|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,084
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 23,084 |
Ya had me with the first set of pics! The only prayer I'll offer up is that you mention me in your will, or offer me first dibs.... (Yep, I'm a High Wall slut!  )
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz
"Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,153
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,153 |
I think the T-C Contender G2 action is ugly as homegrown sin. BUT (Mike's big butt) they shoot like crazy and you can put together a "set" of arms on one action that will pretty well cover any firearm you might really need (never seen a pocket-sized Contender yet, but I expect somebody has made one....).
So I have a couple of G2 actions and a BUNCH of barrels. I try to make the woodwork beautiful so that onlookers won't look at the actions, kinda like my first squad leader in ROTC said: "Spit shine those shoes so the brass can see themselves in 'em and they won't even look anywhere else!"). Worked like magic.
Gnoaah, who ISN'T a High Wall slut????
Was Mike Armstrong. Got logged off; couldn't log back on. RE-registered my old call sign, Mesa.
FNG. Again.
Mike Armstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 56,099
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 56,099 |
Mesa, I have nothing but G1 Contenders. They don't shoot worth a crap. They are ugly too. My thutty-thutty ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/erCKk9x.jpg) My pig plinker: ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/ah8rkFz.jpg) My .22LR plinker ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/nQWQZlO.jpg) .30 Sneezer ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/n9W07Vl.jpg)
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 9,717
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 9,717 |
I'm embarrassed. I thought my little K-Hornet is fugly, but Dan's are really grotesque!
Safe Shooting! Steve Redgwell www.303british.comGet your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain Member - Professional Outdoor Media Association of Canada ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/AP39Jhm.jpg)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,363
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,363 |
I am building tools for men, not jewelry.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 11,034
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 11,034 |
Is this ugly?... ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/N9HyQZA.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/pMT8cdH.jpg) ... These are F'ugly.
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,875
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,875 |
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/xwBnyqq.jpg) I like mine, Rio7
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,153
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,153 |
Now THAT'S what I call downright edible woodwork! DEELICIOUS! Doesn't make the rifle shoot crooked.either....
Was Mike Armstrong. Got logged off; couldn't log back on. RE-registered my old call sign, Mesa.
FNG. Again.
Mike Armstrong
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,875
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,875 |
Mesa,
1X8 twist 20" barrel, shoots bug holes with 105 Scenar's and H-4350, and it looks cute do'in it. my granddaughter's favorite rifle. Rio7
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 8,761
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 8,761 |
I like mine, Rio7 Where did find the gorgeous wood for your Encore?? Very darn impressive looking rifle.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 955
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 955 |
You'll all be in second place once someone posts a Rossi.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,774
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,774 |
Aesthetics play a role in gun selection for everybody, to one degree or another. Plus each of us has a different definition of aesthetics. Far be it from me to criticize another man's choice, even though I may secretly hold an opinion.
That said, life is indeed too short to own/shoot/hunt with an ugly gun. Define "ugly" to your own satisfaction and "to thy ownself be true". Sorry. You never saw the fiberglass stock on my 308. Hurriedly done with grey Bondi and green tiger hair. Painted flat black. Then I decided to do it right. Tore it down sanded the paint off where it showed bad glass work, got busy and had to use it like that. For about 16 years. Brown fiberglass, grey Bondi, green tiger hair, flat black. It was a Beaut'! Ugliest thing around. Kinda wish I hadn't finally put a nice textured black finish on it. Was more eye catching than most nice rifles!😁
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,875
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,875 |
doctor Encore, Got the wood in Utah, Black Walnut, Rio7
|
|
|
|
|
517 members (2003and2013, 1beaver_shooter, 1moredeer, 01Foreman400, 1minute, 1OntarioJim, 61 invisible),
2,633
guests, and
1,349
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,191,452
Posts18,471,057
Members73,934
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/dENX2BD.jpg)
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/dJT42YJ.jpg)
