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Strigix

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The M1 Garand is one of the first semi-automatic combat rifles produced, and- IMO, at least- one of the ones with the best aesthetics. Now, I'm not a big gun nerd- I like guns, but I know relatively little about them- but something about the classical wooden stock and a lack of excessive 'tactical' attachments just looks great to me.
 

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The Kammerlader is notable for being the first breechloader that became adopted as the standard rifle of a military
 

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According to the site I got the image from, it almost certainly wasn't. People pay to do that to Lugers. And the .22 under-barrel never asked for this.
 

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In order to make up for the Cursed ex-Luger, have some actually good guns.
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My trail gun, used because sometimes the forest is dangerous. 30-30 Winchester made by Marlin. Not much to say about it except that I wish ammo came in more than boxes of 20-30.
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Next is my day to day open carry, which is legal in my home state. Tactical 2011 made by Rock Island Armory, with extended beaver tail on the grip safety, and ambidextrous thumb safety. .45 ACP and a treat to shoot.
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And finally, a real honest-to-goodness Luger P08, seen here immediately after cleaning and reassembly. Made sometime before the Treaty of Versailles, but remained in service somewhere in Germany, evidenced by the backstrap on the bottom of the grip having been ground off. It's not 9x19mm Parabellum, but chambered in the original cartridge of 7.62 Luger, a slightly bottlenecked round.
 

N.Now

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Honestly, bringing this back from what is definitely a destructive device and possibly a machine gun, I'm a fan of James Paris Lee's lesser known works.

Because the 1885 Remington Lee and the Lee Navy are just amazing rifles that got fucked for one reason or another. But tbh the Remington Lee was more or less a Long Lee in .45-70 before it got scaled down to .303. Also, 6mm Navy was honestly one of the better cartridges in the world when it was adopted, even if 6.5 would've made a bit more sense from a production standpoint.

Remington Lee:
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Lee Navy:
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Strigix

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The Burgess folding shotgun is a pretty unique and interesting gun. Technically, there is also a Burgess folding rifle using the same mechanism.

It's an out of date way to conceal firearms, now that we no longer have greatcoats, but it's still a neat sort of gun anyway.

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Aaron Fox

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Man, I remember that from GRAW 2. MR-C absolutely carried me through that game.
Loved that thing in the PC version of GRAW 1, the PC version of GRAW 2, from what I can find, doesn't have it. At least from what I've played of it. :\
 

Strigix

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NGL, I'm more or less disinterested in the whole... blocky, military aesthetic? It doesn't look good, as far as I'm concerned.
 
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So the INSAS is the current service rifle of the Indian Military and was adopted in 1998. However it's been plagued with reliability issues since the Kargil War and while the government resisted any criticism and attempts to change things, it looks like its finally given up on its indigenous assault rifle.

The Excalibur is derived from the INSAS and was set to be the replacement for the former, but the Indian Army announced in 2018 that it wouldn't be adopting the Excalibur, instead opting for the SIG-716 G2 until more units of the AK-203 can be produced. The gun still has some life in it since its apparently going to be used to equip the police force of several states.
 

Artificial Girl

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The M1 Garand is one of the first semi-automatic combat rifles produced, and- IMO, at least- one of the ones with the best aesthetics. Now, I'm not a big gun nerd- I like guns, but I know relatively little about them- but something about the classical wooden stock and a lack of excessive 'tactical' attachments just looks great to me.

Yes, but have you met the superio raifu in terms of aesthetic, the MAS-49?

Also about the same age, since her first incarnation was the MAS-40?

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Strigix

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Ooh, that's nice.

I think I still prefer the Garand's aesthetic overall, though. The MAS doesn't look quite as streamlined- the furniture being split into two sections makes it a little more chunky looking.

(yes this is an entirely aesthetic concern so sue me)
 
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