Is this ugly? Do you have something uglier?

It is a 22 K Hornet that shoots pretty good, but...

I like mine and it works fine with the monty carlo plastic:

Had a #3 w some home made flat forend and gangly Jap Redfield scope. Wore reg buttstock ( low comb and curved buttplate ). Fugly

It wears #1 wood now and an M8 10x.

None here. $600 prices me out for a $150 rifle.

Encore's are fugly. CVA's are ugly as well. Jury is out for the Henry's.

I don't think that K-Hornet is ugly at all. It looks functional and rugged to me. The Henry's look good to me, but my 45-70's stock was poorly proportioned at the grip area and did not fit my average size hands well. I'll bet somebody like R.J. Renner could do something attractive with it. I moved mine down the road.

Yeah, it is kinda ugly. I'm not all that fond of the blanket that it is laying on either.

Ugly is as ugly does! My first was in .22 Hornet, the second in .45-70 with a 22" barrel and black plastic stock. It was a shooter with that heavy barrel, and very powerful with preferred handloads. It was the best of the three, the last being another in .45-70 with the so-called "thumbhole stock - which I didn't care for. Also, it didn't have the ejector for the empty cartridge as the second had, but an extractor that didn't work very well with gloves on.

There's a pic of the second with the bear it killed in my latest blog on single-shots.

Bob
www.bigbores.ca

My two ugliest (sorry for the hijack, Steve!)

Jeez I would hate to see what you consider pretty. I would sleep with either one .

Just funnin' - my only other single shots are Ruger No. 1's and muzzleloaders. I've never owned a NEF but they seem like a very practical rifle and I hear they generally shoot well...

Ewwww! 🤓

I think the "life is too short to hunt with an ugly gun" reigns high on my list,,,,, BUT if its a good shooter, and you plan to hunt in some nasty conditions I dont think any of the above are considered ugly.

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".

I've had a few, none presently. The H&Rs were not pretty rifles... I had one in 20 gauge with a laminated stock thats pattern sorta looked like cat puke.

Had a CVA Hunter compact in .243 that was a fairly homely thing as well. And a SnakeCharmer .410 when I was a kid with that clubby pistol grip stock... that was probably the worst.

I have a few ugly single shots, please say a prayer for me.

All baconators are pretty 😉

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! )

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????

Mesa, I have nothing but G1 Contenders. They don't shoot worth a crap. They are ugly too.

My thutty-thutty


My pig plinker:


My .22LR plinker


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I'm embarrassed. I thought my little K-Hornet is fugly, but Dan's are really grotesque!

I am building tools for men, not jewelry.

These are F'ugly.

I like mine, Rio7

Now THAT'S what I call downright edible woodwork! DEELICIOUS! Doesn't make the rifle shoot crooked.either....

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

Where did find the gorgeous wood for your Encore?? Very darn impressive looking rifle.

You'll all be in second place once someone posts a Rossi.

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!😁

doctor Encore, Got the wood in Utah, Black Walnut, Rio7