Would you shoot this one?

[S&W-Keeper]

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]

I would buy it a put it in the safe. It would be a good savings account.

 

[raisedin99]

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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[bummer]

Shoot it while you still can

 

[hitecrednek]

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?

 

[SixWillDo]

Having box and papers, or not, seems to have more effect on value than unfired v. fired-some-and cared-for.

 

[smith17]

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

 

[Farmer17]

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.

 

[smith17]

This is a 1974 gun I picked up a couple of weeks ago. With so many around to shoot, why ruin a 'new' one?
Ed

 

[Match10]

I'd shoot hundreds of rounds through it just as soon as I could reload them!

 

[Sportsterguy]

Here is my 2 cents. You have the Playmate of the Year naked on your bed. Are you just going to look at her? In my book, I'm going to do more than just oogle over her and apply a little body oil. If I own it I SHOOT it! Just clean her up afterwards and your both ready for another session

. Have fun with her as lifes too short! JMO

 

[maglvr]

Originally posted by FWS:
Hi there. I just bought an unfired 28-2, 4" (1978). Normally, I use all my guns. With this one being prestine, I am hesitant. Would you shoot it?
Sorry, no pics as I am still counting down the 10 day wait (Kalif.)
Thanks

I recently bought a new hammer(the tool, not the gun part), it was polished to a mirror shine, had not a single scratch on it and was total perfection as hammers go, did that stop me from driving nails with it? Hell no! If I didn't use it for what it was intended I might as well have left it where I found it and saved my money
Go shoot and have some fun!!

 

[Mule88]

As mentioned before, shoot and enjoy it.

 

[Raider]

Several years ago I bought a beautiful .30 Mauser Broomhandle for $1100.00. I took it our and shot it with Fiocchi factory ammo. After a few shots I blew the extractor off, cracking the front part of the bolt. That little fun experiment turned a collectible into a $300.00 shooter (I found another bolt). If its a valuable collectible I'll leave it unfired in the safe. If its a shooter then I'll shoot it. Looking back, I should have bought a shooter Broomie for my fun.