Guns you never shoot?

[davidtdm]

I acquired my grandfathers guns when he was begining to move after the passing of my grandmother.

I have:
a flint lock muzzle loader- gunsmith just hang it on the wall. it wasn't worh restoring or trying to make operational

1896 winchester .22short pump. The barrell linning needs to be replaced then it should be ok to fire. I haven't decided if I want to do this or not

Japanese Arisaka (I think that's what it's called). The stock is split in 3 places. Again the smith recomended not shooting it

1950 or so Mossberg .22lr trainer. This is the only one that I actually shot once it go the ok form the gun smith. However, after the first range session the saftey which is on the bolt came loose and eventually off. This resulted in a couple of 3 shot bursts. I wisely unloaded the rest of the rounds and put it back in the case. I will have this one fixed. It was fun too shoot.

...dave

 

[GigaBuist]

NIghtcrawler,

Comes from your state of things, I guess. I'm at the level right now where each gun has its own purpose. I couldn't justify to myself dropping hundreds of dollars on something and never using it, being it gun, car, appliance, etc.

I can agree with you, but, you must remember, it's for the children! .

I've got about every niche filled by now, but I still want more of what I've got. Why? For the children, whenever I find a woman to have 'em with! And the grand kids. Gotta get enough arms for me, the kids, and the grandkids. Once that's done, well, I might think my gun collection is nutty. Until then I'm just going to figure on having 24 grand children. Each one needs an MBR, shotgun, full sized pistol, and compact pistol.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

 

[Chairman Meow]

The Superposed has been retired. Other than that, they all get to play.

 

[crewchief]

Not me but my Father in Law has a M1A unissued made by international harvistor in mint condition that has never been fired. He keeps it in a special box wraped in velvet. He does take it out ocassionaly to give it a wipe down and that is all. He said that one day all of his guns including a 21 gun collection of original M1's will be mine since I am the only one in the family that respects firearms like him.

 

[cowboy]

RockRiver

As much as I hate to say it I have a Rockriver 6" I had built several years ago and I waited 19 Mo. for it. When It finaly arived my wants had changed and I only shot one box of ammo thru it to make sure it worked. Now it is just a safe quean, until I decide if I am sellling it.