OT - we've covered the opposite end of the spectrum...

[Ysabel Kid]

... but what do you think the ugliest gun ever made was?

[GoatGuy]

GLOCK..., at least one of the ugliest, in my opinion.

[Bridger]

90% of the rifles with a black stock lol.

[JohndeFresno]

Mars Pistol

[gamekeeper]

This one was a last ditch weapon, so looks were not considered important.

http://collectorebooks.com/jamesauction ... /33960.htm

[JOHNNY WACKO]

That mars pistol is about homely enough to like..

[Hobie]

An ugly gun, now there's a concept...

[Ysabel Kid]

An ugly gun, now there's a concept...

Wow, those are indeed some UGLY guns! I think that modified Mosin-Nagant takes the cake though!

[Buck Elliott]

An ugly gun, now there's a concept...

OOOOooowwwww!!!!

My eyes! My EYES...!!!

[stretch]

That new Taurus revolving carbine has got to be right up there.

-Stretch

[.45colt]

For Me ugly is as ugly does. I have had a few very nice guns that didn't work worth a hoot.the ugliest of all was trying to shoot the new out of the box USRAC Legacy. .

[Blaine]

The only thing ugly on guns are the price tags

[O.S.O.K.]

I can find beauty in almost all guns but the ones that look the worst to me are the bub'd military rifles - not the nicely spertered ones, the ones that look like a blind plumber did the work.

[Doc Hudson]

An ugly gun, now there's a concept...

Hobie,

I don't think those hideous things are in the spirit of the thread, strictly speaking. Granted all automatic pistols and rifls and most automatic shotguns are intrinsically ugly, most of those guns were basically acceptable weapons uglied up to satisfy the owner's bad taste.

Now this sucker was put together at the top of the ugly tree and hit every branch as it fell to the ground.

Borchard C-93 Pistol


Just so y'all will know that I'm not totally biased against ugly flat guns, here is a pretty darned ugly six-gun.

It is a Pettingill .44 cal. Army Revolver.


Germans maade some fine rifles, and they quikly caught the knack for making some fine semi-automatic pistols, but their revolvers left a lot to be desired/

Dreyse Revolver


Ugly is not strictly a German trait. here is a p.W. Porter Turret Revolver.

How would you like a chain-fire with that rascal? i would not shoot one of them!!


BTW, Porter made rifles of the same design.


Gaulois manual repeating pistol, fired by squeezing the grip. It's French! What else do I need to say?

[Buck Elliott]

The Borchardt C-93 is a direct ancestor to the famous -- and handsome -- Luger...

[buckeyeshooter]

Don't forget the tarus judge!

[Nath]

I allways thought the broom handle and the Webley auto's were ugly,,,,

Nath.

[Blaine]

These were called Liberator Pistols. Handmade by those not swept up by the Japs in WWII.....Wow, I guess they worked.

[Ben_Rumson]

1907 Roth-Styer


French Mannlicher Berthier Carbine...Pregnant Guppy...

Liberator Pistols were US manufactured.. stamped out like the Grease guns were..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator

[Doc Hudson]

These were called Liberator Pistols. Handmade by those not swept up by the Japs in WWII.....Wow, I guess they worked.

Actually the Liberator Pistols were made by Union Switch & Signal Company for the Amerrican Office of Strategic Services, OSS.

IIRC those smooth-bore single-shot .45 ACP pistols cost the US Government all of $1.25 each.

They were air-dropped behind enemy lines, mostly in Europe, for use by the Resistance. The idea was to sneak up on a German/Italian/Bulgarian/Romanian/Japanese soldier and murder him at powder-burn range in order to steal his weapons and ammunition. The Liberator Pistol was then passed to someone else in need of a weapon.

Each Liberator Pistol was accompanied by a small booklet with pictorial directions on how to load, fire and use the pistol.

FWIW, i learned most of this from an American Rifleman article that appeared a few years ago.

[awp101]

And IIRC the Liberator holds the distinction of being the only firearm that could be produced in less time than it took to load.

[Bridger]

In my opinion liberators are definitely one of the most interesting pistols. I look at them and wish they could talk.

[Doc Hudson]

And IIRC the Liberator holds the distinction of being the only firearm that could be produced in less time than it took to load.

I think you are correct.

[C. Cash]

The Hall Breechloader always disturbed me, but I'm still thinkin.....

[willygene]

There are a lot of ugly guns out there but i just saw one that is so good looking i have got to have one , cimarrons version of the colt burgess lever gun man that thing shines.

[Old No7]

"My eyes! My EYES...!!!"

Not sure which is worse...

Those ugly guns (some are Fugly...) -- or a real cowboy like Buck quoting a line from Friends...

Or maybe that I knew it was a line from Friends...

Old No7

[Buck Elliott]

"My eyes! My EYES...!!!"

Not sure which is worse...

Those ugly guns (some are Fugly...) -- or a real cowboy like Buck quoting a line from Friends...

Or maybe that I knew it was a line from Friends...

Old No7

Sorry... I didn't know...