This is a "loaded" question, not going to shoot any of the 18th & 19th century muzzel loaders nor the very low number RIA 03 Springfield. All modern ones have been shot , including 2 last Saturday. :cbpour:
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This is a "loaded" question, not going to shoot any of the 18th & 19th century muzzel loaders nor the very low number RIA 03 Springfield. All modern ones have been shot , including 2 last Saturday. :cbpour:
Didnt vote cause mine is a shotgun...old double barrel Ithica that was my grandfathers. It has a sticky hammer and plenty of rust on it. Waitin on that perfect whitetail to mount so that I can hang this shotgun in the antlers.
More than five...
Ruger RSM 416 Rigby
Ruger 10/22
Browning 1886 45/70
Marlin converted to 50 Alaskan
Benelli 1014-Ok it's a shotgun, but I counted it nayway
Rock River 458 SOCOM
That's all off the top of my head
I would never own one I didn't intend to shoot,prize collector me not...
I was surprised how many when I counted. I'll shoot them all eventually. My heavy match schedule provides little time for fun shooting. So many rifles, so little time. :veryconfu
New acquisitions (that is, new to me) rarely get past sunset of the day of arrival without being fired. If there is a delay, it's only the wait until my next day off.
It's a tough regimen, but someone has to do it.... I am blessed with "open" winters, which makes it easier. Not necessarily warm, you understand, but not snowed-in, either.
I currently have 3, a Marlin 70HC, T/C 22 Classic and Henry .22 lever action. All are for sale come to think of it, I'm overloaded with rimfires..
i bought a mauser action just for the action to rebarrel to .257 rob. it has a model 70 win. barrel in 280 rem. on it now. i don't care for a 280rem. so someday it will get a new barrel. and i have some other long guns i bought for parts that i'll never shoot. :cbpour:
none, i love to shoot rifles...
well don't let me lie here I just picked up a Savage BTV at an amazing price doesn't have a scope on it yet so no shooting. so sheepishly I must say 1
I really do not know the number but I can think of 5 or 10 that I have never fired for one reason or another. I can think of another 10 or 20 that I shoot reall seldom but I can think of 50 or so that I shoot all the time so I guess thats the reason some get left to sit and wait till my mood changes and I change what I am shooting. I have a real problem in that I can not find anything that either I don't have or had at one time in gun stores so it is boring to visit them for me.
Whoops. Misread the question, I only have one I ain't banged yet, and I bought that for the action.
Good morning
Growing up there were no Safe Queens. It was either a shooting or hunting tool or it was never a consideration. I have no use for objects sitting about "Looking Pretty".
I have not yet bought a rifle or pistol without first considering if is it shootable. I will do what needs done to make it shoot acurately or it gets moved along.
I've got one that I have not shot yet,a 7mm Rem Mag Howa 1500 rifle.
Just not had the time too shoot it yet or my other 16 rifles(they have been shot)
none...had a browning b-92 in 357 that i felt bad shooting because it was too pretty. sold it for more than double what i paid for it and bought powder and primers! if i had an antique that was questionable, i might keep it in the safe...otherwise shoot 'em!
Couple of 300 Win Mags, two .22 mags, one .338, one .458. three .22's, one AR 15 and one S&W 41 that just came in. All are new. May be more but that is all I can think of at the moment.
I'm not wealthy enough to afford safe queens. We all have to pull our weight around here. I have bought and traded for a very few that I didn't shoot in the past, but they quickly were moved for filthy lucre.
I have had afew that I sold before I got I got any ammo loaded up for them. Any gun I buy I intend to shoot, I like "pretty" guns but I like "pretty" guns that shoot well much more. Any that I can't get to shoot well usually go down the road. I have 2 safes now and my wife says I can't get another safe.
I got more safes than most people got guns. I have a heap I haven't got around to firing cause my buying has been in full swing for a long while and my range and hunting time have been suffering a bit of late. I'll get there. There are guns that haven't been shot, but all my guns are shooters as far as I'm concerned. I have shot all my pistols save one, a brand new Ruger Old Army (clean up guns) I got a pair, one is great, the other one locked up the moment I started to cock it to do a safety check. I carefully pulled it apart and reassembled it and it did it again. I haven't had time to check it since.
None. I buy them to shoot, not to look at or to show off.
Isaphore Lee Enfield in 308 old 8 mm mauser of unkown vintage and a mini14 series180 that I inherited