merlinfire
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Sometimes you get a gun and decide you'd rather have a different one. Happens all the time
Why did they buy the gun at all?
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I've got 2 guns with low round counts.
1 is a single shot twelve guage that I bought as a "truck gun." Has at the most 50rds through it, although its probably closer to 20.
The other is my Savage 30-06. I bought it last summer, but for the first month after I bought it, I didn't have time to go to the range, and I started out the next month with shoulder surgery, so I'm still waiting to take see how it shoots. I'm thinking that I should be able to take it out in a couple weeks.
1 is a single shot twelve guage that I bought as a "truck gun." Has at the most 50rds through it, although its probably closer to 20.
The other is my Savage 30-06. I bought it last summer, but for the first month after I bought it, I didn't have time to go to the range, and I started out the next month with shoulder surgery, so I'm still waiting to take see how it shoots. I'm thinking that I should be able to take it out in a couple weeks.
SleazyRider
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My favorite is when guys brag about how many thousands of rounds they shoot each year, but whenever it comes time to sell a gun, it always seems to have fewer than 100 rounds through it.
I have a couple friends who have never shot a couple of their guns. They would rather shoot clays than mess with rifles all day. Where we go the range is only about 100 yards so it gets a little boring after a bit. Clays are fun all day.
I just got my first shotgun myself and already have shot 300 shells through it. I got it a week ago today. It will be shot as often as possible until I get a handgun and the ammo money will be split between the two.
MtnSpur, the best part about that is that it was purchased at Target. They dont even sell guns anymore
I just got my first shotgun myself and already have shot 300 shells through it. I got it a week ago today. It will be shot as often as possible until I get a handgun and the ammo money will be split between the two.
MtnSpur, the best part about that is that it was purchased at Target. They dont even sell guns anymore
CraigC
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Maybe they're keeping the ones they use and selling the ones they don't???
Flynt
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I buy several guns in a category, i.e., .44 rifle, over a period of a few months. I play with them all (shooting less than 100 rnds.) and determine which is a keeper. I sell the rest. At least that's my theory. It's a lot easier for me to buy a gun that to sell one, but I have been partially successful.
I plan to thin the herd of 5 .44 rifles and carbines down to a rifle and carbine. We'll see if I can stick to the plan or not.
I plan to thin the herd of 5 .44 rifles and carbines down to a rifle and carbine. We'll see if I can stick to the plan or not.
MtnSpur
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That and he got 10% off the price on the tag
. In his later years he bought or was given 4 or 5 handguns that he just put in the safe and never fired so, back on topic, it doesn't surprise me one bit there are plenty of unfired or rarely fired once taken out of the case/box guns out there.Now if I can just find a S&W Model 10 ANIB for $300
.Yeah right...lol
mljdeckard
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I think a lot of people fall in lust with a gun and have poor impulse control, the GOTTA have it right now. When they actually get it, they shoot it once or twice, and it kind of gets crossed off of their mental list of things they absolutely must have. Then they get two or three guns, prefer a different one, and then their wife gets pregnant. They decide it's time to thin the herd a little.
People do things like that all the time.
I remember someone that bought a brand new motorcycle from a dealer, used it for a month and determined it was not right for them.
They of course lost most of the value the second they took it off the lot, and could have learned all they needed without buying it, and certainly not buying a brand new one from a dealer, but that is what they did.
Of course there is 1 of every such real scenario for every 100x a used car salesman will claim it.
Just as most of those claims on guns are likely exaggerations by the seller, the extent of the exaggeration varying.
But it does happen. I had a gun for several years that I liked and had only fired 30 rounds through. I liked it, but it just got a partial tryout and sat around because each round cost a few bucks, and I would rather spend my time and money elsewhere.
I didn't have a reloading setup yet, and a low number of expensive shots was not more fun than a high number of less expensive shots.
I knew eventually I might want to have it available, so it served a potential purpose but went largely unused.
I remember someone that bought a brand new motorcycle from a dealer, used it for a month and determined it was not right for them.
They of course lost most of the value the second they took it off the lot, and could have learned all they needed without buying it, and certainly not buying a brand new one from a dealer, but that is what they did.
Of course there is 1 of every such real scenario for every 100x a used car salesman will claim it.
Just as most of those claims on guns are likely exaggerations by the seller, the extent of the exaggeration varying.
But it does happen. I had a gun for several years that I liked and had only fired 30 rounds through. I liked it, but it just got a partial tryout and sat around because each round cost a few bucks, and I would rather spend my time and money elsewhere.
I didn't have a reloading setup yet, and a low number of expensive shots was not more fun than a high number of less expensive shots.
