Ugliest rifles?
 

What in your opinion is the ugliest rifle on the market today? or name a few/bunch. I think most major companies make a few nice rifles, followed by a lot of UGLY ones.

Personally I think the ugliest rifle that should be allowed would be a synthetic with a blued barrel, something decent looking/simple/functional, but these ugly/hideous rifles need to go.

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The remington 770 is in the running.

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I remeber looking at winchesters website right prior to closing shop......and thinking, like, 9/10 of these rifles are hideous/ would never own, maybe 1 or 2 I'd consider, though I think none of them were nice. Maybe I'm too conservative in my approach, but arent gun guys conservatives? Build a nice gun, no funky designs, and it'll sell. I don't need vent holes like it's a porsche. If companie sjust built a solid, wood stock, with blued or stainless barrel, and a nice synthetic, don't make it like a toy gun, but a nice synthetic like an HS stock, and a premium stock would be a nice option as well. that like 4-6 types total, I don't think every company needs 20-40 options. Plus you could build 6 options cheaper than you can 40

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Front runnerhas to be the rem 710.It's replacement the 770 model looks to be comfortable in taking over that placement for current production rifles:).

Probably get flamed for this as these are very popularbut the TC flex tech pro hunter stock is butt ugly IMHO[:'(].I have yet to shoot one so maybe the F' ugly has a purpose:eek:

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put most old military bolt actions on the list and the old Mossberg 22 rifle that had the long forearm with the end folding down, not sure what model.

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A strong candadate indeed.

I think that a lot of the Savage rifles are pretty ugly.... that is until I see how deadly accurate they are.

A lot of guns now are coming with those laminated stocks.... and I think those things are just hideous! The Rem 798 for example.... and the VLS... and the Ruger 77 that has the same sort of design.... nasty.

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Here is my initial list (give me time I'll find others)

[ol][*]Remington 770[*]Remington 710[*]Mossberg ATR[*]Savage rifles[*]Browning Long Trac[*]Browning Short Trac[*]Anything that looks like an AR[*]Remington 673[*]Winchester Wildcat[*]WInchester X3[*]Dale Earnhardt edition remington rifles[*]TC pro hunter[*]TC Encore[/ol]

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Those cheap AR7 22 lr survival rifles is the top of my list. Remington 770 and those Benelli/Winchester/Browning semi auto rifles all are on my top ten.

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As I see it, buy a pretty rifle and hang it over the fire place, The only ugly rifle I know of are painted up ones like those pretty pink ones. If it shoots and feels good use it. I don't care much for the looks of synthetic stocks, but they are nice when you really hunt hard with your gun and don't worry about putting a scratch on your pretty rifle.

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The ugliest rifle I've ever owned was a H&R Handi Rifle with a bull barrel in .223. It was ugly but man could that thing shoot.

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The hi-point carbine is also disgusting to look at, but fun to shoot. Remington 788's were not real cute either, but again good shooters.

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I second the Hi-Points. The pistols and the Carbines look like a brick with a handle on it.

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TC Encore
Handi-Rifles
Rem. 710 & 770
Most all Savages
Anything painted or "pretty in pink"

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Savage rifles- but that wouldn't stop me from buying one.
Weatherby- Some may disagree, but they look too fat, flashy and gaudy like something Boss Hog would be proud to own.

Remington 710, 770, 597 rifles.

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Excepting military junk, most ugly sticks are Remingtons - you know, the ones with "vent ribs and gut-hook front sights"...... Then there's that Rem. 710 abortion! YUK!!! Yet they also make some nice ones, like the M7 and the 700 (the ones with walnut stocks and ebony forends....

But I have to agree that the TC's are ugly, and I just hate the space-cadet Weatherby's. Probably the only thing that has kept me from buying a Weatherby all these years is NOT their generally overbore cartridges, but just the way they look. Ol' Roy should have offered the MKV with a classsic English walnut stock option.... I'm sure he'd have sold at least a few so made...

