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To: w1n1

I know they function very well but, to me, the Schmidt-Rubin is an ugly rifle.


2 posted on 08/09/2018 5:07:53 AM PDT by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: MCF

For modern ugly it’s hard to beat a Hi-Point.


3 posted on 08/09/2018 5:14:04 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: MCF
I know they function very well but, to me, the Schmidt-Rubin is an ugly rifle.

Yeah, there's something about that one (and the K-31 that followed) that just looks "off" to many American shooters and firearms collectors. Probably because for so many years, they were a true oddity compared with the world wars' Enfields, Mausers, Mosins and Springfields. Of course, the Swiss rifles, when seen up close, as a delight to anyone who appreciates the machinist's art.

Some of that Swiss weirdness trickled down into the rifle that followed the K-31, the Sturmgewehr 57:

That one is a candidate for the ugly gun list, too - though recent years have seen replacement grips, buttstocks, rail systems and such which make it look a lot more "generic black rifle". I'm just not sure if that's good or bad.

21 posted on 08/09/2018 4:56:30 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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