Do you buy safe queens?

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Purchased? Not yet. Maybe if I happened to come across some all original 1911 or SA revolver that was documented.

Other than that it would be a inheritance gun passed down, of which I haven't received any yet, and am in no hurry to do so.
 
.308 Norma said:
Ha! The Walther P22 I had for about a month hardly qualified as a "Queen" - more like a court Jester, or a Knave. I'm glad if you found ammo that works in yours. I just don't have that kind of patience. That's why I only had my P22 for about a month.:thumbdown:
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Try CCI minmags or aquila my p22 loves both
 
I saw an elderly lady carrying a Colt box of antique vintage into a gander mt. I offered her $200 over whatever they offered her. She came out with a quote of $400 and asked if I could afford the extra $200.Of course I said yes and drove her to my bank. $600 for a vintage 6” Python. Sat in her husbands sock drawer their entire marriage. The son contacted me 5 weeks later. I held onto it until he got his tax refund then returned it to the family.
 
Labguy47 said:
I saw an elderly lady carrying a Colt box of antique vintage into a gander mt. I offered her $200 over whatever they offered her. She came out with a quote of $400 and asked if I could afford the extra $200.Of course I said yes and drove her to my bank. $600 for a vintage 6” Python. Sat in her husbands sock drawer their entire marriage. The son contacted me 5 weeks later. I held onto it until he got his tax refund then returned it to the family.
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Your a good man
 
Labguy47 said:
I saw an elderly lady carrying a Colt box of antique vintage into a gander mt. I offered her $200 over whatever they offered her. She came out with a quote of $400 and asked if I could afford the extra $200.Of course I said yes and drove her to my bank. $600 for a vintage 6” Python. Sat in her husbands sock drawer their entire marriage. The son contacted me 5 weeks later. I held onto it until he got his tax refund then returned it to the family.
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Very nice of you to do. +1...
 
Do you buy safe queens?

Yes, and I don't feel as though I need to apologize for it. I'm perfectly content pulling some guns out of the safe, admiring them for a few minutes, and then putting them back in the safe until our next visit. That said, for every "safe queen" I own, I've got the same model in a shooter that goes to the range whenever I remember that it needs some exercise ...

I can afford it, and I want some cool stuff to leave my children (and don't care what they decide to do with 'em).
 
Labguy47 did the right thing. Good on you! :)

As for the OP, dangerous queens are probably more fun.

Every handgun I own gets shot. If it's not fun to shoot, it gets traded towards something that is. If I lucked into a valuable unfired gun for the sort of money I'm willing to pay, I guess I would leave it unshot as an investment for my kids when I'm gone. That's an unlikely scenario, though.
 
Only one: a Colt 3rd. Generation Model 1860. Got a Pietta Model 1860 for Christmas last year for shooting!

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.308 Norma

Ha! The Walther P22 I had for about a month hardly qualified as a "Queen" - more like a court Jester, or a Knave. I'm glad if you found ammo that works in yours. I just don't have that kind of patience. That's why I only had my P22 for about a month.
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Sounds like my son's P22! Very finicky about ammo and in need a frequent cleaning every 100 or so rounds. Way too high maintenance for a .22!
 
I can't say I buy safe queens, but most of my guns I have never fired. I really need to make time to go to the range one of these days. Maybe before Christmas.

I've got a Smith and Wesson Model 27, and a 28 that I don't THINK have ever been fired. Also a 19-8, I don't think that one has either, but the only one I know for sure never has is a Smith & Wesson AR-15. I bought it new, along with two extra magazines, and a few hundred rounds of ammo. Never fired it, probably never will. I got it because I thought, "I should get one of those," but to tell you the truth, it just doesn't really interest me. I'm just not a rifleman.

Oh...just remembered...I've also got a SXS, 20 gauge, Stevens 311 that I have never fired. I don't even own a 20 gauge shell anymore. I got that one, just because I've always wanted a Stevens 311 in 20 gauge. I used to see them in the Sears Catalog when I was a kid, and thought that would just be the coolest thing to have. So now I've got one. :) It is. A really nice looking gun.
 
No. I don't believe in them. I don't believe anything is "too nice to shoot", or hunt with for that matter. I also do not believe guns bought new and put up for kids and grand kids will be as valuable to them as one that Dad or Grandpa used, shot, hunted with and cared-for. Those that are heavily used will be priceless. Those that are not will only be worth whatever some collector or buyer will pay for them. I do my best to take care of my guns but I don't fear dents, dings and/or wear. I got excited when I saw that my $4000 Merkel 28ga had finish wear on the fences from carrying it. No tears were shed. Instead, it has been pure joy to use a fine shotgun like that enough to impart wear on it. I had special rigs made for my hand engraved sixguns before I ever got them back. I'm happy to say that they have been afield as much as possible. Last year I bought a new custom flintlock, nearly $3000. It has dings in the stock from being the only rifle I've hunted with for two seasons and I'm proud of that fact.

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I have $10,000 in these two custom Rugers and both have seen holster use since their completion. I don't share these numbers to brag and consider that to be in very poor taste. Only to make the point that I consider them too expensive NOT to use. I take pleasure in owning them but take the most in using them.

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I’ve bought other people’s safe queens and shot the snot out of them.

I bought a NIB sidelock Bernadelli 20 gauge game gun for the purpose of shooting sporting clays with it. Previous owner bought it 20 years ago because it was so pretty and never used it.

I too do not believe anything is too nice or too expensive to use the way it was made to be used. If I had the money to afford a Purdey shotgun then you better believe I would be hunting or shooting clays with it.
 
I have three safe queens, rifles that I bought new SPECIFICALLY to store. They are 2 Colt 6920's and 1 Colt 6940. My other safe queen became such shortly after I bought it. That one was my .500 S&W Bone Collector. And my wrists thank me.:cool:
 
I still have three, antiques all, and that is what I bought them for, just to look at and admire. They are like my small coal oil lamp collection, something from yesteryear that I like. I had three more that were new in box but they had appreciated in price so much I sold them to fund something I would shoot. I've never been too crazy about having guns I can't or won't shoot.
 
Not really. I have a few that I have inherited, but I generally buy guns so I can shoot them.

I understand the appeal, and if circumstances were different I might find myself with a large collection of WWII or Civil War guns, safe queens every one. But for now that is just a pipe dream.....
 
I bought a safe queen, once, fired 200 rounds through it, and sold it 3 months later. Too pretty to carry daily, too expensive to risk confiscation in case of an incident, so just not practical. I like the look of certain firearms, but treat them just like cars. I've bought several cars based on looks but only if they'll be driven often. IMHO they're machines designed for a purpose and need to be exercised regularly.
 
Absolutely. I do however require that all guns I collect function and shoot.

I take the rare collectibles out once in a while. I shoot a box or two, and then use my less valuable rifles. Mostly it’s the SxS shotguns, and some WWII snipers that get babied.
 
True dedicated safe queens no. I like pre model number and "pinned" Smith and Wesson's. I know going in I'm probably just going to shoot six to twelve rounds to make sure it functions and put them away only to be resurrected every two or three years. I thought I would do the same with a 1974 Colt Detective Special I acquired a few years ago but I liked it well enough that it's been my EDC for awhile now.
 
Styx said:
Have any of you purchased "safe queens?" That is, pistols that you knew beforehand wouldn't be carry or fired very much? You purchased just because you liked the way it looked, just to say you own one, and/or to be a family heirlooms?
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No.
 
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