Would you shoot this one?
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Rigmover
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Hi i know how you feel about shooting something thats still new. i have a 57 no dash thats 30 years old too that i haven't shot yet but i know i will one day. But if you take good care of it when you take it out and shoot it try not cratch it up and put a box or two through it and clean it very well it will still look like new.And if you're going to play with it without shooting it your still going to get them turn lines on your cylinder.And it will look like its been shot so its up to you what you want to do.My 28-2 that i have probly put a couple thousand rounds through it mostly 38's and still looks like new they hold up good love blued guns more then the stainless ones. Blued guns are easier to keep clean. So enjoy your new gun and a very nice find too..
I agree with Rigmover on this issue. The 28-2 is not a rare collector's piece. They made a lot of these guns. Unless it has some special provenance, shoot it, take care of it - and ENJOY it!
Jerry
Jerry
Hoot
US Veteran
I wouldn't if it were mine. I haven't seen many (any?) unfired 28s. I'm thinking the value in unfired condition would be much greater to a collector, especially given that the 28 was a more utilitarian gun, and that most of them were given a pretty good workout. Value of the 28 has risen a lot lately, and what was once a gun that nobody thought much of (other than as a shooter) has now found serious collector interest.
The real question is, what will give you the most pleasure...
The real question is, what will give you the most pleasure...
firestrat
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First off, welcome to the forum!
I agree with Hoot, how many unfired 28's do you see? Not many would be a good guess. If you are serious about shooting and not "collecting" you could probably get a good penny for your 28 and buy a shooter and pocket some coin in the process.
I agree with Hoot, how many unfired 28's do you see? Not many would be a good guess. If you are serious about shooting and not "collecting" you could probably get a good penny for your 28 and buy a shooter and pocket some coin in the process.
David Sinko
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I most certainly would shoot it. Hell, my concealed carry piece is a Commemorative gun.
Dave Sinko
Dave Sinko
BUFF
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
If I bought it primarily to just HAVE it and planned to sell it some day, then no, I wouldn't shoot it.
Otherwise, yes I would shoot it. As already pointed out, if one is careful, doesn't holster-carry it and cleans it carefully, wear will be greatly minimized. If kept with all documents, papers, tools and the box, a very nice, very clean common gun won't sell for a lot less than a common NIB gun.
Otherwise, yes I would shoot it. As already pointed out, if one is careful, doesn't holster-carry it and cleans it carefully, wear will be greatly minimized. If kept with all documents, papers, tools and the box, a very nice, very clean common gun won't sell for a lot less than a common NIB gun.
I dont believe the difference in value between unfired and fired will be much. Guns in general are not good investments, and they made plenty of 28's. I got a new in the box 6" last week for $400 from a dealer that bought an estate.
Messer
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I look at it this way - S&W already fired it before it left the factory. Why should they have all the fun?
catdad
Member
I have a NIB "4" inch 28-2 and have not shot it yet, I will most likely keep it unfired and buy a shooter grade for fun.
feralmerril
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Why did you buy it? It isnt THAT rare. Now if I stumbled across a 100 year old colt SAA, or a unfired triplelock that would be a different story. Do you have another 357 in a similar configeration? That would be another factor. Hey, its up to you!
stevieboy
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I buy 'em to shoot 'em. This Spring I bought a NIB 617-1, vintage 1993, at a gun show. Obviously, it's not a collectors item but still, it was in pristine condition when I got it. I've since put over 5,000 rounds through it.
ldp4570
US Veteran
No safe queens here!!! If I buy it I shoot it!
Thank you all for the advice. You raised some good points. My problem stems mostly from the fact of living in CA. This severely limits my choices, which is why I jumped on this one in the first place. I will try adding another 28 or 27 if I can find it. I plan on keeping this one and so I might just use it once in a while. Meanwhile I have other things to play with as well (686-6, King Cobra, Python).
Cheers!
Cheers!
S&W-Keeper
Member
If you don't shoot it, when you are gone, your kids will let it rust. Hard decision I have 3 or 4 older ones that I can't bring myself to shoot.
Bullseye Smith
Member
I would buy it a put it in the safe. It would be a good savings account.
If you don't mind my jumping in here although not a 28, this is an unfired 1947 K22 Masterpiece.
I bought it as an investment.
Sure I'd love to shoot it but then I remember why I bought it...
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I bought it as an investment.
Sure I'd love to shoot it but then I remember why I bought it...
hitecrednek
Member
YES, and I didn't even read the start of the post and have no idea what the gun is.
Unless it has priceless historic value, shoot it. And even if it does have historic value, shoot it! When you were a kid, did you play with your toys or keep them up on a shelf?
Unless it has priceless historic value, shoot it. And even if it does have historic value, shoot it! When you were a kid, did you play with your toys or keep them up on a shelf?
SixWillDo
Member
Having box and papers, or not, seems to have more effect on value than unfired v. fired-some-and cared-for.
FWS:
If it doesn;t have a turn line on the cylinder, I agree with Bulleye Smith. If it truly hasn't been shot or dry fired, it shouldn't have one or it should be minimal. How often do you see one like that? Store it.
Ed
If it doesn;t have a turn line on the cylinder, I agree with Bulleye Smith. If it truly hasn't been shot or dry fired, it shouldn't have one or it should be minimal. How often do you see one like that? Store it.
Ed
I look at it like this. Today the gun is worth about $500 and ten years from now its worth about $1300... if its still unfired, so you made a 800 dollar profit over 10 years. (You could save 800 bucks over 10 years by just not eating out at a restaraunt a couple of times a year.) If you shot the heck out of it and took care of it, at the end of ten years the gun might be worth $750. So by not shooting it, you are missing out on ten years of enjoyment and maybe some fond shooting memories to last a lifetime just for a few hundred bucks you would probably waste on something else anyway!
A gun that has never been used, carried, and shot has no soul.
A gun that has never been used, carried, and shot has no soul.
Match10
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I'd shoot hundreds of rounds through it just as soon as I could reload them!
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