Let's see your safe queens

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Rich_357

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Let's see those safe queens that you bought but refuse to shoot. Give them some daylight. ... :P

My collection is small but they are my babies. Top to bottom...
1951 Russian SKS - All matching non-refurb
1954 Russian SKS - All matching non-refurb
1956 Type 56 Ghost/Sterile - All matching except the stock.


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My' racks and safes contain about 150 rifles and pistols....although some are fairly rare there is not a "Queen" amongst them, some are not shot often but all are shot .
 
My Chinese SKS is my safe queen, it was unissued and rarely gets shot. I bought it as more of an investment rather than a shooter, although it will ring some steel at 200 quite readily. :D
 
I don't take pictures of guns, cars, livestock, or farm equipment. It seems sort of weird. Dead deer and/or big fish-maybe.
 
I have no safe queens but have to say those are pretty
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Thanks man, they make me smile! :) I got a deal on the Type 56 and was shocked at the condition; the guts were still full of cosmoline. I had several Russians bought out from under me and finally decided on the 54 on GunBroker. She’s pretty and has been shot; the barrel was dirty when she arrived. (I could shoot her). The 51 I found locally the day after the 54; it was in such good shape that I couldn’t turn it down. I’m pretty sure that she was unissued/never shot. That gold blade is as shiny as they come!


My Chinese SKS is my safe queen, it was unissued and rarely gets shot. I bought it as more of an investment rather than a shooter, although it will ring some steel at 200 quite readily.
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Nice!! That’s my Yugo! :)

I don't take pictures of guns, cars, livestock, or farm equipment. It seems sort of weird. Dead deer and/or big fish-maybe.
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No, not weird at all in today’s world! There are way too many crazy people on the internet! ;)
 
Not shoot a firearm? No way. Some get shot more than others but everything I buy gets shot. I just wish I could shoot them more often.
 
And what's the difference between shooting a 1977 Yugo SKS and and 1951 unissued Russian? No difference in the shot but the Yugo isn't going to lose much value. ;)

I understand and repect how old the rifle is and how rare they are becoming; I refuse to shoot it just so that I can have a hay day. No offense meant but that is that.:cool:

Actually, I am going to put a Tapco stock, a Tasco scope and a 30 round mag on her. I'm gonna go shoot some trees! :D
 
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No safe queens here. If I own it, it gets shot. Maybe a few years between shooting some of them but they all get shot. Wait, I do have one of my Colt Series 70 guns which supposedly is still new in the original box. Never did shoot that gun but claiming new in box unfired is a hard challenge to meet. Anyway, I never shot that one. Obviously it isn't a rifle. No safe queen rifles here. :)

Ron
 
I shoot all my safe queens. they don't remain queens very long...
there's my american safequeens
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The Japanese safe queens
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and the fancy homemade safe queen.
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Those are nice.


That's a nice stock set on the ar.
I haven't seen one like that before.
 
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most of the people that made wood furniture have since discontinued it. you have to cut the wood too thin to fit the AR platform and you end up with a really fragile product. the stock split from end to end, the handguards chipped and splintered and the pistol grip started separating... it's excellent for a safe queen but any amount of field use destroys it. I've since had to replace it with something more durable.
 
I have had sucess with the lucid stocks on mine, but they are a bench/prone rig and don't get used hard. they are more a A2 profile though.
Thanks for the reply.
 
Thanks

tahunua001 thanks for sharing your experience regarding wood stocks on ARs. I had considered purchasing something similar to that, but now I'm glad I didn't.
 
Oh God. Safe queens.

Gewehr-43 from Berlin-Lübecker Maschinenfabrik (they only made 20K). Never shot it.

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CMP M1 Garand (Springfield Armory) with low serial number. Shot it 2x. Great shooter.

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1903A3 Smith-Corona. Shot 1x.
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French MAS and Vichy France MAS. Never shot.
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SMLE in amazing condition. Shot it maybe 3x total in 15 years.
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Arisaka with perfect chrysanthemum. Can't even find safe ammo, TBH.
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