Here is an easy question: What is the prettiest gun for you to look at?

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Colt 1860 Army, Colt 1861 Navy, Remington New Model Army. Colt 1871 Opentop, Single-action Army, Remington 1875.
Winchester 1873, 1892....
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There are soooooooooo many..... old ones ... some new ones.... :confused: my brain is short-circuiting...:what:.
 
I personally don't own any "pretty guns" because I'll inevitable scratch them. But my favorites to look at would be a tossup between a Hi Power or S&W medium or large frame revolvers, both with a deep blue finish and wood grips.
I sold an amazing second generation SAA with the thickest pearl grips that I have ever seen simply because I knew I'd mess it up *playing* with it.

Couldn't keep my moon-pie chocolate layered hands off it and felt an urge to drag it out whenever The Duke was on the toob.

Now, playing clicky-shoot with my re-pop Colts and Remingtons for Josie Wales is one thing but, dickin' with a very valuable pistol while watching re-runs of The High Chaparal called for a sales-intervention!

Todd.
 
In a semi-auto I would have to go with 1911s overall with my Colt Combat Commander from Colt's Custom Shop in particular.

For revolvers a tie between the Colt SAA and the Colt Model 1860.
 
Maybe a not so easy question! Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

To me, the most beautiful have nicely figured wood and deep rich blueing. Some to the turn of the century European rifles and shotguns. Colt SAA's, Colt Pythons, Match Target 22's, Browning shotguns and Safari Grade rifles, Pre-64 M-70 Super Grades, S&W M-27's , M-41's, M-52's, Brass frame Henry rifles, Some Luger Pistols. Probably missed some.

Some modern Benchrest rifles look good. Stainless actions and barrels and synthetic stocks that were finished by someone skilled at painting and clear coating.
 
To me a beautiful gun is a combination of perfect balance, beautiful wood color & grain, excellent metal to wood fit & beautiful blue finish all put together into a gun with classic lines. For some reason I do not care for extensive engravings, gold plating and any of that other fancy stuff.
Some of the rifles & shotguns made by Holland & Holland are perfect examples of what I like & in production guns to me none are more beautiful than some made by Browning.
 
S&W mod 17, Pythons, Browning A5 come to mind right away, also the 70 Series Gold Cup National Match that I stupidly sold.
 
Here are few of that Hummingbird:
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and here comparing it in size next to a "normal sized double gun"

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Whenever I marvel at the engineering and then the handwork that goes into guns like these - even though I will never afford one - it amazes me and makes me smile
 
And then there's George Hoenig from the Boise area with his rotary action:


George is also famous for developing one of the most precise stock duplicating machines
 
As many have noted, it would be blued and have wood grips/stock. Other than that it depends on the quality of those grips and the fineness of that bluing. I've seen Hi-Powers on here that looked like any utilitarian lump of metal and I've seen ones that were flat-out gorgeous.
 
I sold an amazing second generation SAA with the thickest pearl grips that I have ever seen simply because I knew I'd mess it up *playing* with it.

Couldn't keep my moon-pie chocolate layered hands off it and felt an urge to drag it out whenever The Duke was on the toob.

Now, playing clicky-shoot with my re-pop Colts and Remingtons for Josie Wales is one thing but, dickin' with a very valuable pistol while watching re-runs of The High Chaparal called for a sales-intervention!

Todd.
I'm not sure everyone will understand that....but I do.(sadly)
 
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