I have to say the 'ugliest' rifle I ever owned was a H&R Handi rifle in .223. It had terrible wood to metal finish and butt heavy, even with the bull barrel. But man could that thing shoot. I had more than a few guys chuckle when I pulled it out of the case at the range. But they soon stopped when they saw the targets I was shooting. It outshot a good bit of the higher end varmint rigs the guys had. Of course that could have been the shooters too. I had one range officer look through my spotting scope at the 1/2" ragged hole in the target and he asked how many rounds were in the group. When I told him about 10 or 12 he didn't believe me.