Coolest/greatest Gun: with a twist

I don't know how much you consider it an "oddity" today, but it was when it first came out. The Ruger Hawkeye, .256 Magnum. Single shot, rotating breech.
When they came out about '63 or '64, if I remember correctly, they couldn't give 'em away. Hard to find a beat up one for under $1200.00 any more. If Ruger kept it and did some other chamberings I think it would still be selling. Just a little bit a head of it's time. Coogs.
 
George Hoenig makes a rotating double rifle and a shotgun using his patented action

http://www.mwreynolds.com/HTML/shotHoenig.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dGD0lgZuPs

I'd also add the Steyr AUG for a coolness factor

Handguns - P7, Boberg were/are ahead of their time
 
& after you splash down grab the backup piece!

Spetsialnyj Podvodnyj Pistolet (Russian for ‘Special Underwater Pistol,’ apparently to differentiate it from the plain underwater pistol) model 1:eek:
 
Watch the You Tube video link from the Dallas Safari Club if you haven't where he shows it. That's a grail gun for me - always loved them, and will never get one unless I win a Lotto and SOON! George is getting up there in years. He is also well known for his stock duplicating machines where the tolerances are some of, if not the, the tightest in the industry
 
Then there is the SuperBritte, which looks like someone took a SxS and twisted it at the action to make it an O/U

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For me, it will always be the LAR Grizzly. One of a few examples of how to get big game hunting power into a semi-auto pistol, while still maintaining the magazine feed. The Auto Mag and Wildey are quite cool, but the Grizzly will always be my favorite, as I'm a dyed-in-the-wool 1911 guy, and I still drool when some of our members here post pictures of their gorgeous examples.
 
Nagant revolver. This used a sliding cylinder and special extra long brass cartridges to close the gap between the cylinder and barrel. The downside is that moving the cylinder is accomplished by the trigger finger, resulting in a long and heavy double action trigger pull.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagant_M1895

Greener Cattle Killer. This is a single shot "pistol" that used a low powered round similar to a 310 Cadet used by veterinarians to dispatch horses and cattle. The pieces disassemble and can be reassembled into a small cylinder for carrying, making it a sort of Transformer pistol.

http://www.nrvoutdoors.com/HUMANE KILLERS/BANG.htm
 
I can't believe no one has mentioned the Girandoni air rifle.

"...has to function in a weird way..." Check.

"...out of place in its time, or just way ahead of its time..." Check.

"...a solution to a problem in a weird way..." Check.

Invented around 1780, it was the world's first military repeating rifle, .464 cal., with a 20-shot, gravity-fed, tubular magazine and an air reservoir in the buttstock. It was used by the Austrian Army from about 1790 to 1815.

It, um, turned out not to be very practical in the field, but still...
 
The Volcano guns come to mind. I wish someone made a modern version. It's replacement, the real Henry also comes to mind.
Another, much easier to get ahold of guns would be combination guns. I know Stevens/Savage and Winchester made them. Shotgun and rifle in one.
I can't remember what the shop is but there's a company putting out .50 AE lever actions. They are a couple grand though.
 
Here's another cool pistol - the Sites Spectre. A not-so-little mega-cap 9mm with a 30 round standard and 50 round extra-large magazine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_M4

You used to be able to find them on gunbroker.....but, they seemed to have dried up.:(

Oh, and let's not forget about the Gwinn (Bushmaster) Armpistol (also can't be found on GB?).
 
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