Norton 750
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Shoot it...your grandkids probably will anyway.
New In Box.. Unfired!! We have all heard discription..BUT!
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If they can get ammo. Joe
dlbx2
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I feel your pain. After 31.5 years as a Battalion Chief in the fire department from which I have retired, having had to make hard, fast choices on a regular basis, I can't seem to decide whether to take an unfired blue 1973 4" 29-2 out for a spin. I have agonized over whether to enjoy it, or to enjoy it. See what I mean? You will be in my prayers.
ColbyBruce
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I purchased two brand new unfired Sako #78 .22 Hornet rifles from a gentleman in December of 2007, both were pushing twenty-five years old. These rifles were in a gun cabinet, the boxes and papers stored in his garage. His tom-cat urinated all over one of the boxes, and it was unsalvageable. Here is a photo of the two NIB Sako's along with my personal rifle which is wearing the Leupold 3x-9x scope.
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cmj8591
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I have a mod 28 that I have been shooting the snot out of for years. Someone shot the snot out of it before I owed it. I will trade you, straight up, for you NIB gun and you will be able to shoot it and live guilt free. Don't thank me, helping others is what I do!!
If you're looking to shoot a 28, then take your gun to a gun show and swap it for a shooter. You should have plenty of change left over from the transaction to buy enough ammo to shoot your heart out. S&W will never make a model 28 like that one again. It would be a shame to change it from NIB to LIKE NIB.
If you're looking to shoot a 28, then take your gun to a gun show and swap it for a shooter. You should have plenty of change left over from the transaction to buy enough ammo to shoot your heart out. S&W will never make a model 28 like that one again. It would be a shame to change it from NIB to LIKE NIB.
Shoot it. That's what it was made for.
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That's a gorgeous revolver.
I have the same dilemma with a revolver my brother is trying to sell me.
I have the same dilemma with a revolver my brother is trying to sell me.
firearmsunlimited
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The solution is simple, keep that one unfired and buy another 28-2 to shoot. Problem solved!
BUFF
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"I purchased two brand new unfired Sako #78 .22 Hornet rifles from a gentleman in December of 2007, both were pushing twenty-five years old. These rifles were in a gun cabinet, the boxes and papers stored in his garage. His tom-cat urinated all over one of the boxes, and it was unsalvageable. Here is a photo of the two NIB Sako's along with my personal rifle which is wearing the Leupold 3x-9x scope."
I would take your personal, scoped rifle back to where you bought the other two, find that cat and shoot it! Then, maybe bury it in the box it peed on!
I would take your personal, scoped rifle back to where you bought the other two, find that cat and shoot it! Then, maybe bury it in the box it peed on!
Fishslayer
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If it's your only revolver and you do not care if the value increases, then shoot it. However, if you own another 357 mag then I think you would be a fool to shoot it. I actually am surprised at the question on a collectors forum and even more surprised at myself for posting on this thread. Remember, of course, it's your revolver, you should do what makes YOU happy.
If this were mine, I would not shoot it. I would not clean it. I would keep it as an heirloom or as an investment. I would however try my hardest to find another 27-2 to use as a shooter so that you can get the experience of it all.
one eye joe
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If you decide to keep it unfired, DON'T take it apart. Just run a Boresnake with a good lube through it.
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If you want to keep it as an object of desire and rarity, well...you may as well take up stamp collecting.
All guns should be considered shooters by real shooters.
I have a very old single six Ruger with low serial number, great condition, factory stag grips. It's a shooter. Guys see it at the range and wonder why I'm shooting it. I tell them the same thing I wrote above.
Pristine guns as 'investments' involves an entirely different mindset than the nature of guns as they intrinsically are.
Just my opinion.
All guns should be considered shooters by real shooters.
I have a very old single six Ruger with low serial number, great condition, factory stag grips. It's a shooter. Guys see it at the range and wonder why I'm shooting it. I tell them the same thing I wrote above.
Pristine guns as 'investments' involves an entirely different mindset than the nature of guns as they intrinsically are.
Just my opinion.
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DWFAN
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DON'T TOUCH IT. This is a pre 28 I own. Except for the turn line it is mint. For a gun not to have a turn line is exceptional. You want to shoot one buy a good used one. It'll shoot better than yours anyway. It's broke in. 
DW
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Lewis Wetzel
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After going through this thread and reading all the responses, I'm still at a loss to understand how actual SHOOTERS, pistoleros, skilled gun guys, would have a gun with the inherent idea of NOT shooting it.
I can understand shooting it a minimal amount, but NOT shooting it?
Doesn't make sense.
I can understand shooting it a minimal amount, but NOT shooting it?
Doesn't make sense.
Photog
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I think you have to look at the long range picture. If you keep it in the safe, unfired, pristine, what happens when you are gone? If you have children that have the fever of gun collecting/shooting, then it will be in good hands. If you don't? Well it ends up in someone's collection or it ends up in someone's holster out in the field, or at the range or the worst case being turned into the police for distruction. I was standing in a local gunshop where a young woman brought in about a half dozen pistols, some pretty nice. Her husband had committed suicide with a gun and she wanted to get rid of the rest. She took them to the local PD and asked to have them destroyed. Fortunately, the officer told her to take them to a gunshop, put them on consignment and at least get money for her and her children out of them. Another officer might have taken them and they would have been made into steel ingots.
I am 53 years old and have been shooting and collecting since I was 10. My daughters like to shoot, but not as much as I do. I have quite a few bigbore rifles 375 and up, and several bigbore handguns. They have no desire to shoot the rifles and very limited on the handguns. They like the 22's, 38's and a few others.
I have started selling some of my collection, with their blessing, and using the money for other things. I still love to shoot and do so often, but am at that point in my life where I would rather stick with quality than quantity.
I regularly carry a 4" 29 and a 6.5" 5 screw pre-29 when I go shooting and/or hiking and hunting. My early 57 vintage pre-29 has taken quite a few rabbits, squirrels, and an occasional prarie dog.
I guess my point is, you have to make the decision as to what is most important to you...to keep a "museum" quality piece and enjoy it that way, or take it out shoot it, take very good care of it and although it won't be as nice as before, it will still be something special.
I don't think either way is better than the other, it all depends on you.
I am 53 years old and have been shooting and collecting since I was 10. My daughters like to shoot, but not as much as I do. I have quite a few bigbore rifles 375 and up, and several bigbore handguns. They have no desire to shoot the rifles and very limited on the handguns. They like the 22's, 38's and a few others.
I have started selling some of my collection, with their blessing, and using the money for other things. I still love to shoot and do so often, but am at that point in my life where I would rather stick with quality than quantity.
I regularly carry a 4" 29 and a 6.5" 5 screw pre-29 when I go shooting and/or hiking and hunting. My early 57 vintage pre-29 has taken quite a few rabbits, squirrels, and an occasional prarie dog.
I guess my point is, you have to make the decision as to what is most important to you...to keep a "museum" quality piece and enjoy it that way, or take it out shoot it, take very good care of it and although it won't be as nice as before, it will still be something special.
I don't think either way is better than the other, it all depends on you.
DWFAN
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Let me enlighten you.
I have plenty of shooters but a good part of my collection is for investment. My relatives are never going to see any of them. Comes retirement time daddy's going to have a tag sale.
DW
My answer to Lewis Wetzel is of course guns are meant to be shot, However many on this forum own more than a few and feel no need to shoot each and every one. I would no more shoot a stone cold mint version of a rather common gun and knock down the value and the most certain increase in value when there are bucket loads of "shooters" out on the market easily had and shot.
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