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Monochrome

Active Member
How long have you actually gone without USING or at least CLEANING it after you bring it home from the gun store?

My sister got a G20 2 months now, and she has not shot it. because she has NOT done the initial cleaning. She only learned after getting it home, she cannot do the official method of pulling the slide back as seen in Glock manual... because her hands are too small...

And its like for me, a laughing experience because i checked the glock manual again, and its a mere "3mm" amount of space the slide has to be pulled backwards to get it into take down position..

And im just biting my tongue via text, not to ask why she couldnt have found a 3/4mm thick piece of cardboard to put under the muzzle/slide face and jsut push DOWN against said cardboard....
 
fiver

fiver

Well-Known Member
i had a win 92 in 25-20 i never shot after buying it,,, then remembering i had it about 15 years later only to trade it for a winchester shotgun.
i also have a Ruger Bisley in 44 special that i ain't shot,,, to be fair i did buy three of them and i've shot the other two... i don't know how long back i bought it for sure,, maybe 8 years?
 
RBHarter

RBHarter

West Central AR
There's this 1866 issued in 1871 Chessipot ........ I do have a mould for it and instructions for the needle fire cartridges........ I've had it the better part of 20 yr.........
 
358156 hp

358156 hp

At large, whereabouts unknown.
My record is at about 8 years and counting. I bought a 44 mag Redhawk knowing it was a first production year gun. It came to me through a friend who bought it at an estate sale. As I cleaned it up a little bit I realized it was unfired since leaving the factory. The serial number is the prefix, then three digits. The S/N is under 250 and it went back on the shelf since I couldn't even consider shooting it. Early Redhawks have no collector interest so I'm thinking about committing the ultimate sacrilege and cutting the barrel to 4 inches to pick up a little bit of utility. Ideally, I would send it to Magnaport for one of their "Predator" conversions.
 
Ian

Ian

Notorious member
I have several (four or five) that I've never shot, one for more than 20 years, at least one for 15. Never did try out that 16-gauge barrel on my Savage 219, either and I've had it since I was a kid.
 
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Rushcreek

Well-Known Member
The longest that I have ever waited was about a week. I usually shoot them the same day I get them.
I will not own a gun without shooting it at least once a year! My N.R. Davis & Sons SxS 12 gauge comes to mind…..
 
waco

waco

Springfield, Oregon
Most all of my guns are not just shooters but working guns. They get scratches and wear. I’ve only had my new Ruger Mark IV several months now. The kydex chest rig it rides in is already wearing bluing off part of the slide and muzzle.
I don’t mind. It’s a tool.
 
JonB

JonB

Halcyon member
a lot of times, it's a day or two.
BUT...
My Gun auction (2015), I sold all but 20 of the best of the best. After that auction, I said I'd never buy another gun. A few months later, I seen a Ruger #3 45-70 on a local online auction. I threw in a fairly low bid, just for kicks, and won it. I still haven't shot or cleaned it. Now if you have followed me here, you know I've bought plenty of other guns in the last ten years...mostly, those got shot in a day or two...but not the #3 45-70. It's still waiting on it's turn.
 
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Monochrome

Active Member
358156 hp said:
My record is at about 8 years and counting. I bought a 44 mag Redhawk knowing it was a first production year gun. It came to me through a friend who bought it at an estate sale. As I cleaned it up a little bit I realized it was unfired since leaving the factory. The serial number is the prefix, then three digits. The S/N is under 250 and it went back on the shelf since I couldn't even consider shooting it. Early Redhawks have no collector interest so I'm thinking about committing the ultimate sacrilege and cutting the barrel to 4 inches to pick up a little bit of utility. Ideally, I would send it to Magnaport for one of their "Predator" conversions.
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would be nice to know how the chamber throats measure out compared to current production
 
Mitty38

Mitty38

Well-Known Member
I have a Raven 25 acp. I have never shot. Have no desire to either. Bought it for $20 back in 1985. Just to get it out of the possession of the last owner.
Besides that they rarely ever sit more then a week after purchase.
 
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Intel6

Intel6

Active Member
I have some guns I brought back from Germany when I was stationed there in the early 90's that I never fired. I kept up on prices in the states and I knew I was getting these for super cheap prices and couldn't pass them up even though I didn't know when I would use them. One is an Anschutz 54 actioned .22 Hornet that I got initially. I call it my "cheap" Anschutz because it has a plain birch stock and looks like a plain older bolt gun. I later picked up other Anschutz .22 Hornets that were much nicer and I shoot those frequently, so I never bothered to shoot the plain one. I always figured I would get it restocked with a nice stock at some point in time but haven't gotten around to it. :) The other is a nice Anschutz sporter .22LR bolt with a Bavarian sporter stock that I got figuring I might want a nice .22 LR sporter bolt sometime in the future. I haven't gotten to that point yet as I still haven't shot it yet. So yes, they have been sitting for 30 years but now that I am getting older, I will get to them at some point in time. :)
 
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STIHL

Well-Known Member
She’s not going to hurt it by not cleaning it. I seldom “clean” a Polymer gun. Take a can of WD-40 and spray it down wipe off with a rag and store is about it. If I have been carrying it in a dusty environment like on the tractor. I will strip it spray it some and wipe off and put back together. I have also never cleaned a new gun before I shot it. May run a patch down the barrel, wet or dry depending, and go from there.

Also, on the glock remember you have to dry fire it for the slide to release and come off. Don’t have my manual handy, but I’m not sure how that’s worded on the manual. I may, or may not have forgotten this a time or two.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
I've bought guns I've lost interest in and sold before collecting all the stuff to shoot them.

I've bought guns I stopped to shoot on the way home from picking them up.

Mostly, I bring them home, disassemble and clean thoroughly, measure, lube properly, reassemble before shooting. There have been a few I've HAD to work on before shooting, because they wouldn't work right out of the box - and I'm talking NEW stuff.
 
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