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Post by x101airborne on Mar 16, 2021 8:01:16 GMT -5
With complete and total respect to all members here; I have a question.
Say a guy saves up and has their idea of the "perfect" weapon created. After a couple years and several thousand dollars into the project, why would someone not shoot or carry their perfect weapon? Is it just the pride of having it? Obviously it was test fired by whomever did the work, so it has been shot already. And if the weapon was created to fill a niche, obviously it has a roll to play; why not USE it?
I get it, dont take it out in a hurricane, but sunny afternoon range sessions or lazy walks with the dog through the woods, why not?
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Post by magman on Mar 16, 2021 8:08:50 GMT -5
I have my quest gun. I think I've put 50 rounds through it. I'm okay with that. It can only go up in price as it sits in the safe.
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Post by ChiefTJS on Mar 16, 2021 8:10:46 GMT -5
I have no idea, I won't own a gun I don't use. I've also found that I'm a touch nervous around very expensive guns. I've had several Freedom Arms guns and that's way less than a full blown custom but I get the shakes going near one with a screwdriver.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Mar 16, 2021 8:29:37 GMT -5
I'm kinda funny that way... I had the perfect carry gun, a S&W Air Lite 396 in 44 Special I originally bought it used for a reasonable price... I didn't carry it everyday, but it was in my carry battery... one day I saw what they were selling for, & decided to pull it from my carry battery... I used the excuse that it was worth too much carry... I said & wrote that several times about my 396... thing was, it was "painted", & the guy I bought it from, admitted that he had sent it back top S&W to get "repainted" just before selling it... which I was fine with, because it looked like new... ... only in the back of my mind... if it got scratched up, worn, or the "paint" started peeling it would damaged a much bigger portion of the increased value while I owned it... I work hard, sweat a lot, & a carry gun gets funky pretty easy in my care... so I put a little weight on, & switched to stainless, rather than painted aluminum... guessing my custom stainless & engraved 45 snubbie, kinda qualifies as the type of gun the OP is posting about ( at least for me ) but by design, even with the engraving, it's very durable, so it's just a fancy / unique daily carry gun... now I love my 22 CCM blued & case colored Single Six, & it does get shot, but by nature of design, it's not as durable, so it's a sunny day range toy  |
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Post by bullseye on Mar 16, 2021 8:30:10 GMT -5
For some people, it's all about the thrill of the chase, I call them "accumulator types" & I've known several over the years. Have a great friend I've known for many years, he finds a gun he'd been lusting over & searching after for several years, FINALLY found said gun at a gun show, buys it, walks a couple of tables down & sells it! I just shook my head & kept on walking...But he was happy.
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Post by kings6 on Mar 16, 2021 8:31:59 GMT -5
I think I have two revolvers I’ve commissioned I have not shot yet. In my case it is a combination of lack of time and honestly, too many in the safe. Not bragging just saying for a number of years I would have 4-5 projects out at various gunsmiths at one time simply because I love the process of deciding on features, finding the parts and turning metal artists loose with a somewhat free hand. Over the last year I turned loose over half those guns simply to get down to a number I can start enjoying shooting. The time issue obviously hasn’t changed because God hasn’t added to the 1440 minutes we get each day but when the choices are less the chances of any one gun getting grabbed goes up. I have found that the transition to being retired these last two years is a much bigger challenge than I anticipated. Turning off the “I’ve got to get X amount done today “ mentality has been a lot tougher than I thought it would be. I DO have more free time, I just have a hard time allowing myself the freedom to use it on things like reading, shooting or fishing. Character flaw of a lifetime of self employment I guess. Ironically I have taken some guns that were undoubtable of more value in an unfired state, like the one of a kind three gun set of serial number 300 1 mag TLA guns, and paid to have the internals redone by Alan Harton and taken them to a group gathering and passed them around to whoever wanted to shoot them. I also remember at that same gathering when a gentleman named Mark Hargrove was handling my USFA 41 Special I had just gotten back from Alan Harton and he asked how it shot and I handed him a box of 41 Special rounds and told him to see for himself. You should have seen the look on his face when he found out I had just received the gun back from Alan and he was the first person to shoot it! AS they say in the ad - "Priceless!" It was the same when our own Bill Fowler took the 414 in hand, leaned against a support post and started ringing steel. Just because I have not gotten around to shooting all of them, doesn't always mean they have not been shot. |
