What is the most beautiful rifle ever made, to you?

[erasure]

Remington Model 8/81s have always been my style, too

I can't believe I forgot about this thing.

 

[Leo]

Different people have different Ideas and none are wrong. In fact, anyone's definition can change over time.

Roy Weatherby (the real gunsmith, not the corporation) used to make remarkable rifles. I have been able to see and handle a few. Rich African rosewood stocks with ebony fore end and grip caps, made with elegant lines with just enough carving and checkering to let you know it was special. Beautiful contoured metal work with deep, rich bluing. That was in the era of artisan gunsmithing. I had a corporate production .340 Weatherby, it was really kind of entry level but still really nice.

When I shot matches, my taste switched to beauty being defined as the rifle I was winning my classification with. The black composite H&S stock holding a model 70 action with the bluing worn away. Screwed to the front was a rough turned unfinished Hart barrel. It looked pretty good when my name was near the top of the score sheet.

 

[Creedmoor]

Heres two of my Cooper of Montana rifles, One is in 221 Fireball and the other is in 223 Remington.


They shoot better than they look.



I ordered this one 15? years ago when Dan Cooper brought an engraver on board.
for my son, its in 19 Badger. We have yet to shoot it.

 

[92FSTech]

I'm partial to these:



Or these:

 

[Dean C.]

Blaster F3 Super Sport , Grade 8 Turkish Walnut. I personally prefer a non engraved gun myself but still.

As to an actually rifled rifle my vote is M1 Garand personally.

 

[Mongo59]

Heres two of my Cooper of Montana rifles, One is in 221 Fireball and the other is in 223 Remington.


They shoot better than they look.

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I ordered this one 15? years ago when Dan Cooper brought an engraver on board.
for my son, its in 19 Badger. We have yet to shoot it.
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Late '40- early 50's Austrian made .270

 

[mark40sw]

Rem 700BDL

Weatherby MarkV

Winchester 70

 

[Creedmoor]

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Late '40- early 50's Austrian made .270
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That's a beautiful rifle for sure.
Question, do you shoot/teach at Atlanta?

 

[Slow Hand]

When I hear the word beautiful I think elegance. When it comes to rifles, that means combinations of design, build quality, nicely figured wood and sleekness. That being said, I can’t pin it down to ony one design. I love the looks of a nice 1873 Winchester and would think one of the ‘sporting rifles’ would be the most beautiful. Full octagon barrel, pistol grip stock of nicely figured Wal it and lovely color case hardening. A nice sharps also it’s the bill. Then again, some colonial era and eve later muzzle loaders come to mind. Long stout barrels but extremely well balanced. Many of the English single and double rifles of the latter 1800’s are amazing in both design and workmanship. Also some of the sporter bolt actions of the interwar period are amazing. Too many to choose from!

 

[Bassat]

Handguns was easy. This category is way too difficult, primarily because I have so little exposure to long guns. Several candidates for me would be (in no particular order): Remington 700 BDL in .270, M16A1, Thompson 1927, any Kentucky-type long rifle, M1 Garand.... And my all-time, bestest loved, favorite long gun isn't a rifle at all, it is a machine gun. I think the Browning .50 M2, on its tripod is a true work of art. Simply beautiful piece of work by the Master himself. Even the ammuntion is gorgeous. There is something magical about laying in the mud, launching 650gr AP/Tracer/Ball projectiles, stepping out at roughly 2400 fps, at targets over a mile downrange. Instant wood.

 

[tomcat13]

To me, this one is the Most Beautiful.
It was Dad's
RIP & Eternal Thanks SSGT RMM

 

[tcecil88]

I've always been partial to English Double Rifles.

I will probably never own one, but they are just beautiful guns.

 

[red_zr24x4]

M1 Garand
M14 / M1A
M1 Carbine
And the one I'd love to have
1865 Henry

 

[indyk]

Big fan of the SVDS series
and
Accuracy International

Bummer that I will never get to own any of em.



Throw in one more?
This ugly bastard here

The VSS

 

[Mongo59]

That's a beautiful rifle for sure.
Question, do you shoot/teach at Atlanta?

Negative there Creedmoor.

 

[Creedmoor]

Negative there Creedmoor.

Thank you.

 

[mcapo]

Most beautiful? Probably some custom stocked beauty from England but when I think of a gorgeous rifle that is obtainable for the masses, I first think of a Weatherby Mark V (or a Remington 700 BDL).

 

[Mark-DuCo]

Anything made my Marvin Kemper. I might be biased because I live close to him, but his rifles are works of art.

Gallery of Originals

 

[Max Volume]

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I was just going to write about the same. It has to be the flintlocks.

 

[Dirty Steve]

Anything ever built by Hershel House. IYKYK.

Dirty Steve