Too pretty to shoot?
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Tim the student
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Personally, I wouldn't consider them to be too pretty to shoot.
ProtoformX
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^^ So... Shoot em till I break them, or they break me. Right? 
Grayrock
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The fancier your guns, the better you're expected to shoot! 
Grayrock
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Laser etched? What caliber? 5½" barrels work well for me. Are they tuned?
mljdeckard
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I've known guys with guns they didn't shoot, some of them made sense, some made me scratch my head. The commemorative theme guns used to be a really big deal, so people would buy them box them, and wait for the price to go up. The thing is, like anything else that is collectible, it's hard to make something with the INTENT for it to become more valuable over time. Things usually become collectible because of something that happened LATER.
Collecting them to invest makes sense, but you would have to know what you are doing a lot better than I do. when I was a kid, I had a guy show me a pretty engraved Remington autoloader he bought because he wanted a pretty gun he wanted to take out and shoot. But, as time went on, he just couldn't bring himself to shoot it. Like the scene in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" where Michael Caine is walking Steve Martin through the wine cellar, showing off his wines that are fantastic.
"Great, let's drink some!"
"I can't drink them, they're far too valuable."
"So, sell them."
"I can't sell them, they mean far too much to me."
I don't get it either. I just ordered a commemorative Para for my unit's deployment, and I'm going to make it my main competition gun. I'll stop shooting it. When it's completely worn out.
Collecting them to invest makes sense, but you would have to know what you are doing a lot better than I do. when I was a kid, I had a guy show me a pretty engraved Remington autoloader he bought because he wanted a pretty gun he wanted to take out and shoot. But, as time went on, he just couldn't bring himself to shoot it. Like the scene in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" where Michael Caine is walking Steve Martin through the wine cellar, showing off his wines that are fantastic.
"Great, let's drink some!"
"I can't drink them, they're far too valuable."
"So, sell them."
"I can't sell them, they mean far too much to me."
I don't get it either. I just ordered a commemorative Para for my unit's deployment, and I'm going to make it my main competition gun. I'll stop shooting it. When it's completely worn out.
redneck2
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I would personally never own a gun that I wouldn't shoot. That said, is it smart to buy a $2,500 (or whatever) gun and beat it up?
I'd buy something that's adequate for the task, not something that will lose 50% of it's value the first few times you use it. You can get a plain Jane that will do the same thing and lose a lot less money. CAS guns get beat up by the nature of the game.
YMMV
I'd buy something that's adequate for the task, not something that will lose 50% of it's value the first few times you use it. You can get a plain Jane that will do the same thing and lose a lot less money. CAS guns get beat up by the nature of the game.
YMMV
Shoot The Moon
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Agree with the 'guns are for shooting' perspective - however, I'd seek out a really good gunsmith before even cycling the hammers, just to ensure correct timing/bolt drop. That way you'll minimise (maybe even prevent) marring of the cylinders.
Just my 2 cents.....
Just my 2 cents.....
ProtoformX
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@ Grayrock: I am not certain as to the engraving. They are .45LC's. And again, not certain. I'll definitely give them a thorough once over before I start to play with them.
Buck Nekkid
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If they were hand engraved Colts, I might consider keepin' 'em pristine, but laser etched Baretta's (actually Uberti's) I'd shoot 'em until they fall apart.
ProtoformX
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Shot one. Love it. My brother's exact reaction to the first shot was "Whoa."
My first SAA, so... Any cleaning tips? Any special considerations I need to take regarding maintainance? Thanks in advance.
My first SAA, so... Any cleaning tips? Any special considerations I need to take regarding maintainance? Thanks in advance.
BigN
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Guns are for shootin' It's a bonus that you just happen to have one that is pretty too.
RimfireChris
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looks like ya gotta nice set there, shoot 'em up. The only guns I wouldn't consider shooting are the ones that ammo is too hard to obtain regularly. .25 rimfire comes to mind. I almost tried to find me one of the NAA ranger mini revolvers to collect, seeing as they're not gonna make any more of them, but I couldn't justify that kinda $$ on something I'm never gonna shoot.
KevininPa
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"At my age, I don't find the chore of cleaning guns to be fun. "
Same here. That's why I only take out a couple at a time now instead of a whole bunch. Sometimes only one. Found out I save on ammo and components this way as well.
Same here. That's why I only take out a couple at a time now instead of a whole bunch. Sometimes only one. Found out I save on ammo and components this way as well.
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Apparently there are no knife collectors here. I personally don't collect knives , but I do know that there are knives that one would be foolish to carry, use and sharpen as it detracts from their collector value. However, they are your guns and if you want to shoot them then shoot them. I don't collect guns either, even though I have some that I don't shoot. It's not that I wouldn't shoot them, it's just that I haven't got around to it yet, and might not get around to it for some time.
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