Firing a Commemorative

[rwsmith]

I am poverty stricken:

I can only afford a few guns and they have hungry chambers to feed. I wouldn't mind having commemoratives but I'd much rather shoot than collect and keep a gun in the safe and that works fine for me.

 

[Gamecock]

From my limited knowledge, it looks like the 26-1 is a very special gun, and Mr. O'Conner chose well. It's value is not in being a commemorative, but in being a Model 26.

 

[M E Morrison]

I can guarantee that you will never use it while you are alive

To (loosely) quote the last, great, American poet:

Don't take life so seriously - nobody gets out alive.

 

[Watchdog]

If you only shoot a few cylinders and clean it very carefully,no one will ever know.

I wouldn't feel right advertising a gun as unfired if I'd fired it. Matter of fact, I wouldn't do it, period.

 

[raljr1]

The only commemorative I own is a Bicentennial edition of the Remington 760. I bought it because I liked it with the engraving and I've used it thru 38 hunting seasons since.

In June I am taking it to Africa to hunt plains game.

 

[model70hunter]

The only commemorative I own is a Bicentennial edition of the Remington 760. I bought it because I liked it with the engraving and I've used it thru 38 hunting seasons since.

In June I am taking it to Africa to hunt plains game.

A 760 in Africa. Man I'm all pumped up.

Neat, share with us when you get back.

 

[PA Guns & Ammo]

I asked this question on the 1980 to present revolver section, but I think I need wider audience. How much do you think is lost to depreciation when one shoots an un-fired rare gun?

The gun for example is a Georgia State Patrol Model 26-1 . Only 800 were made so its pretty rare, and getting expensive.
One recently sold on GB for $1300, so taking that as a current value, how much would the owner loose by shooting it?

Is there a way for us regular guys to figure out a percentage loss to a collectible,or any un-fired gun?

I know and have heard all of the arguments for and against to shoot or not, but a real dollar value would be so helpful in deciding whether or not to pull that trigger.

I an just an old artificial leg maker , so my math skills aren`t up to the job. How much will that first bullet cost???
Thanks in advance, Jack

You can always find a used cylinder and use that to shoot so you can keep the original unused.

James