Ugly rifles
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henschman
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My ugliest gun is my WASR 10/63. It has a mismatched stock, foregrip, and pistol grip, not to mention being a WASR. Other ugliness-enhancing features are the big rubber buttpad to increase LOP (them commies are small, lol) and the AMD flash hider that looks kind of odd on there. Oh well, it flat out shoots, and is incredibly reliable.
This is one I made up in the 80s. A good friend called and said he was bringing along his latest build. "Is yours ready? You've been working on it for nearly a year..." Well, mine was not ready, no where near ready and probably still isn't finished today. But I needed something so I whipped this up in three hours. A 22 caliber underhammer muzzleloading rifle. Complete with three piece laminated stock, functioning patchbox, aluminum inlays and brass hammer. The sights have since been misplaced but they were as elegant as the rifle.
As odd as it looks, I was able to get decent groups with it. I used a 22 short case as a powder measure and loaded 22 caliber air rifle pellets. It fouled quickly and required wiping between shots but it was a lot of fun to shoot.
As odd as it looks, I was able to get decent groups with it. I used a 22 short case as a powder measure and loaded 22 caliber air rifle pellets. It fouled quickly and required wiping between shots but it was a lot of fun to shoot.
todayshighlights
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I like that the scope is painted, too. How did you protect the lenses?
Ugly? I can barely see it!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.
Cocked & Locked
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Remington 700 BDL factory camo stock...
sansone
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I don't see no rifle, what u fellas talkin' bout?
Konstantin835
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Wow, 2 people posted pics of Enfields. I think they are one of the best looking rifles around. Not too many of the rifles pictured are "ugly" in my book, some actually look really nice.
El Mariachi
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Winner....
El Mariachi, I won the auction, I bid for the sum of the parts hoping the person knew what he was going, I did not believe he could get it this ugly by accident. When the auction hit the forms it was declared “THE UGLIEST rifle ever ....”
I ask some members of one forum to hold off until the end of the auction, I was concerned the price would go up, I did not say that forum was functional, a couple backed off.
Any how, I mounted a scope, rings and base that cost more than the rifle + shipping, checked head space and loaded 60 rounds, 12 different loads, cases bullets and powder from new cases to once fired, formed from 280 Remington, military and commercial cases. The rifle came with a Timney trigger, no floor plate just a short trigger guard, the magazine was formed/glassed in with a bullet guide and spring, no metal box.
After firing the 60 rounds I decided to leave the rifle the way I founder. I could/can not improve on the accuracy.
The barrel is bedded into the wood with JB weld or glass?, the laminated wood around the barrel is the recoil lug, I took it to the range as expected other shooters seemed to look upon it as though they were looking at sin, all but one, A Chinese man that left China for Formosa came over and said he trained in China with a similar rifle, he knew it was a M1917, he was too polite to ask WHAT happened.
The good news, no flyers or bad groups, the groups moved slightly, each group had 5 holes no larger than a quarter, and I decided the person that put that rifle together knew what he was doing.
F. Guffey
I ask some members of one forum to hold off until the end of the auction, I was concerned the price would go up, I did not say that forum was functional, a couple backed off.
Any how, I mounted a scope, rings and base that cost more than the rifle + shipping, checked head space and loaded 60 rounds, 12 different loads, cases bullets and powder from new cases to once fired, formed from 280 Remington, military and commercial cases. The rifle came with a Timney trigger, no floor plate just a short trigger guard, the magazine was formed/glassed in with a bullet guide and spring, no metal box.
After firing the 60 rounds I decided to leave the rifle the way I founder. I could/can not improve on the accuracy.
The barrel is bedded into the wood with JB weld or glass?, the laminated wood around the barrel is the recoil lug, I took it to the range as expected other shooters seemed to look upon it as though they were looking at sin, all but one, A Chinese man that left China for Formosa came over and said he trained in China with a similar rifle, he knew it was a M1917, he was too polite to ask WHAT happened.
The good news, no flyers or bad groups, the groups moved slightly, each group had 5 holes no larger than a quarter, and I decided the person that put that rifle together knew what he was doing.
F. Guffey
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