Ugly rifles

[sKunkT]

In my opinion, I think everybody owes it to him or herself to own an ugly rifle. This could be a rifle you bought ugly, made ugly, or think is beautiful but everyone else thinks it’s ugly. I spent a considerable amount of time last year making my Remington 7600 30-06 look even more unconventional than it already was. I bought a synthetic stock, removed the mold lines, disassembled the rifle as far as I felt comfortable (and had the tools for), cut stencils and sprayed with Duracoat. I do not have a lot of money so this was a considerable investment for me, and I cringed as a sprayed that first blast of Duracoat on that Leupold scope.

I would like to see pictures of other people’s ugly rifles. I would also like to not be criticized for caliber/rifle/scope/ selection and I know deer don’t mind wood/blue guns, so I do not need to hear about that. You can tell me how ugly my rifle is, however. I like that.

 

[MyGreenGuns]

I have a Mosin 91/30 that I am taking far from its roots. Its in a Monte Carlo stock. I removed the rear sight leaf and installed a scope mount. I'm probably gonna remove or bubba the front site. When I get it all ready I'll paint it some combo of flat green and black. I've already been told my some people that this is a sin to modify an antique, but I dont care. Very few of my guns are in "unmodified" condition anymore. Thats half the fun of owning firearms, making them your own.
Good job on your paint BTW.

 

[RIATAC45]

Ugly? SkunKt, that is awesome. You did a fantastic duracoat job. I'm in the process of doing a m44 mosin that I bought as a barreled receiver for $10. No collector guns were harmed in the making of this ugly gun.

 

[Badlander]

Skunk... You need to post diferent pics os that rifle. Can't see it in that pic. Good job!

 

[HM2PAC]

If you really want it ugly, throw in some purple glitter.

 

[valnar]

Do Camouflage guns really help while hunting? I never bothered to ask anyone until now.

 

[jim243]

That's a 7600???? Now that's ugly.

Jim

 

[451 Detonics]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, a rose by any other name still smells as sweet...

Some call my Hakim ugly...personally I think it is a work of aloha art...

 

[sKunkT]

Thanks for the kind words!

I dig the Hawaiian camo!

 

[sKunkT]

Do Camouflage guns really help while hunting? I never bothered to ask anyone until now.

They help start conversations with fellow hunters and at the range.

For some 'keen eye-sighted' animals I suppose it may help, but I primary only hunt whitetails and I don't think it makes a difference.

 

[ldhulk]

I think a ugly hunter is much more important to success than an ugly rifle. Anyhow I've noticed thru the years that many of my hunting buddies have had more success than I, an I suspect it is largely due to the fact that I'm so much better looking than they are.

 

[LoonWulf]

heres my ugly...well i guess you could count a number of my guns as that sorta ugly LOL.

 

[6x6pinz]

451 Detonics
Hardly recognized it as a Hakim. I have a couple Hakims, one with busted stock that I wanted to make one similar to a PSL stock, now that would be ugly.

I guess I like all my toys way too much as I can't pick one that is what I would call ugly.

 

[Vaarok]

I own a MAS-49. However, aesthetics are the only shortcoming of it or my 49/56.

 

[Ignition Override]

None of those guns look ugly, just unique.

My Spanish FR8 might be sort of ugly, with the birdcage flash hider.

SKunkT:
At first glance in the small photos your gun resembled an exotic viper from a foreign country, and the rifle must be just as deadly.

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

my ugly Stevens 200 in 7mm-08 shoots dime groups, putting a Boyds walnut stock on it soon, gonna make it a beautiful tack driver, for an ugly gun I will and have put it up against custom guns and outshot them.

 

[WardenWolf]

My Ruger 10/22 in a Boyd's SS Evolution stock. Some people dislike the whole stock, some just the color. But I love it, and think the blue really offsets the stainless.

 

[dubbleA]

Just shot this with Duracoat in a digital pattern trying to simulate the grass in my area. I think it's ugly but it breaks up the skins at a disatnce.

 

[JohnnyK]

bull pup AKs are ugly to me!

 

[sKunkT]

Wow. The digital camo stock on that thing seems to vanish into the grass! Sweet setup!

 

[HEAVY METAL 1]

to those doing cammo gun finshes be forwarned, a woman I hunted with had one of those factory cammo finshed shotguns. Because she is tiny she set her shotgun down in the dried grass to retrieve her duck & we had a dickens of a time finding it afterward. Shoot your deer and lean your gun up against a tree and then after gutting your deer spend the rest of the day or night trying to find it! Not a critisism of your works displayed here, but someting to think about. (I'm at the age now where I freely offer advice not asked for)

 

[Ranger30-06]

Just shot this with Duracoat in a digital pattern trying to simulate the grass in my area. I think it's ugly but it breaks up the skins at a disatnce.

That's incredible and not ugly by the greatest stretch of the imagination! I can take it off your hands if you just don't like it that much

 

[nathan]

The Calico 9mm

 

[El Mariachi]

Marlin 925RM in .22wmr.....

 

[sKunkT]

My wife was looking over my shoulder when I was looking at that Marlin and she said, "wow, that's really cool, I like that, that's sharp". I concur. I'm a big fan of tiger striped themes.