Many unfired 20,30,40,yr old guns on EE

gwes2003 said:
Who buys a gun and doesn't shoot it?!?? That's just plain weird!!
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Yep real weird. Buy one for a couple hundred keep it for some years and now it is worth $8000 plus. Wish my rrsp had the same returns
Those that collect do just that it is not all about shooting
Small example I have 33 or 34 28ga of all makes and models why shoot them all when three will do everything I need. I just like to collect
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As a collector type person I can attest that it is a compulsion in my case. A compulsion I find very hard to resist. I try very hard to collect things that have a purpose. A concerted effort to collect inexpensive things to keep the costs down. Had a contest with a good buddy. A point system was established and when we had something the other one needed but could not find on their own the score was kept. One buddy had a wife who said she was going to tag everything and if it had not been used within the following year it had to go. I explained that I was willing to go with that system with one change. After one year the item in question would come up for review. When we moved after 24 years in the same house many trips were made to the recycling (dump) most of my "good stuff" never got further than the next collector's pickup. The Boss did not even have to unload the truck on occasion. It was done for her. IF I had the coin my place would look like one of those guys the pickers find with 20 vintage vehicles, old signs who knows what else??? Collecting guns fall into this category. When it gets to the point of condition etc it is a total conundrum with guns. You can't shoot them or they lose value??? That is where I lose interest. Collecting anything really has no basis in logic. If you want to collect something with value and never go wrong, buy gold. Pretty boring stuff. Buying used vintage guns holds appeal for me because of their history of use and care, a BNIB has zero interest for me. A subjective decision not based in logic, so do not try to find any.
 
There are new condition guns from the 1910s and 1930s out there (look at some of the South American contract mausers which are still in the grease, completely matching with matching bayonets and test targets).

I have a 1929 Swiss revolver which I suspect has never been fired since proofing as there is absolutely no wear anywhere (based on the serial number was likely late in production, probally ended up in storage right after manufacture).

Some people don't just go shoot everything they get, I still have 3 guns I haven't shot in my collection (either due to no ammo, or just haven't bothered). I intend to shoot all them at some point, but that could be years away.
 
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I grew up watching the older fellows. Mostly tobacco farmers with surplus cash buying all kinds of firearms to put away. .a lot if them were put away to pay for the kids education or just to pass down. .thy enjoyed them hanging on the wall. I remember one fellow my dad and I went to see . He had 100 winchester hanging in the spare bedroom in his house. .him and his wife were up in years and we're moving to a Assisted Living home. He had no kids or family that wanted guns. We bought them all...
 
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