New un fired model 29-2 look at it or shoot it?

[SLT223]

Why did you buy an nos 29-2 if you wanted a shooter? Out of all the options it seems strange to make a shooter out of specifically that gun...to me anyways.

 

[dogdoc]

Box it it up and put in your safe until you die. Then your significant other can sell it for 50 cents on the dollar to another. Then they can shoot it and enjoy it. You can die with the satisfaction that you never shot it.

 

[MCorps0311]

I'm going to shoot it,but that's just me.

 

[Boxer rox]

Thanks again for all the civil responses. This is why I like this forum it's a class act. I realize this question definitely has two different camps.

In all honesty I will probably shoot this gun. It won't be something I take to the range and run 200 rounds through every time I go. I will probably occasionally run a few 44 special or light Magnum loads through it. I bought it to enjoy and for me that seems like the best way to do that.

 

[sodacan]

Let's see here, so if I have a 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle coin I guess I should carry it around in my pocket until I find something I want to buy with it. That's what it was made for, right?
And if I have a bunch of American Indian 14 cent stamps I need to lick'em and stick'em on an envelope. That's what they were made for, right?
Bottom line is, people collect all kinds of things and generally the better the condition the more collectible. It's your gun, you decide.

Apples and oranges. You're talking about things that are rare (I assume). A 29-2 is far from that.

 

[MN2944]

#2 The value, IDK what the future will hold, the demographic to me seems like more of the current (majority of buyers) consumers have different tastes.

That is a very good point. We are probably at the peak of interest in P&R revolvers since those of us that grew up wanting one in the 60s and 70s are at the age where we can collect and buy things.

 

[Nick B]

Shoot it and enjoy it . You never know what's going to pop up in your life .
I'm 61 and just two weeks ago and out of the blue I found out I had a stage 1 Melanoma on my shoulder and had to have surgery.
Could of just as easy been a stage 3 or 4 .

 

[bamabiker]

Apples and oranges. You're talking about things that are rare (I assume). A 29-2 is far from that.

I guess I'm not looking in the right places for LNIB 29s when I go shopping. I don't remember the last time I saw one.
Maybe I went to the extreme but it's the same principle. To me anyway.
To each their own.

 

[yfdcap]

Shoot. Enjoy. Repeat.