Why so many shot very little?

[BigBill]

Why do I see so many unfired or shot very little s&w revolvers?

I have N frame Magnums that appear to be shot very little if fired at all. There in 99.99% condition.

 

[Arik]

Some people just hoard. Others collect.

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[rjinaz85308]

I have several guns that have been fired very little. But for me it is more economics than anything else. I would rather send $1000 on another gun than buy $1000 in ammo. Someday I will start buying less and shooting more


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[CajunBass]

I've always suspected that the vast majority of guns are never or seldom fired. I think this was especially true "back in the day." A lot of people bought a gun, loaded it, put it in the sock drawer and never fired it. They might take it out, wipe it off once in a while and put it back. That would be about it.

 

[05CarbonDRZ]

I've always suspected that the vast majority of guns are never or seldom fired. I think this was especially true "back in the day." A lot of people bought a gun, loaded it, put it in the sock drawer and never fired it. They might take it out, wipe it off once in a while and put it back. That would be about it.

Grandpa's Sock drawer Gun.

 

[arjay]

Ammo is expensive for most people and back in the day it was more so compared to the average guy's wages.Reloaders are about the only civilians that shoot much.

 

[linde]

Why do I see so many unfired or shot very little s&w revolvers?

Some people just hoard. Others collect.

. . . and others buy for that peace of mind a sock drawer gun offers.

Russ

 

[LMWIS]

Recoil sensitive.

A friend at the shop had to have Dirty Harry's gun. A loose grip and a hammer strike to the forehead put that baby back in the box.

N frame magnums are often the first choice when you're starting out due to the high macho factor. Cost and comfort often makes them safe queens.

 

[BobC357]

If I buy them, I shoot them.
No S&W around here gathers moss (or dust)

 

[GerSan69]

I've always suspected that the vast majority of guns are never or seldom fired. I think this was especially true "back in the day." A lot of people bought a gun, loaded it, put it in the sock drawer and never fired it. They might take it out, wipe it off once in a while and put it back. That would be about it.

Agreed. There was much less emphasis on learning to handle a firearm, too, so many wouldn't bother to at least fire a few rounds to sight in.

 

[Yorkie Man]

Most of the adults from my childhood were themselves children of the Depression. My dad took me hunting about a dozen times when I was little and he only fired the shotgun less than a dozen times and never went through a full box of shotgun shells. My grandpa had a 22wmr single six and only fired it a couple of times, he only bought one box of shells with the gun. I on the other hand reloaded and and shot as much as I could and still do to this day.

 

[old bear]

I've always suspected that the vast majority of guns are never or seldom fired. I think this was especially true "back in the day." A lot of people bought a gun, loaded it, put it in the sock drawer and never fired it. They might take it out, wipe it off once in a while and put it back. That would be about it.

When I was a child almost every home had a firearm of some sort. I can even remember an article in, "Readers Digest", about what to do or not to do if one of your kids found your handgun in the house. Hot-Damn how things have changed.

I'm also with the group that believes if I own them, I'm going to shoot them; only some get shot a lot more than others

 

[rwsmith]

They're cool.....

People buy a gun because they think they are 'cool' maybe shoot it a couple times and put it in the sock drawer. These are some of my favorite people.

Also, most people can't just bop down the road to a vacant lot and shoot. Good and safe ranges are scarce.

 

[BigBill]

I notice my two m27-2's from the dirty Harry era were purchased and put away. I will shoot everything but I'll handle them very carefully. Thell never see the woods.

 

[Budnjax]

years ago I read a story about....

S&W handgun purchases....seems as though the company found out that about 80% of their guns sold were never fired. The owners simply put them away somewhere, according to their study on sales......Stick one in the drawer and assuming it would work was probably not a good thing back then, since a lot of the S&Ws sold in the 70s and 80s didn't work all that well right out of the box.....I know, I worked for a big S&W general distributor....one time we got in a whole shipment of model 66s for the state highway patrol and after inspecting them they refused the whole lot due to poor quality of the samples their inspectors went over.

 

[scott1970]

Whatever the reason, it sure is nice for those of us who cast, load, and own a range!

 

[R*E]

I don't have the time to shoot as much as I'd like to. I make up for that by purchasing more guns. Makes no sense but that's what I do. I shoot everything I have. At some point.

 

[leeloader]

Many today buy little guns and complain they hurt their hands so they don't shoot much. Some quit because at 20-25 dollars a box plus range cost takes the fun out of it. Some buy a gun even though it scares them to just have in case they need it and never shoot it for practice. There are a lot of reasons why gun have low miles so to speak. ie: I have an airweight 38 special that when using +p, my hand sends a nasty signal to the brain screaming knock it off. I load my ammo and shoot 4.5gr of 231 @ 1.445 oal using Berry 125gr. They are a soft comfortable load to shoot. May be once a month I use 5 rounds of +p to make sure my memory muscle behaves with rapid firing accuracy. My CC ammo is factory purchased +p.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

With me its like this. You buy a Smith that "lights your fire". Have a year or so affair with it till something else comes along that lights you up again. And the older common gun rotates to the bottom of the pile.
After some years you realize that you've accumilated a bushel or so of Good Smith revolvers/autos. Some then sell............Me I never sell.....I recycle......Whats old is new again.
And Yes I cast/load and own a range.........Life is good.

 

[Derosa]

Why are so few firearms "shot so little"? I think it is a lack of accepting responsibility. It takes a responsibility pass a background check; to own - and learn to use the firearm effectively; and more deeply a responsibility to honor the responsibility of honoring the Constitutional right to espouse the words - keep and bear arms and stuff akin to being a citizen. Those concepts do not all apply to all situations, but, owning something does not always equate to being effective with it.