This is a topic I have thought of bringing up for some time now, but I am not sure if there is much interest here.

I have seen the occasional rifle or accessory that has really interesting user-created art. Most attempts at folk art on a rifle are hideous beyond description but every so often, one comes along that is as beautiful if as simple as a Paleolithic Chauvet or Lascaux cave painting.

I wish I could show you a good example, but I have nothing to offer. But maybe someone here has something. Some of the powderhorns of the 18th and 19th centuries were spectacular, but I'm particularly interested in rifles.

I ask because I shot a deer last night, at about 200 yds with mya muzzleloader. I'm pretty proud of the shot, and it was my usual, last minute of the last day of the season success story. But, in this case, I used the damn-ugliest rifle you have ever seen. I may have designed and built it, but it's too ugly. Way too ugly. So, I'm thinking of building a decent plains rifle this summer, but I want to decorate it, without going the usual rocco-scroll route.

Anyway, just searching for ideas on what I think is an interesting topic.

Brent

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