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I love how guys want an ugly rifle they can scratch up/not care about etc....personally a dent/scratch in a wood stock gives it character if you ask me, and I don't plan to just throw around any rifle, synthetic or not, i wont be throwing it down a rock pile to see the results. Just a pt I thought I'd make, sure the syn handle wear better, but do you have tons of scrtaches/dents in your wood stocks ever through the years? Do like that syn wont swell in humidity/heat etc...should stay dead one always.
eldequelllo ...I have a MK-V fibermark its gorgeous as synthetics go if you ask me, looked at the mk-V syntethic and it looks so cheap/ugly, fibermark is awesome, wish others offered "nicer" synthetics. I agree a nice wood stock on a weatherby would be nice, they have 1, but its glossy/polished. They have a gorgeous custom model.....french walnut, satin rather than glossy, i love wood stocks with some grain/character.

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Haha... the Winchester Mosin Nagant you mean? :D
I was a hardcore #3 fan, but I think there is an old Western saying about a dead man's gun that would probably apply to a dead man's image on the side of your gun as well.

I think the new X-Bolts are ugly as well. Tikka T3s ain't hittin on much either.

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Didn't want to ruffle any more feathers then I normally do;)

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Lee Enfields, broomhandle Mausers, Italian Carcanos

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I'm not scared...ugly on a rifle is only skin deep. Just like on women. I had a friend in college who was a real ladies man, but only dated girls that were what I would classify as"ehhhhh". I asked him about it one time when we were almost drunk and he told me "Agirl who can't really get much action in the way of guys will bend over backwards to make you happy. You could almost treat her like trash, and she'd still make you breakfast, fold your clothes and bake a hell of a good pie... and when you get in a fight.... she'd take the couch. Why would you want to put up with most prissy girls who fret about their looks and expect you to kiss their asses? You can keep 'em bro." Not a bad way of looking at it I suppose... especially if you don't like doing your own wash.

Heck I don't care about ruffling feathers old... opinions are like elbows. I think a TC encore in blued finish with a nice walnut stock is rather handsome. Though I do think the Pro Hunters are bit much. I'm a fan of the Weatherby's with the black and tan stocks and the SS barrels too. But I do agree that some of them have been over the top. The gloss and rosewood/ebony tip on Weatherby's is nice... but you can take it too far pretty quick from there.

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Blaser R93 LR, UIT, 308 Sniper, Match Rifle

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=92733339

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I saw one rifle on this forum, about the ugliest rifle [:'(][:'(][:'(] I’ve ever seen and you should have seen custom rings for this thing had[:'(][:'(][:'(] I’m not sure if this members still has it or a picture of it ...eh, double A...:D

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You sure you boys didn't get them mixed up just touch. Hey it happens after a few, which just so happens a lot in college!!;)


"Beauty is only skin deep, UGLY goes right to the BONE"! and "Beauty is only a light switch away"...LOL:D

Been a while socould bewrong. Been married for 11...no wait 12....heck coming on 13 years. she's either coyote or hallway sex for me!!!

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:D:D:D:D:D

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any "scout" rifle

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Well I'm blessed with a gorgeous fiancee.... so I guess its easy to talk about that sort of thing when you have a good one. Kinda like how rich folks always say that money is no object.... that is until you don't have any....

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any rifle over 800.00.:D

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Trailer, I really dont like showing a beauty off like this but if the demand is there, I am always willing to please fellow fine firearm junkies...................

Kustomb Lee Endfelder wiff Gates SS rings

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Bwahaha! I saw a Krag with the same scope mount a few years ago- the 'mount' was a thick piece of sheet metal cobbled to the receiver somehow with sheet metal screws, and it did have the gates rings.

Uglier than sin.

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Now that’s what I talking about...Thanks double A...:D

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I agree the model 710 remington is the ugliest i no of.

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lol ya except ars