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What is/was the ugliest firearm you own/owned?

I don’t know that it’s necessarily ugly, but my Mauser Model 34 is somewhat ungainly looking. I like it, though, because it has the German waffenamt that tells me it’s led a long and storied life.
 
Years back, I had a Armscor / early rock island
M1600 , .22 rifle
Think early M-16 with forked flash suppressor
The thing was so crude ,,,, but it worked
I heard the stock / that was lacquered black was rubber tree wood
 
Back in the 80's I was at the Culver City show, an gentleman who was 3 years younger than God walked by me with a Colt Match Target 2nd model. I asked to see the gun, he said he was selling it for $100 with 4 mags and the holster rig.

The looked like it was dragged behind a truck for a few miles, then someone with a dremmel tool pulled a Bubba and did some hacking on it. The gentleman said it was his best and most accurate. 22 and while it looked like an abortion, it would be a great shooter, so I bought it.

40 years later I still have the gun because it's a phenomenally accurate gun and extremely reliable. Everytime i pull out the gun at a match or even for fun, everyone laughs at the Bubba job, but they stop laughing when I beat them.
 
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