I'm down to one gun I'll never shoot.

[rubiranch]

I have to agree with you. What a beautiful, special gun.
All you have to do is pick it up and you're transported back in time, when talented men created guns like that by hand.

Its definitely a beautiful gun and I get tons of enjoyment from just having it.

 

[rubiranch]

O/P, I am really glad that there are folks, such as yourself, that have the willpower to own something as NICE as your .357 Magnum revolver, and not use it. I'm not one of them, but I sure enjoy seeing your treasures.

Thanks for the sharing..

Thanks old bear.

There always has to be that oddball in the bunch. For some reason I'm the oddball more often than not.

 

[marinevet]

A beautiful gun..........if you ever decide to sell it, let me know............it's a birthday gun for me.........

 

[rubiranch]

Don't blame you...
WOW, what a beauty!!

Thanks. I think it is too.

 

[rubiranch]

Thanks for keeping your gun in pristine, as-it-left-the-factory condition with all the accompanying stuff. From a collecting perspective, it is imperative to have examples that truly represent how the manufacturer created them. They become the benchmark for documenting how they really were when new.

I totally agree. This one is well worth keeping as is.

I even bought some new S&W paper to wrap it in rather than to further damage the original paper.

 

[rubiranch]

Sure is pretty.

Do you think you'll roll over in your grave when the next owner shoots it?

Nope. Who ever gets it when I'm gone can do as what ever they please with it. It will be theirs and will no longer be mine.

I just hope they enjoy it because I sure do.

 

[rubiranch]

Beautiful. I also have a hard time with safe queens. I had a collectible Ruger that was unfired. My father and I had acquired engraved Security Sixs back in the seventies with consecutive serial numbers and we never shot them. Well I solved my problem. My father passed away some years back and his pistol went to my younger brother. So, a couple of years ago I gave mine to his son so that a father and son would have the matching set. So, if you need to give away that safe queen to keep from shooting it, I'm available. But there's no guarantee that I won't shoot it.

That's awesome you gave your's to your nephew. Good on you.

 

[rubiranch]

My 3 1/2" was unfired when I got it. I immediately started shooting and enjoying it. Nice gun you have but you're just a warehouse for the next owner and you're missing a lot of enjoyment.

I'm not just a warehouse for the next owner.

Not everyone enjoy things the same way.

I don't have to shoot it to enjoy it and it doesn't matter to me what the person who ends up with it does with it.

I enjoy have a pristine "collectible" 3.5" .357 Magnum.

Besides. I have plenty of other guns to shoot.

 

[rubiranch]

I'm not much on guns I don't shoot but I sure understand - that is a treasure.

I have one of those of the same era but it was already fired so I had no problem with firing it more.

Nice gun!

Riposte1

If it had been fired then I would too.

 

[sodacan]

Beautiful revolver. Shoot it. Don't shoot it. I couldn't care less.

 

[bigggbbruce]

I have a few that are probably considered "collectibles". This is the only one I don't plan on shooting.

Unfired collectable.. stays that way.
Fired collectable..........................LOAD IT UP.....

 

[GunMan67]

I have never heard anyone say that before but i do understand, i had a gun that after shooting it just once would never shoot it again and i would up selling it, but i do have a Smith and Wesson 686+ that I love and shoot it quite often along with a Ruger which is my Wife`s gun.

Thank you for the story

 

[rubiranch]

I have never heard anyone say that before but i do understand, i had a gun that after shooting it just once would never shoot it again and i would up selling it, but i do have a Smith and Wesson 686+ that I love and shoot it quite often along with a Ruger which is my Wife`s gun.

Thank you for the story

I have a few guns that's I'll probably never shoot and not for any real reason.

I have a few that I really enjoy shooting and others not so much.

But I like having them.

 

[Krogen]

I have a few guns that's I'll probably never shoot and not for any real reason.

I have a few that I really enjoy shooting and others not so much.

But I like having them.

This is an interesting thread! I have a couple rifles, I (probably) won't shoot again. It's not because they're collectors' items.
They're from my days of flash/bang/recoil infatuation. Both are Ruger No. 1; one in .458 Win and the other in .375 H&H. They'll slap you silly. Haven't fired them in years and probably won't again. But, I don't want to sell them either. However, some lighter cast loads could be a solution.

 

[mod57]

I'll never shoot my unfired pristine 3.5" 1955 .357 Magnum.

I had three guns that I thought I'd never shoot. I traded off my unfired 6.5" 8-shot 27-7 and I'm thinking about unloading my unfired Colt 1911.

This one is a keeper. I love M27s. (even thought this one isn't a "M27" )

Every time I see something so nice I am, for some reason, amazed that a company took the time and effort to create such beauty. Superb aesthetics, perfect design with flawless execution for what is essentially a mass produced item. S&W was truly at the top of their game.

 

[rubiranch]

This is an interesting thread! I have a couple rifles, I (probably) won't shoot again. It's not because they're collectors' items.
They're from my days of flash/bang/recoil infatuation. Both are Ruger No. 1; one in .458 Win and the other in .375 H&H. They'll slap you silly. Haven't fired them in years and probably won't again. But, I don't want to sell them either. However, some lighter cast loads could be a solution.

I only have two rifles. A 10/22 and an FAL. Neither are real "kickers".

 

[Narragansett]

I only have two rifles. A 10/22 and an FAL. Neither are real "kickers".

Well now, the truth comes out. You can't possibly have too many guns if you only have 2 rifles. I suspect your shotgun inventory is also underfunded?

I suggest you begin working on correcting this sacrilege. Today would be just fine.

 

[rubiranch]

Every time I see something so nice I am, for some reason, amazed that a company took the time and effort to create such beauty. Superb aesthetics, perfect design with flawless execution for what is essentially a mass produced item. S&W was truly at the top of their game.

It is beautiful. I could look at it all day long.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Every time I see something so nice I am, for some reason, amazed that a company took the time and effort to create such beauty. Superb aesthetics, perfect design with flawless execution for what is essentially a mass produced item. S&W was truly at the top of their game.

Things have changed a lot, sadly. The days of careful assembly and fitting, painstaking polishing and finishing, and scrupulous attention to detail are OVER.

I understand the the high cost of labor now, and that machinery can take on many of the previous tasks. But careless design, the lack of final inspection and quality control has been obvious in recent years. To me, only S&Ws from the "glory days" of pride in workmanship are collectible today, and the rising prices of such guns reflect this. Truly sad. I'm not complaining. Guns still have to be at least somewhat affordable, and the alternatives to make this happen are few. If the gun works, fine. If it doesn't, send it back. But I don't view the modern products as collectible.

John

 

[bigggbbruce]

It is beautiful. I could look at it all day long.

Just like a beautiful woman.. you can only look so long. Then...