To shoot, or not to shoot. That is the question!

[Stainless44]

My thoughts run counter to the group on this one. You paid a premium for an "unfired" revolver that had the original box etc. When you shoot it, you lose that premium...it can't be sold again as an unfired gun.

If you just want a gun to shoot...buy a used one and avoid paying the premium for the NIB status.

If it were me I'd stash it in the safe and shoot one of my other .44's. Another 10 years from now, unfired guns from 1987 will be even rarer.

*Full disclosure requires that I tell you that I frequently buy stuff because it's cool...stash it in the safe...then sell it when I realize that I just don't like having guns that I don't shoot.

 

[daveyc]

I own the same gun in unfired condition. I've never shot it. I have new replaceable current models for shooting. They don't make em like that anymore. So.... mine stays nib.

 

[errolhill]

SHOOT IT !! Thats what they are made for !!!

 

[TfflHndn]

Shoot it! And if you want some really nice wood grips for a great price, check out Altamont. I just bought some for a Single Seven, and they look as good as they feel. I am amazed that they can put them out at the prices they do, too.

 

[Waywatcher]

If I was a thing made to perform a task, I can't imagine a more tortuous fate than being prevented from doing the one thing I was designed to do.

Shoot it!

Besides, when you're dead and gone, someone else will shoot it and get the enjoyment you denied yourself.

 

[luangtom]

Well, have you ever purchased an automobile and just left it in the garage? Most drive 'em when they buy 'em. I buy a firearm and I shoot it.

 

[rbrbrb6]

Does it have a trigger? If so, enough said!

 

[flipeastman]

its no darn good if you don't shoot it!

 

[Road Rat]

That will make the perfect woods gun!!! Enjoy and use it.............

 

[andyo5]

I would shoot or sell. I don't buy collector guns. I'm not that rich.

 

[Buford57]

If it was engraved and gold inlaid, that's different.

Not really. Those shoot nice, too.

 

[UNCLE PAULY]

SHOOT IT NOW !!!

 

[M3Stuart]

I think you should polish it up reeaaaallll nice.

Take some time to load up several hundred moderate .44 mag reloads.

....then blaze away with it like its a zombie apocalypse.

 

[Decker]

The turn ring is proof that it was not "new in box", so there is absolutely NO reason not to shoot the pants off of it. Coming "in" its original box is not the same as coming "new/unfired" in its original box.
Just take care of it, keep it clean and rust free and its value will stay the same whether you shoot it or not.

 

[Kid44]

It is a gun, not a paperweight or door stop, go shoot it.

 

[AlHunt]

Shoot it.

By all means, shoot it. The handling marks and pronounced turn line mean this isn't really a pristine example, fired or not.

There ought to be a few brand new, never fired, never even turned examples in a museum so future generations can enjoy them. With all due respect, this one isn't it. It's in almost immaculate shape and a great gun to have. Just not museum quality.