Ever bought a gun to shoot and didn't?

[GRU_ 7_ mech]

Buying a gun and not shooting it???.....For me that would be like going to Golden Buffet and not eat!!!....never happen.

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

This.. I have taken others to the GC that for some reason or another didn't eat??

That would be like buying a new Gibson Les Paul & putting it in a glass case & never even playing it.. Just for show..
My guns get shot.. I'm not a collector..
I know a lot of guys here are collectors & I can see why but I will never be one who owns anything that just sits around unused..

 

[Scrateshooter]

This.. I have taken others to the GC that for some reason or another didn't eat??

That would be like buying a new Gibson Les Paul & putting it in a glass case & never even playing it.. Just for show..
My guns get shot.. I'm not a collector..
I know a lot of guys here are collectors & I can see why but I will never be one who owns anything that just sits around unused..

Many of the Smiths I own/ed I bought off this very website, they all were seldom shot.

So far I've had to send one 27-3 in to get the yoke peened to correct endshake, there is now also more play in the cylinder stops: this is the type of wear I'm talking about. I also have a 5" 27-2 that is still tight as a vault, because I shoot the 27-3 more, because the 27-2 will ALWAYS be worth more than the 27-3.

I find it hard to believe I shoot more than other folks here.

 

[A10]

I've not bought one that I did not intend to shoot. I have several that I have never shot.

 

[colt_saa]

Buying a gun and not shooting it???.....For me that would be like going to Golden Buffet and not eat!!!....never happen.

While I do go to the Golden Corral, I have NEVER felt the need or desire to eat EVERYTHING they put out

It is just like going to my safe but not needing to shoot everything in it

That is a GREAT example, thank you

 

[Gunhacker]

Many a time... everything was obtained with the intention of using it, then either due to not having the time to immediately go out and shoot, or something else coming along shortly afterwards that diverted my attention, I've ended up with many of them in my safe that are still on my "pending to the range" list.

 

[Bruce C]

Always wanted a Ruger Mini 14 so over the years I have bought 3 different ones and traded them off before I shoot any of them.

 

[Scrateshooter]

This thread pretty much answers my own question:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-re...06-s-w-44-mag-without-mim-trigger-hammer.html

 

[DonD]

I haven't but I just had a gun that I really wanted to like but couldn't find any love for it so I sold it back to the gunshop.

I have a Ruger SR9C 9mm semi auto, one of two guns I use for CCW. Has been a great gun, just under 1100 rds with only one failure and that was a very hard primer on a Tula round, solid firing pin hit but no ignition.

Wanted a 9mm "range gun" something with a longer sight radius and fun to just plink with. Bought a Beretta M92 Brigadier. The Brigadier is just an M92 with a beefed up slide for greater durability.

Ran just fine with 115 and 124 gr generic FMJ ammo as well as Hornady Critical Duty +P ammo. But.........it just didn't light my fire. The Ruger's trigger is much better, I like its features better and the Beretta wasn't any more accurate in my hands than the much smaller Ruger.

So, will keep the $ for something down the road. Never cease to have an interest in a new purchase. Don

 

[KSDeputy]

I bought a Bodyguard .380. I dry fired it, cannot stand the trigger pull, so it has never been shot. I plan on selling it.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

Oh back around 2005 or so I came across a new in presentation case 8 3/8" blued M-57, unfired from the factory with all docs and tools. Meant to shoot it but never got around to it as I have a nickel six inch 57 and a good shooting Ruger to shoot. Never did get around to shooting the dang thing and it may be due to the 8 3/8th" 25-5 I found not long after the 57. The bigger .45 cal holes are just easier to see at fifty yards! Anyhoo that's my only "safe queen".

 

[CH4]

I sold my 29-3 6" and 629-2 MR because they were worth too much to shoot loose, I replaced both with a 629-4 5" so I could have a gun to shoot ALOT, but realize I stole it for $740 and won't be able to replace it cheaply if/when it wears out.

So, I am looking at newer 629s to shoot loose. Have you guys caught yourselves buying guns to shoot, then realizing they might be worth too much to wear out?

I can't be the only one.

Sold this:

And sold this (I never even shot it):

And replaced both with this:

Uhh, I just sold my 5" 629

 

[Nemo288]

Only one:
When Lew Horton came out with the 3" 44 specials in the mid '80s, I got one in blue.
It was so poorly made I sold it without ever shooting it.
I did keep the holster and got the stainless version (with it's holster).
Every other gun I own has been shot at one point or another.
The ones that give me the most fun get shot regularly.
Mostly 44 specials to this day.
Ones like the B78 in 6mm varmint rifle.. not so much.
The Browning BPS was mostly retired when I got a couple of Beretta O/U's but I shot quite a bit of skeet with it before then.
I do have a bolt action 12 ga that I should probably just give away

Like building the house we now live in, selling it or my guns has never been part of the equation.
I plan on passing them all along after I go.
Giving (or permanently loaning) one or 2 to close friends involves a lot less energy and paperwork.

 

[bemisgt]

I bought a pinned Model 60 from around 1974 that is NIB. Debating whether to shoot it or just keep it in the safe. Other than that, I shoot em all!

 

[Frizzman]

I bought an unfired M58 with the box, papers, tools and everthing else it left Springfield with in 1971. It even has the reciept from a local shop where the original owner bought it in 1971. I got it for a very good price and intended to shoot and even carry it some. I had wanted one of these overgrown M10s for many years...Well, six years or so later and its still unfired and living in a fleece lined case in the safe. The last time I checked what one in this condition is going for, I just fondled it and wiped it down and back to the safe it went. I keep thinking I may want to keep it at maximum value in case I come across something I want more sometime...But, I have plenty of others to use until I decide for sure what to do with it.