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Post by taffin on Mar 16, 2021 9:14:20 GMT -5
With complete and total respect to all members here; I have a question. Say a guy saves up and has their idea of the "perfect" weapon created. After a couple years and several thousand dollars into the project, why would someone not shoot or carry their perfect weapon? Is it just the pride of having it? Obviously it was test fired by whomever did the work, so it has been shot already. And if the weapon was created to fill a niche, obviously it has a roll to play; why not USE it? I get it, dont take it out in a hurricane, but sunny afternoon range sessions or lazy walks with the dog through the woods, why not? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT BUT MANY COLLECTORS NEVER SHOOT THE GUNS THEY COLLECT. |
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Post by Fowler on Mar 16, 2021 9:33:21 GMT -5
Its not my way of thinking either, Elmer Keith reportedly carried his #5 for so long it was reblued 3 times! My #5 is showing a lot of holster wear and has a lot of rounds through it now and the grips show the Mexican Eagle much better defined now that the carving has sweat, blood, and crud worn into the crevices. I love well worn guns that have years of honest use in them...
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Post by bula on Mar 16, 2021 10:27:17 GMT -5
I understand, but do not have the collector gene apparently. Think my guns should be about as beat up and worn down as I am.
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Post by wheelguns on Mar 16, 2021 11:35:51 GMT -5
One of the great things about this hobby that we all share, is the endless way that we can enjoy our firearms. There are so many different disciplines and rabbit holes that it can lead to a lifetime of enjoyment. We are all different and unique. Different strokes for different folks. Personally, I shoot everything, and enjoy most of them. It is rare that a new to me gun makes it 24 hours without being fired.
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Post by squigz on Mar 16, 2021 11:38:13 GMT -5
I only have one that would fall into this perspective. Otherwise, every gun I own, I try to shoot and hunt with.
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Post by blacktailslayer on Mar 16, 2021 14:02:33 GMT -5
I only have one gun in this category, the number five that I finished building myself about a year ago. Not only do I have the cash investment in parts and tools to build it, I also have a TON of my time invested in building it. It is a very pretty gun but I plan on spending the rest of my life trying to wear the 18 coats of rust blue off of it carrying it hunting deer elk and bears along with other woods bumming. I built it to be pretty but plan to use it as well.
I look at guns as tools to be used. It is difficult to put the first scratch or ding in a new tool whether it is a hammer or a gun, but what good is a tool that you don't or won't use? I take care of my tools and don't abuse them, but they do get used-every damn one.
Don D.
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Post by bushog on Mar 16, 2021 15:38:50 GMT -5
No time.....
Retirement is on the horizon and trust me I'll be busy shooting unfired guns.
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Post by x101airborne on Mar 16, 2021 17:14:34 GMT -5
No time..... Retirement is on the horizon and trust me I'll be busy shooting unfired guns. Yeah, Im retired. I was tired yesterday and Im tired again today. Re-tired. LOL. |
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Post by bigbrowndog on Mar 16, 2021 17:19:02 GMT -5
I’ve got guns I’ve wanted for many years, ones I grew up reading about from Carmichael and Keith, Wootters, O’Conner, Capstick, Raurk, and Corbett. Some I bought, shot briefly and now they sit in the safe. Those will be moving down the road, I’ve come to realize if I can’t use it I don’t need it. However they are great investments, and none has lost value sitting in the safe.
There are still some customs or semi customs I want done, but all will be shooters.
Trapr
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