Would you fire this gun?

[springfield30-06]

I say shoot it, clean it and properly take care of it and it will be more gratifying than just letting it sit there looking pretty!

 

[X-Rap]

If I had a truly NIB gun that was over 30 yrs old I would leave it that way. I don't lack things to shoot and do have a few safe queens and that doesn't make me loose any sleep at all.

 

[Elvishead]

I think you should DBA, and FTR it before you shoot it. IMHO!

 

[chriske]

I'd have a narrow serrated trigger fitted to it & shoot the hell out of it DA-wise.

 

[JimPGov]

Shoot it. It's like having a playboy centerfold girl for a wife and not sleeping with her. It's not a nun. Jp

 

[Guillermo]

you rarely go wrong listening to Old Fluff or Oro.

Instead of thinking about it monetarily, think of the 27 as a gun multiplier.

It is one gun (a very nice one) if you shoot it. It is two or three (dare I say four?) guns down the road if you don't.

Or to use JimP's analogy, it is a playboy centerfold now...it is a harem in the future.

 

[Maj Dad]

Make a collector's day, and let him/her trade you a shooter exactly like you want for the pristine item. I had a friend who collected some incredible finds over the years in rural Georgia, and who would not entertain any offers whatsoever. He never shot them, and took an electro-pencil & scribed his SSAN on the sides of every one. Winchester 76, 92, 1895, Smiths, Lugers, Parkers doubles, the nausea returns... But the point is, collectors want to keep them and the rest of us like to shoot them. They will pay big bucks for the collectibles, and we can pay fair shooter prices and everyone's happy. Shooting an unfired example is like scratching your name on it when you could make money & have a shooter, or buy two shooters for the one. Dos centavos mios...