Why did they buy the gun at all?

[Vaarok]

The one I usually see is deer rifles, used one season, "less than one box of shells fired", and then priced such that it's obvious the seller is trying to recoup the full purchase price.

 

[Justin]

Long story short:

Most guns have very low round counts because most gun owners are dirt shooters.

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[jimmyraythomason]

dirt shooters.

definition please.

 

[BigN]

If a person takes good care of a gun and keeps it clean, etc.. is there a way of telling if it's had 10 or 500 rounds through it? I'd like to be able to decipher that one, probably save me some $$$ when buying used.

 

[ny32182]

There is so little visible wear at 500 rounds in the guns I've owned that it would be difficult to tell.

 

[Weevil]

Yeah I had a Ruger P90 with well over 5000 rounds through it and other than a few scuff marks on the recoil rod it looked brand new.

But there are people who honestly just don't shoot their guns. Used to work with a guy that had a gorgeous Beretta 92 Inox. His wife had got it for him on his birthday because he had always wanted one after seeing one in a movie or some such thing. In the two years or so he had it, it had never been fired so he asked if he could go to the range with me to try it out. Well he fired a couple of mags through it then wiped it down and put it back in the box. As far as I know he's never shot it since and that was about six years ago.

 

[RevDerb]

Living up in the sticks of northern Michigan, there are no commercial ranges (thank God!) and therefore no rental guns. So if I see something that I think is interesting and would be fun to own and shoot, I buy it and try to sell one of my less favored guns to pay for it. I've gotten to shoot a lot of guns over the years and a lot of people have gotten some very good deals on my cast offs. I either shoot in the woods or at the sportman's club for a $25/yr fee.

 

[Vyacheslav]

i have a few old milsurps that i never shoot and have no intention of shooting, i enjoy collecting them and studying the history behind them, i have a few guns that i shoot all the time, i see nothing wrong with collecting guns just to collect.

 

[Remo223]

If I wanted to shoot all my guns, I'd have to hire people to help me.

 

[sixgunner455]

they bought it because they wanted it.

I have two coworkers, both female veterans, both had a tour in Iraq. One had a stalker a few years back, and went down to the gunstore to buy something to have, just in case he came back. Glock 23. She's never fired it. The other, last summer, decided she ought to have something, just in case. Kahr 9mm. Never been fired.

Multiple shooters at work have offered multiple times to take them shooting, and they say that they want to go, but they obviously don't. Not really. Otherwise, they would do it.

Wanted the gun, wanted to have something, just in case, but actually shooting them doesn't seem that important to some people.

 

[Beaux Nehr]

definition please.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNWkeV2eIUw


Dirt Shooter ( n. de'rt sh-oot-ehr): A nincompoop that uses firearms as a noisemaker/post-hole digger

 

[Ignition Override]

Even though my nice classic Yugo Mauser 48A is not new, I've only used about 200-250 rds. because the iron sights require some unique skills which I don't have.

It is for sale FTF only, in the WTS forum.