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Ok, OK, I'll shoot it!
Next weekend........
Next weekend........
Shoot this 625-6 or not???
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hastings
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The only thing that makes a gun more or less valuable to me is how well it shoots/handles. All the pretty engraving and fancy grips don't mean diddly squat if it can't put lead where you want it to. They make collectible non-functional copies of firearms that look just as nice hanging on a wall, and cost half as much. I guess if a firearm has a history, belonged to some famous figure or somthing, it should go to a museum, or be kept under glass.
I'm a shooter, not a curator. A nicely engraved revolver makes a nice statement when carried, or used. It says, "I value my tools, and want to personalize them". For me a gun is a tool, and when a tool performs a job exceptionally well, the form that allows it to do so is the highest form of beauty, (embellishment not required). Take, for example, a nice framing hammer, a wood-handled shovel, a quality kitchen knife, or a double-edged axe. You could add to the list even more complex items, such as a wood-hulled boat/ship, and a post and beam house.
Your revolver is beautiful to look at, but the beauty would only be increased (in my opinion) if it shoots like a champ. I find an unfired gun kinda sterile. Once it gets a few handling makes and some signs of life on it, it becomes a real beauty. As a matter of fact, if it doesn't shoot well, I won't keep a gun long enough to enjoy the appearance or investment value.
I hope you take the 25 out and shoot it. If it shoots as nice as it looks, you have a keeper. If not, life's to short to worry about it, sell her and find a shooter you can gussy up. Some day soon, the few firearms I own will go to my kids, and grandkids. I think they will appreciate them more because I used them often and they have memories attached to them. I hope my kids will use them, and add memories of their own.
Time to strap on one of my 25's and head out to the woods to add a few more handling marks.
Making turn lines in Vermont
Hastings
I'm a shooter, not a curator. A nicely engraved revolver makes a nice statement when carried, or used. It says, "I value my tools, and want to personalize them". For me a gun is a tool, and when a tool performs a job exceptionally well, the form that allows it to do so is the highest form of beauty, (embellishment not required). Take, for example, a nice framing hammer, a wood-handled shovel, a quality kitchen knife, or a double-edged axe. You could add to the list even more complex items, such as a wood-hulled boat/ship, and a post and beam house.
Your revolver is beautiful to look at, but the beauty would only be increased (in my opinion) if it shoots like a champ. I find an unfired gun kinda sterile. Once it gets a few handling makes and some signs of life on it, it becomes a real beauty. As a matter of fact, if it doesn't shoot well, I won't keep a gun long enough to enjoy the appearance or investment value.
I hope you take the 25 out and shoot it. If it shoots as nice as it looks, you have a keeper. If not, life's to short to worry about it, sell her and find a shooter you can gussy up. Some day soon, the few firearms I own will go to my kids, and grandkids. I think they will appreciate them more because I used them often and they have memories attached to them. I hope my kids will use them, and add memories of their own.
Time to strap on one of my 25's and head out to the woods to add a few more handling marks.
Making turn lines in Vermont
Hastings
Wow! Beautiful gun. Sorry you had so many issues with it in the begining.
I see you dilema and glad to see you decided to shoot it. IMO, head it NEVER been fired and you wanted to sell it you could have used that as a selling point. Seeing how you did fire it a few times, you can't really sell it now as an unfired gun, so I say shoot that sucker.
Good luck and have fun with that gorgeous firearm.
I see you dilema and glad to see you decided to shoot it. IMO, head it NEVER been fired and you wanted to sell it you could have used that as a selling point. Seeing how you did fire it a few times, you can't really sell it now as an unfired gun, so I say shoot that sucker.
Good luck and have fun with that gorgeous firearm.
Good call!
That's the spirit! By "next weekend" I assume you mean "this weekend." Can we expect a range report by Monday?
Not that you need to hear any more arguments or encouragement, but my view is that if I put serious time and money into tuning a gun and making it look good, I sure don't want somebody else to take a ride on my investment and have the first shot after I'm dead. My gun, my money, my right to dictate its use. Even if you eventually decide not to shoot it much, it would be a sensible and defensible decision to shoot it some.
Ok, OK, I'll shoot it!
Next weekend........
That's the spirit! By "next weekend" I assume you mean "this weekend." Can we expect a range report by Monday?
Not that you need to hear any more arguments or encouragement, but my view is that if I put serious time and money into tuning a gun and making it look good, I sure don't want somebody else to take a ride on my investment and have the first shot after I'm dead. My gun, my money, my right to dictate its use. Even if you eventually decide not to shoot it much, it would be a sensible and defensible decision to shoot it some.
Beans
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Also let us know what was the Bar-B-Que main course.
You do know it is now a B-B-Q gun.
You do know it is now a B-B-Q gun.
I do not understand why there is even a question. You already have shot it. You made your decision that it was not going to be left untouched.
If this were unfired since leaving the factory that might be different.
If this were unfired since leaving the factory that might be different.
m657
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...."ain't no hoss that's never been rode;
....ain't no rider that's never been throwed".....
....ain't no rider that's never been throwed".....
Well, I'll say up front that my tastes don't run to engraved guns.
That said...the pistol that I have the most money into is one I enjoy, carry and shoot pretty frequently. I will likely never get out of it what I have in it (from a sales perspective) but I will certainly get my money's worth from it by carrying it (an alloy-framed 1911) and shooting it (it is a Kimber, exceptionally accurate and absolutely reliable).
It's picked up a scratch or two, and I hate that, but it happens. It's still my favorite 1911, and my favorite carry pistol.
That said...the pistol that I have the most money into is one I enjoy, carry and shoot pretty frequently. I will likely never get out of it what I have in it (from a sales perspective) but I will certainly get my money's worth from it by carrying it (an alloy-framed 1911) and shooting it (it is a Kimber, exceptionally accurate and absolutely reliable).
It's picked up a scratch or two, and I hate that, but it happens. It's still my favorite 1911, and my favorite carry pistol.
Hog-Sniper
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Sure you have alot of money in it, but it is How YOU wanted it to look..$2000 doesnt really get you alot now a days. Look at the MSRP on some of the new Smiths. I also fool around with old cars and $2000 is gone in a heart beat..It sure is fun to go out and fry the tires, or cruise around and have everyone check out your pride and joy. You cant do that with it in the safe. It would be a hard decision but, in the end you would probably regret never shooting it. Have fun with it.
sipowicz
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There are a lot of people I wanted to give the finger to in he past but decided against it...now I can't....go shoot your gun.
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