How long have you waited?
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stchman
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I've never understood WHY someone would buy a gun with the intention of NEVER shooting it. This is unless you have another one to shoot or it is some REALLY old antique that frankly might be unsafe to shoot.
Hooda Thunkit
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I purchased a 1930 Tula 91/30 in 2012. Cleaned the cosmoline, put it in the safe. Put the 2 cases of surplus ammo in the shed.
Just got the Mosin out 2 months ago and shot it. I want to use it in military bolt-gun matches at the club I joined.
So, 6 years.
Just got the Mosin out 2 months ago and shot it. I want to use it in military bolt-gun matches at the club I joined.
So, 6 years.
Deus Machina
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Well, generally it's only until the weekend.
The only one I waited more than a week or so was my new (to me) 870, because it's a bit of a drive to the nearest place that allows shotguns, and the 6.5 Carcano I had.
Bought that one as a project gun, so it was a little while for cleaning and tuning. Then a little while to get a new magazine. Then a while to track down a box of ammo for it and the stripper clips it needed.
Then the job downsized and the apartment lease came up with a rent hike, and I moved and sold it along with stuff I didn't want to truck to a new place, so I never did get to shoot it.
The only one I waited more than a week or so was my new (to me) 870, because it's a bit of a drive to the nearest place that allows shotguns, and the 6.5 Carcano I had.
Bought that one as a project gun, so it was a little while for cleaning and tuning. Then a little while to get a new magazine. Then a while to track down a box of ammo for it and the stripper clips it needed.
Then the job downsized and the apartment lease came up with a rent hike, and I moved and sold it along with stuff I didn't want to truck to a new place, so I never did get to shoot it.
Something like 5 years?
I built a nice custom gun that barely fit within the laws of the state and feds, ammunition was hard to find and not available on local shelves, the round hard to find load data for most powders around a burn rate that might work. The powder to load up my own ammunition hard to come by. I knew I would have to try different loads and work up incrementally to insure good cycling and safety in powder types for which load data was scarce or non existent and wanted to just use more well known recipes that required some years before finally becoming available.
I sat on that powder awhile before having the free time to make up some rounds. I finally got some rounds made up and waited until my time and a friend's that watched me build it and wanted to try it with me overlapped to take it out.
Then the state banned that gun.
It became parts once again and those parts are no longer with me.
I built a nice custom gun that barely fit within the laws of the state and feds, ammunition was hard to find and not available on local shelves, the round hard to find load data for most powders around a burn rate that might work. The powder to load up my own ammunition hard to come by. I knew I would have to try different loads and work up incrementally to insure good cycling and safety in powder types for which load data was scarce or non existent and wanted to just use more well known recipes that required some years before finally becoming available.
I sat on that powder awhile before having the free time to make up some rounds. I finally got some rounds made up and waited until my time and a friend's that watched me build it and wanted to try it with me overlapped to take it out.
Then the state banned that gun.
It became parts once again and those parts are no longer with me.
week or so....used to be, id pick up the gun and a box of ammo at the same time and go do a function test. Ive never had one fail yet, so ive been doing that less offten. Now I usually mount what ever sighting equipment ill be using on the gun and then take it out. so anywhere from 1 day to a week.
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