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    Unfired Rifles

    Saw another thread on How many handguns do you have that you've never fired.

    I'm wondering how many of you own Rifles that you have never fired ?

    And how many are NIB ?

    I have two.
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    I don't own any firearms I have not fired.
    I have a couple I haven't fired for several months.

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    About 1/2 dozen of each!

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    Hate to say I have a few but only due to lack of opportunity.
    I Have:
    Springfield trapdoor which looks unfired. 50 rds ready to go.
    Win 92 in 25-20. About 150 rds ready.
    Rem 25 in 32-20. 2-300 rds ready.
    CVA Mtn Flintlock in 54. Cops won't let me have it yet.
    Win 1904. About as new as a Win 1904 can get. Nothing I can really use a 22lr on around here.

    Just looking at the list makes me sad

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    Some I acquire for trade fodder!

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    None, but I have some I don't take out of the safe much. My K31 comes to mind and I'm ashamed to say I haven't shot it in over 15 years.
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    I have a 1906 tula M91 Finn capture and a 1917 Peter the great M91 that I have never shot. The 1906 was a friends that I bought because he was never going to shoot it. Just never had the time due to his multitudes of other guns and work as a smith. The 1917 ptg was a purchase at an lgs.

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    I once had an apache model nylon 66 that was unfired. I bought it off a friend that bought it new. It was about 2 weeks before I fired it. I had a colt junior in 25 acp that was unfired too, about a day or so. Both jammed and I traded them both.

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    Yes

    I have a NIB Kimber 89 375 H&H super America It is perfect . I just can`t put a scope on it and take it shooting I might scratch it . But I Will next summer.

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    Arrow

    None and none.

    My Mosin's once I worked up loads that work got cleaned and set aside. I have a pretty nice collection of H&R single shot Handi rifles. All have had basic load work done and been sighted in. I probably shoot the .357mag handi the least as it is king of the hill accuracy wise. I have a pair of 44 mags that are big hits at the range.

    Lately its been pistols, but they don't get 2 weeks without getting shot.
    Last one was a Beretta 81 which is quickly moving its way up through the pack. At 12+1 is has the firepower of 2 revolvers. I just found 2 more mags for from Classic Firearms. I looked when I bout it and mags were 55$ and up and out of stock. Classic had lightly used ones for 35$ so I bought 2. She is a fancy little girl that Beretta, and she likes the finer things in life. Has a sense of style. So I found her a lady's zippered handbag to live in, in zebra stripes. And she rewarded me with the next 5 shots in a row plumb dead center. OK you do what you do, I do what I need to do and we put them in the bull. Understanding and agreement reached.

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    Unfired rifles? Does not compute.....

    Guns are made for SHOOTING!

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    Several, but it's nobodies business how many.
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    A single shot Frank Wesson in .32 rimfire came to me years ago.

    I can't find ammo for it.
    There's some old stuff out there for about $5-10 each, but most of it is duded out from old age.
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    I have one unfired rifle, a Persian 29 BRNO made Mauser. It was unfired when I acquired it about 25 years ago and still remains in that condition. This is not by design, but because I just never got my round tuit.
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    I've got several "projects" that I either haven't fired or which will not fire for various reasons. Hopefully I'll eventually get to them!

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    I don't have any unfired rifles. I've not bought any brand new rifles for years. I fact I've bought very few new rifles in my life. I never was into new rifles that much and everything I was interested in was obsolete even as a kid. Handguns are a different story. I wheel and deal in S&W revolvers and only interested in P&R (era) or before I have a few NIB and have models I'm not interested in, NIB too. I have multiples of most models I'm interested in so no reason to shoot NIB gun.

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    Same, none here, they get shot the day I acquire them, in general. I prefer NOT nib, I am going to depreciate it as quickly as possible. Preowned and well loved!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LawrenceA View Post
    Hate to say I have a few but only due to lack of opportunity.
    I Have:
    Springfield trapdoor which looks unfired. 50 rds ready to go.
    Win 92 in 25-20. About 150 rds ready.
    Rem 25 in 32-20. 2-300 rds ready.
    CVA Mtn Flintlock in 54. Cops won't let me have it yet.
    Win 1904. About as new as a Win 1904 can get. Nothing I can really use a 22lr on around here.

    Just looking at the list makes me sad
    You should be fined heavily for neglecting the Remington 25 !! That one would be fired a lot and every day if it lived at my house .
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