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

[rubiranch]

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" )

 

[ken158]

Not a proponent of safe queens but that one could change my mind... but I would have to have another just like it to shoot.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Very Nice

Ivan

 

[Krogen]

I get it. That's one gorgeous revolver. I'd certainly experience "cognitive dissonance" if it were mine. Shoot? yes, no, yes, no, yes, no . . . .

Now, since I see you recently had some wheel time in a GT350, let me quote Carroll Shelby: "These cars are meant to be driven."

Hmmm......

 

[rubiranch]

Not a proponent of safe queens but that one could change my mind... but I would have to have another just like it to shoot.

I have another collection. I buy them and never open the package that they come in. If I really like one I'll buy a second and open it.

These are a tad too expensive for me to buy a second one.

 

[younggun22]

you have to shoot it at least once, they have all been fired at the factory...

 

[22/32 JDF]

Kenny that is a fabulous 27. Lucky you are. JIM

 

[rubiranch]

I get it. That's one gorgeous revolver. I'd certainly experience "cognitive dissonance" if it were mine. Shoot? yes, no, yes, no, yes, no . . . .

Now, since I see you recently had some wheel time in a GT350, let me quote Carroll Shelby: "These cars are meant to be driven."

Hmmm......

This is Steve McQueen's GT40. It recently fetched $11,000,000.00 in an auction.

If it was mine I'd drive it - a lot.

But I'm not going to shoot my .357 Magnum.

 

[H Richard]

I have one just a little older, (1953) and it has been shot but very little and it has now been over 20 years since I did fire it. I have to get it out for one more session soon. I have been gradually selling off a few every year, but this one will be one of the very last to go.

It usually wears non-relieved targets, but was "dressed up" for a picture.

 

[rubiranch]

you have to shoot it at least once, they have all been fired at the factory...

I have to keep at least one unfired.

 

[rubiranch]

Kenny that is a fabulous 27. Lucky you are. JIM

Thank you. Very lucky.

 

[Bobby B.]

I have to keep at least one unfired.

I'm a shooter and shoot all of mine a lot but I take perfect care of them. It's yours and you should do whatever makes you happiest!

Observation, if they are all fired at the factory then no one owns an unfired Smith and Wesson but rather only one that they haven't fired....

 

[rubiranch]

I have one just a little older, (1953) and it has been shot but very little and it has now been over 20 years since I did fire it. I have to get it out for one more session soon. I have been gradually selling off a few every year, but this one will be one of the very last to go.

It usually wears non-relieved targets, but was "dressed up" for a picture.

Thanks for getting it "dressed up" for the picture.

I'm sure mine would be one of the last ones to go too.

 

[rubiranch]

I'm a shooter and shoot all of mine a lot but I take perfect care of them. It's yours and you should do whatever makes you happiest!

Observation, if they are all fired at the factory then no one owns an unfired Smith and Wesson but rather only one that they haven't fired....

Yep, its had three rounds fired at the factory.

I think most folks who refer to their guns as unfired mean they have not been fired since leaving the factory.

 

[weatherby]

Over the years I have bought a few that were only factory fired. I've yet to keep or fire one of those.
I do have a few that only get very limited air time.
This is the best of them.
It is a special order 25-2 where everything letters.
Lucky me it was fired some because I defiantly would of had to.

 

[bigggbbruce]

I will not keep an unfired safe queen. I will sell it and spend the "profit" on a shooter.

I would rather shoot my free gun than look at my expensive unfired gun. Just my feelings.

 

[rubiranch]

Over the years I have bought a few that were only factory fired. I've yet to keep or fire one of those.
I do have a few that only get very limited air time.
This is the best of them.
It is a special order 25-2 where everything letters.
Lucky me it was fired some because I defiantly would of had to.

That's beautiful.

I'm keeping at least "unfired".

 

[rubiranch]

I will not keep an unfired safe queen. I will sell it and spend the "profit" on a shooter.

I would rather shoot my free gun than look at my expensive unfired gun. Just my feelings.

I have a few friends that only buy guns to shoot.

I'm neither a collector or a shooter.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Another .357 jewel! That and your 5-incher make a great pair.

I also love those 3.5" guns. Here's mine - a 27-2, vintage of 1978, and I've only shot it once. It's just so damn pretty, I don't want to defile it further...

John

 

[bigggbbruce]

I have a few friends that only buy guns to shoot.

I'm neither a collector or a shooter.

I really enjoy buying collectable guns, like the ones you have recently been acquiring. But my budget tells me I have to sell them.

So I at least get to own the guns that are highly desirable, if only for a short time.

 

[delcrossv]

Lol. Send it to me, I'll shoot it for you.

YMMV of course, but IMO a firearm is a tool that loses value if it's separated from its function. None of my high condition guns seem to have suffered irreparable harm from sending a few down the pipe.
I'm not a collector of objets d'art.

I fully realize that there are some here that gain pleasure from possession of their collections, and may never shoot their guns. More power to them, but it's just not me. So in looking at a piece to acquire, that little turn line is my friend.

 

[ben_g1]

In my old age I don't shoot as much, although I do make it to the range a couple times a month.

I have guns I shoot and some that I collect. I'm enjoying the hunt for those harder to find safe queens more and more.

That three and half incher I would not shoot. Not many of those factory fired only guns out there.

I have enough of them to shoot

 

[jack the toad]

Kenny, I understand the dilemma you must feel in owning that pre 27 and not firing it even though I know you'd like to.
If I may assist here, send it to me (I'll pay freight) for safe keeping until you decide what you may do with it.
No thanks necessary as it's my pleasure to assist.

 

[Old TexMex]

Nice revolver. There's enough of those that have been fired, so go ahead and preserve it, it's rare in that it's still new.
Someone will eventually take it out and shoot it. Hopefully someone who appreciates it after you're gone....or maybe not, hey.

 

[mod29]

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

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.

 

[old bear]

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 ise it. I'm not one of them, but I sure enjoy seeing your treasures.

Thanks for the sharing..

 

[EJO]

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

 

[Borderboss]

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.

 

[Bumpus13]

Sure is pretty.

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

 

[ohioan55]

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.