Have you ever had a rifle you don't....

[sixgunner455]

Reloading is an option for reducing the recoil on that rifle - make mild loads that are within your tolerance level. Yeah, you'll probably be driving a .300 WSM at .300 Savage speeds, but the rifle won't care, and neither will the targets.

 

[snakeman]

If you have any kids give it to them. If not sell it and get a good 260 rem or 6.5 creedmoor. Low recoil, long range performance.

 

[VegasAR15]

I have plenty of things that I will probably never shoot, or shoot once and then never really shoot again. I am a C&R guy though so I just like collecting old military stuff. If it was a newer rifle that I never shot and had no purpose for I would probably sell it and buy something else.

 

[Manny]

That's a mighty beautiful rifle and the Zeiss scope on it only adds to the package. Still, if you don't expect to have a use for it I'd be looking to sell it and invest the money into something I would use. Yeah, it's a cool gun, but guns that I have a use for and can shoot often always look better to me.

 

[.333 Nitro Express]

Had that experience, and pursued both options. Read carefully:

Option 1 - I once worked up a small African battery, expecting to go on my dream plains-game safari: Cogswell & Harrison .375 Nitro Express double rifle, .333 Jeffery Mauser (the sweetest rifle I have ever owned, makes me mad just thinking about it), .300 H&H Winchester Model 70. Then, life got in the way and the Safari did not happen. I sold all three rifles for some (albeit rather fine) antique books. AND REGRETTED IT LIKE HELL.

Option 2 - A couple years ago, I was again bitten by the Safari bug, and bought a .450/400 Nitro Express Ruger single-shot and an antique 8mm German-made Mauser sporter. I am again losing interest in the safari, but I'll be damned if I sell those rifles. They are part of my collection, and unless I starve (which, knock on wood, will probably never be the case), they will remain with me forever.

Bottom line: I've never regretted not selling something.