I'm amazed that anyone here would hunt with an ugly gun. Might as well break out the Mossberg 500s and send your hunting doubles down river.
I'll be damned if I will settle for a butt ugly gun. Pun and more intended.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Case in point, I wouldnt ever own a Merkel SxS. The actions are ugly, the shape of their stocks & forends is ugly, and the engraving on most of their offerings is flat out terrible. There are plenty of people that think Merkel makes a beautiful SxS gun...my feelings on them doesnt make them or I wrong or right. Some of my most favorite guns were probably considered ugly by most connoisseurs of double guns, I could give a rats ass what those people thought.
A good friend of mine was shooting a pre-war mid grade Sauer BLE that has 2 extension (poorly matched btw) at some low gun skeet a few days ago....yes the extension is ugly, but the gun fits him, he paid $400 for this gun and he shot a 23 and 24 with that ugly gun, factory tight and tighter chokes too. Looks arent everything. When it comes to shooter grade, sometimes guys will overlook aesthetics and go with results. I dont have a problem with that.
