
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but, we don't purchase rifles purely upon the basis of aesthetics, or perhaps some of us do?. I am more than than certain that my TX HFT & FT laminate stocks would win no prizes in a shooting beauty contest among the luddite, walnut wielding cognoscenti but, they were purchased to assist with hitting targets not to decorate a wall.
Wastrel, the claymore is hardly a pretty weapon but, has a track record never disputed!.
Stand by your appraisal, the Pulsar may have fallen out of the ugly tree, hit every branch on the way down and then been run over by a bus.... twice but, if it works for you then who are others to judge?.