There's people who own guns they haven't shot?

[Greg L]

I have a C&R and know how to use it .

There are plenty of rifles that I haven't shot yet. Mainly due to the fact that there isn't a good range close by where I can run out and test them on a whim. A range trip for me is more of an all day/afternoon event so I don't get to go as often as I would like to. Lately much of my range time has been spent overseeing the boys converting bricks of .22s into piles of brass so my actual shooting time is limited that way too. Also I tend to buy the rifles that need a little work to get back to pristine condition so many of them are in various states of disrepair out in the workshop. Once they get reassembled they will eventually be shot but for now no they haven't.

For the here and now it works for me.

Greg

 

[rick newland]

I am in the same boat as you, I have two new Marlins, a 1895 LTD-V and a stainless guide gun, closest rifle range is a 40 min drive, and these 12 hour shifts arent helping any. Why is it the older you get the less time you have?

 

[BigG]

I have a serial # 001 that is pretty cool and I probably will save until the right ko-llector comes along.

I admire some guns just for what they are or represent to me rather than just their utilitarian value. Others I shoot plenty. Just depends.

 

[Quartus]

I've got a Marlin 60 that I bought from a TFLer more than a year ago - oops - TWO years ago. No time! Been traveling too much, trying to put bread on the table.


Gotta change sumthin here....

 

[Hot brass]

I have a few that I have not shot and never will.

No big thang

 

[DMK]

I've actually have quite a few that I haven't fired.

It's not that I don't plan on shooting them or anything, I'm not real hung up on the "unfired" thing. I just haven't got around to it.

I keep taking them of them out to go to the range, but then at the last minute one or two of my favorites bumps the newbies back into the gunsafe. Hey, I can only carry so many guns at once.

I'll get to them eventually though. I get curious to see how my guns compare to each other.

 

[cool45auto]

Usually the first day off I have after getting a new gun I'm at the range trying it out. I don't know if I could own a gun and not enjoy it the way it was meant to be enjoyed.

 

[DMK]

and besides, the thought of cleaning the MN after shooting corrosive ammo isn't that appealing to me.

Aw SW 586 don't let that keep you from shooting that Mosin. Cleaning corrosive ammo from a bolt action is easy.

Get a bottle of Windex(or a generic brand) with Ammonia(that's the important part). After shooting, pull the bolt out and stick the nozzle of the squirt bottle right into the chamber. With the muzzle down, just soak that bore real good. give the bolt face a squirt or two also. Let it sit a minute or so while you get your cleaning stuff out, then dry patch it. Now clean normally as you would any other rifle.

 

[Hand_Rifle_Guy]

Ok, I have a few I've never shot.

A Parker Hammer SXS shotgun w/ damascus barrels. Unless I want to shell out $2/shot for blackpowder loads from Old Western Scrounger, or roll my own, it's probably never going to get shot, either. It also has some pitting on the barrels, so I have doubts, and I need my fingers and eyes for work.

Others I have no excuse for:

The MAS M-36 boltgun. It's a .308 conversion. Gone shooting twice since I got it, aand it stays home. I'll shoot it this weekend, I promise.

The M-95 Steyr-Mannlicher straight-pull carbine. Have 1/2-a-case of '38-vintage ammo. Ok, ok, I'll shoot IT this weekend also. (This one even made it to the range and didn't get shot. I have a tendency to bring too many guns at a time. )

My .35 Remington-caliber M-81 Remington autoloader has had all of two rounds through it. The shoulder stock is in need of repair. I don't want a face full of rifle.

My .400 Cor-Bon 1911 barrel has all of 2-3 rounds through it. It Does Not Feed. Jams the nose of the next cartridge every time. I know now how to fix that, but lack funds to buy REAL 1911 magazines. (So much for "Bottleneck cartridges are feed-friendly"!)

My Herculese by Monkey-Wards single-shot Stevens-clone 12-guage. No excuse. I failed it. It's too quiet and un-assuming. Shriller, whinier guns go to the range ahead of this patient oldster. It did go shooting wth a group of friends once, and a bunch of them shot it while I didn't. I own it, and my friends shoot it more than I do.

A friend put about 100 rounds through my M-36 snubbie. I put 5 rounds through it. It used to be NIB unfired. Go figure. Too many guns again.

I haven't managed to shoot either of my muzzle-loaders yet. The rifle's a chep, poorly-built kit I got as a project gun for cheap. The handgun's un-blued and the stock's un-finished, although the assembly's done. I just don't want to get it dirty. I have all the supplies, I just haven't gotten my act together to go shoot 'em.

I also have a complete reloading set-up, i.e. a nice old Herter's press, all dies, powders, bullets, scale, and info I might require for several calibers, but lack a workspace. I can say that I've re-sized and primed a single .308 case, but it's hard to call that an achievement.

I can't even say I'm too busy shooting. But I can say I'm right poor. Unemployment stinks, and shooting is an expensive hobby.

 

[landon74]

I only have one in the safe I haven't shot...... a black powder shotgun from the late 1840's......

 

[Majic]

Yea I have a few I haven't shot. A few revolvers, a few pistols, a few rifles, and a few shotguns. Most of them won't ever get shot by me. Some of them have never been shot since the factory tested them. Yea I collect, but also have some that get shot quite alot.

 

[MountainPeak]

So many guns and so little time. Yup, I've got some.

 

[Tamara]

Finally got around to checking the headspace on my 1916 Spanish short rifle. Borrowed a field gauge from my gunsmith. The bolt closes on it with ease. Good thing I haven't shot it; don't particularly want to do a firsthand test of System Mauser's legendary gas-handling abilities.