Guns in one's collection that have yet to be tested/fired...

Yes, I have quite a few that would fall into the un-test fired category. However, I would not depend on any of them in a life or death situation until tested out.

Here's a story... Built a AR in 22LR a while back. Chiappa upper, Polymer lower... Should have done the research... Took it to the range, popped in a loaded mag, chambered it....aim...pull trigger...click... Yup, hammer didn't have enough mass to set off a rimfire... Thankfully, it's just a plinker.
 
I have had guns that have gone a week or two without being shot after being purchased, but only one did I ever get rid of before shooting- a Mosin Nagant m44. My normal range didn't allow large caliber rifles, and I just never found time to hit up the other range where I could shoot it. I ended up trading it for something else.
 
Haven't shot the Single-Nine yet, or the Bearcat. Both are new. Or the Single-Six. Oh, the SP-101 and the 3" GP100 I guess haven't been shot either now that I think about it. Nothing against Rugers mind you, just haven't gotten around to it.
 
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About a year ago, I picked up a Henry lever action .22 that I'm keeping for my grandson when he gets a little older. Cleaned it but haven't shot it.
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I guess some people want to keep that new car smell.. But
I have a gun my gramps shot for years, then have my dad which he shot for years. Now I have it and it means so much more to me because of that
 
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I guess some people want to keep that new car smell.. But
I have a gun my gramps shot for years, then have my dad which he shot for years. Now I have it and it means so much more to me because of that
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Why not do both. My father in law bought each of his 4 grandchildren a really nice gun right after they were born. He put them up and they are not to be shot until the grandchildren are old enough to shoot them themselves. He has a ton more that he shoots regularly. Those will eventually be passed down to the grandkids also. Best of both worlds
 
I do it all the time. Right now I've only got two that I've never fired, but I've had several I've bought, kept for a time, never fired and sold. I've had even more than I just loaded, stepped out back, fired a few rounds into the side of the hill to make sure they work, and never shot again. Sure, I fired it, but I didn't really "shoot" it.

I don't have to shoot a gun to enjoy it. For me, the hunt for it, even if I didn't know I was looking for it, is the big thing.
 
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I don't have to shoot a gun to enjoy it. For me, the hunt for it, even if I didn't know I was looking for it, is the big thing.
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I totally understand this.
Thing is - I've never hunted for food - just stuff. Must be some perversion of the Basic Human Operating System, probably brought on by flouride....or something :rolleyes:
 
I just recently got around to firing a few guns I've acquired but never had a chance to shoot. A Hi-Power that was new to me for only a week or so which worked fine. Then a cheap Cobra FS380 my buddy wanted to get rid of and I figured could be trading fodder down the road which I'd had for about 2-3 months. About what expected; the extractor would reliably fail to pick up rounds resulting in a trigger getting pulled on a round too far away from the firing pin to ignite the primer, also forcing me to stab it out from the muzzle. Piece of junk. And then two .308 milsurps, a converted MAS 49/56 and an Ishapore 2A1, which I'd had for about a year each before firing. The MAS is either overgassed, or the victim of a Century clipping the recoil spring (I think the culprit) and a mag issue on the Ishy. Always pays to shoot those guns right away, that's what I say.
 
I went a month or so without firing my Sharp's paper cutter because I didn't have a mold for it. That's a huge record for me. Usually new guns are fired as soon as I get home with them. There's no such thing as a safe queen.
 
Dad bought a Mosin Nagant last fall that's still packed with cosmiline.

He made several comments about "We need need to set aside a day and clean it out and shoot it together." which is correctly translated to "You should clean it up and get it ready for shooting."
*shrug* he bought the siaga 12 shortly after and got wrapped up in that. Turns out to be a good thing niether of us got to it. It's been really damp this year and we've had some rusting issues. Maybe when it drys out this fall I'll start scrapping off the gunk and find a rifle underneath.

I can appreciate not having time and, even more, setting something aside until you can make time to do it right.
 
I have many that I haven't gotten around to yet myself.
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Same here-and I always feel a little "guilty" about my as yet unfired inventory as I'm not a "collector" per se, and all will be shot eventually. I guess I've just been "too busy" to shoot my latest firearm acquisitions even though I've been retired for years. :o

Firearms purchased that are intended for self-defense are fired asap to determine reliability and shot placement before being put to use, while others languish in the safe awaiting their "turn".
 
I don't believe in keeping safe queens either, but time/schedule limitations often prevent me going to the range. I shoot for fun, but buying/having them is fun and kinda comforting as well. I have quite a few new ones I have not shot a round through...yet. But all will eventually get fired plenty. The current list in order of acquisition is a Sig 1911-22, SA XD(M) 4.5" in .45ACP, Beretta PX4 Storm Full Size .40S&W, Browning Buckmark RX Pro Target, and bought just this weekend a SA 1911 Range Officer and a Kimber 1911 TLE II Stainless. There are just so many I want!!! I sell very few, but every now and then one just does not agree with me, like the glocks I've tried to like and the S&W M&P's also..Just not comfortable for me to shoot. The only thing I never ever sell is a 1911.
 
I haven't shot my MAS 1873 or No. 3 Smythe & Weston (it's a Belgian clone), but that has more to do with their hand-grenade-ability than anything (light BP loads are probably safe, I just need to load some up)

I haven't shot my '76 Ithaca M37 police trade-in yet, but that gun's in the midst of a massively ambitious bubba project, so it can be forgiven.

I did make a point of shooting my Steyr M95 before ripping the barrel off for its 50 Alaskan conversion, but I already knew what a 12ga is like (and that the Ithaca would hurt as it was configured :D)

TCB
 
I try get to the range the same day or at latest the next day. I can't bear to wait. Bought a muzzle loader one time. It took about a week to shoot it, almost drove me crazy.
 
Since I am currently living overseas I simply have no chance to shoot until I am home in the US. But I still purchase a number of guns while I am home and even have a half dozen AK kits which I still need to put together.

So currently I have a few dozen guns - mostly NIB but some completed builds - which have never been shot. I look forward to the day when I do have time for this but for now I will just have to wait.
 
Out of my almost 100 guns I only have one that I have not fired. It's a type 99arisaka. The only reason I have not fired it is the leaf spring that holds the rear sight is broken. I have a new leaf spring for it but have not fixed it yet.
 
I have a one year old house and a one year old kid... having enough free time or money to buy up guns at good prices "just because" is a distant memory.

All of my existing guns are finally starting to show some wear...
 
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