, it's 'children' include the Israeli Galil and Finnish RK-62 systems, but the original is the most good looking!
9. The Sig-Sauer 226. If one is looking for functional beauty, then here it is, a great gun to shoot, and nowadays, looking like something almost from blade runner. But the new SAS carry models have gone 'retro' and feature feminine shapes and wood, a great gun anyway...
10. I fretted away for this one, and It's a tie between the Colt Python 357 in four inch barrel, and any model of the Browning Buckmark 22lr, which is very similar to the Ruger model 22lr. I need no words for these two do I???
Anyway, I know there is so many more I would have loved to list, but hey, must keep somekind of compactness for interests sake eh?
Hoping to hear from my friends in other countries!
And I'll chuck in a fiew good pics of any gun that make's me feel good just now, possibly an AR-15, as they are cool and should have made the list.
Yours truly: Mr Poundr
I often look at the pictures of guns that I have downloaded, not just because I dream of living in a place where I could own some of them (wallet allowing), but because there is a certain beauty to them. Anybody into revolvers looking at say a Colt Navy, can but be in awe of it's functional beauty.
Threfore, and with the cunning plan to get pics of you lucky US gun owners, I here declare for all participants to list say ten (not a binding number, just list your favourites, but in moderation, say that you can list some reason for each pic) favourite beauty's. Rifle, Revolver, Semiauto, SMG, if it's a one man apparatus, let's hear of it!
Here are my humble and probably too fastly thought of candidates:
1. Colt Navy. Imho, the most beautiful cowboy gun, something about that barrell meeting the otherwize 1800 century's rounded features makes it my fav six shooter (or were they five). And now you can get working replica's, which take a multitude of modern cartiges! (try: www.cimarron-firearms.com).
2.The 'Centucky 50cal', I do not know the exact name of this gun, but it's of the kind that you see in the film 'The last Mohican' with Dainel Day Lewis, or in 'The Alamo' the new version, these were truly great guns, and I belive spurred the next candidate into existence some 20 years ago?
3. The Barret light 50. I saw a good pic of Royal Marines handling this amazing gun, and it's beautiful, deadly as anything, but beautiful...
4. The Lee Enfield. That ww1 style model where the barrel doesnt come out of the wooden grip/covers. It was just so functional, exellent gun as it was used for over 50years as the British army's rifle. And it made an exellent sniper rifle too.
5. The Mauser 'broomhandle'. Yep, this is the teutonic gun for me, it just looks so right, I love it!
6. The US ww2 M1(I hope that was right), carbine.
This is THE carbine for me, it looks beautiful, and like a perfect all rounder. I would love to have one on my dream farm/ranch...
7. The Browning Hi Power. I have been to one of the many threads dedicated to this seminal gun, that has made so many follow up guns, a true benchmark and beauty just like the second gun which is...
8. The AK 47/74. This gun, is beauty and the beast. Such deceptively beatiful curves and a good mix of metal and wood, but inside a truely genious of simpliciy and lethality, it's 'children' include the Israeli Galil and Finnish RK-62 systems, but the original is the most good looking!
9. The Sig-Sauer 226. If one is looking for functional beauty, then here it is, a great gun to shoot, and nowadays, looking like something almost from blade runner. But the new SAS carry models have gone 'retro' and feature feminine shapes and wood, a great gun anyway...
10. I fretted away for this one, and It's a tie between the Colt Python 357 in four inch barrel, and any model of the Browning Buckmark 22lr, which is very similar to the Ruger model 22lr. I need no words for these two do I???
Anyway, I know there is so many more I would have loved to list, but hey, must keep somekind of compactness for interests sake eh?
Hoping to hear from my friends in other countries!
And I'll chuck in a fiew good pics of any gun that make's me feel good just now, possibly an AR-15, as they are cool and should have made the list.
Yours truly: Mr Poundr
