Do you have a mint condition gun you do not shoot?

Do you have a gun too good to shoot?

  • Yes

    Votes: 110 36.8%

  • No

    Votes: 93 31.1%

  • Life's too short not to shoot your best guns

    Votes: 87 29.1%

  • Guns can be bought new?

    Votes: 9 3.0%
  • Total voters
    299
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not mint, but i'll never shoot the Nambu #94 my dad brought back for occupied Japan...i also retired his Win #12 a couple of years back, that his mom bought him when he came back home...gary
 
I've got a NIB 1993 proof marked all West German Sig P226 that I keep in the back of the safe. It was too good a deal not to buy and I prefer the newer models with the solid stainless steel milled slide for shooting.

There are some I don't shoot often but no others that are permanently riding the bench.
 
The only guns I have which I do not shoot are extremely old and either don't have ammunition available (pin fire) or are too old and may be dangerous.

I suppose if I had a really nice looking gun that was perfectly mint and worth a ton, I might consider keeping it a safe queen, but I don't have the money to spend on wall hanger guns. I try my absolute best to shoot my guns and keep them in excellent condition though.
 
No, but I have a few milsurps that I no longer shoot......The only new gun I have is a Marlin 60.....chris3
 
All of mine get shot...no safe queens at Casa LeonCarr :).

My FIL has a Grade VI Browning Citori 20 Gauge that gets used for doves and quail every year.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr
 
I purchased one of the first CZ-85's here in the US a couple years ago as a "LNIB". The history was cloudy so the guy that was selling it was not willing to say it had never been shot. (my gunsmith thought it was very possible it had never been shot)

History is no longer cloudy, it's been shot, a lot. I have a 1926 Colt Officers Model .38...same story, except I got that one as a gift from my FIL back in 1967. It's really been shot a lot now. If I own it, I shoot it.
 
Had one.

Couldn't bring myself to shoot it due to the age and condition.

Sold it.

Regret that.

Bought a rifle with the money.

Don't really regret that.

Shoot it whenever I want.

Would rather have kept the minty, even if I wasn't going to ever shoot it.

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Those OP guns, while in superb condition, I wouldn't consider "mint". I'd shoot those if I had them. If I had the one back that I'm referring to, I still don't think I'd ever shoot it.
 
Unfired H&R 1885 top-break manual ejector in 32S&W Long. The one in the link is not it but is a close representation of the one I have. Not a true collectible but I don't shoot it because it's just so dang old and unfired no less. It is the only gun I have that I have not shot nor am I intending to.

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Do you have a mint condition gun you do not shoot? NO

I shoot all of the firearms that I own or have ever owned. I purchased both used and new guns to use and I use them.

However, I feel that some firearms due to their scarcity or historic nature should not be fired and should be preserved as is. Since I use all of the firearms that I own I’ll leave the ownership of guns of that nature to others. I wouldn’t own a gun that I felt should not be fired.
 
Do I have any guns that I will not fire? No. Are there any guns in the family that will never be fired? Absolutely. Most of them are antiques that will need to be gone over before it's safe to shoot them, but some are collector guns whose value lies in the fact that they've never been fired.
 
I've got some such guns. I also have a Colt Diamondback 22 that's never been fired. One of these days........
 
I have a nickel-plated Model 10 with a 5" barrel that I don't shoot. It's not mint but it's really, really close. The frame is stamped "TWC" with a number underneath. It was sent to The Wackenhut Corporation, c/o Goddard Space Command in late 1968. Wackenhut provided security for NASA. This gun was in service on someone's hip right in the thick of things when they made the first moon shot in '69.

Kinda bugs me, though, being that it's a little too nice, you know? I wanted a five inch shooter and stumbled upon this one; it was priced low because the seller thought that the stamping devalued it. I still want a shooter-grade K-frame with a five or six inch barrel....*

* Anyone got a tapered-barrel, 5" or 6" .38 SPL K-frame beater they'd like to trade for a 4" Model 10 (tapered barrel?)
 
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I prefer older guns so I have no mint condition guns I don't shoot. I have some I bought new that I don't shoot as often as others. But they're all for shooting as all my bikes are for riding or vintage stereos for listening to.
 
I have a couple of mint condition guns. However, it is not by choice! I just haven't had time to shoot them yet. No matter what I do my collection will never equal the National Firearms Museum in volume or quality. So, I buy guns that I want to enjoy for shooting purposes.

I equate keeping a NIB or LNIB classic gun in your safe to having a fully clothed supermodel sitting on your bed. They are pretty to look at and admire BUT the temptation to unwrap and try them out would be too great for me.:evil:
 
that's pretty and I wouldn't shoot it but then I'd never have bought it either
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Well, I haven't actually bought it either. :D

But I have bought a gun or two that were "special" runs, would never be common or easily replaced, and I bought them with the intention of leaving them unfired.

They won't be mine forever, so the next owner can decide what he or she wants to do. And I believe I have more than a few years left (G-d willing) to maybe change my mind.
 
The onliest reason I have a firearm that I don't shoot, is because it's broke and I can't fix it. Have a couple of those.
 
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