I knew eventually I might want to have it available, so it served a potential purpose but went largely unused.
dirtyjim
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i'm closing in on the 100 gun mark and at least half of those i have haven't made a trip to the range yet, but there are a couple of rifles i take to the range every time i go.
i basically buy rifles i like or rifles that are priced where i know i can turn them later for a good profit and use the money to buy something i would rather have. so if i'm selling a rifle there is a very good chance i haven't shot it at all.
i basically buy rifles i like or rifles that are priced where i know i can turn them later for a good profit and use the money to buy something i would rather have. so if i'm selling a rifle there is a very good chance i haven't shot it at all.
Karl Hungus
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There are legions of people who buy guns and only put like 20 rounds down the pipe per year. Like most of the people I know. When we talk about shooting and I mention that I go through hundreds of round per week they can't believe it. Lots of different people buy guns, not all of them are shooters. Personally, I love the guys with ultra-low mileage guns for sale.
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I bought a Winchester 9422 about 20 years ago. I always wanted a lever action repeating rimfire rifle instead of an autoloader because semiautos get so doggone filthy.
I've probably put 200 rounds thru it, if that. I just never warmed up to it. It just sits in the gun safe. It's such a good looking little rifle. I've recently been thinking about selling it.
I've probably put 200 rounds thru it, if that. I just never warmed up to it. It just sits in the gun safe. It's such a good looking little rifle. I've recently been thinking about selling it.
RevDerb
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Multiply what you paid for it by 3, divide the product by 2 and add 15% and you'll arrive at your selling price.
dickttx
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The people who are posting that they have 100/200/300 guns and buy them because they like them, or collect them are NOT the ones selling their guns.
yhtomit
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To expand on one earlier-mentioned reason for low round counts: ammo price.
That's why I'm thinking about a .22LR revolver, and perhaps even a higher-end one (Smith & Wesson 617) than the Taurus that got me mulling that idea over. A bulk box of .22 costs $15 or so; that's enough to keep me occupied for a little while
Even reloading, which I've done but due to moving and other excitement am not currently set up for, it gets expensive to shoot .45, even though I like it. Low round counts on all my .45s, therefore.
timothy
That's why I'm thinking about a .22LR revolver, and perhaps even a higher-end one (Smith & Wesson 617) than the Taurus that got me mulling that idea over. A bulk box of .22 costs $15 or so; that's enough to keep me occupied for a little while
Even reloading, which I've done but due to moving and other excitement am not currently set up for, it gets expensive to shoot .45, even though I like it. Low round counts on all my .45s, therefore.
timothy
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Much like nuclear bombs...some are for protection and not actually used very much.
Brock Landers
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You have to assume that the vast majority of those claiming to have fewer than 100 rounds through their guns are lying. Really, how many gun listings do you see where the seller claims to have 8,000 rounds fired?
I can maybe see someone selling something like a Remington 700 or something similar telling the truth about having less than 100 rounds fired, but I love seeing someone list an AK or AR with 10 30 round mags while claiming the gun has fired less than 200 rounds.
I can maybe see someone selling something like a Remington 700 or something similar telling the truth about having less than 100 rounds fired, but I love seeing someone list an AK or AR with 10 30 round mags while claiming the gun has fired less than 200 rounds.
BigN
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I think you're comparing regular folks who own guns, sporadic hunters/shooters, to people like us. This website is for shooters. We are not the norm, we are the exception. I'm guessing that we're also a very small percentage of the population that actually owns guns. Most people buy guns, shoot them 5 times during hunting season, clean them, and put them away. Those are the guns you need to buy. 10 year-old guns that have less than a box of shells through them...
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Trust me! Most people do not shoot their guns.
They get them, they shoot them once. They put it in the closest for 20 years.
Seriously this happens more than you would think.
They get them, they shoot them once. They put it in the closest for 20 years.
Seriously this happens more than you would think.
I bought a NIB Beretta mini Cougar just because the person had bought it and when he got home found his wife left him and he needed cash. I gave him 50% of what he paid. I didn't like it, didn't feel right so it stayed in the safe for a couple of years until I could sell it at a very good profit and picked up one I do shoot. Just an investment for a great return.
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Why so few rounds
yhtomit gave a very comprehensive answer. I will ad that I started shooting guns, hunting, plinking, military, college rifle team 65 years ago. I put some 3,000 rounds through a Garand in a nine month period. I bet I could pick one up right now, after forty years, and do as well as I can see. I have not shot regularly for about ten years. However, after only God knows how many rounds with every type of firearm, i do not have to practice much with defensive weapons. I have rifles that i no longer shoot because of arthritis. I sincerely believe that I am still proficient. I may not take any prizes over ten yards but within those ten yards I feel quite confident of being a good enough shot.
yhtomit gave a very comprehensive answer. I will ad that I started shooting guns, hunting, plinking, military, college rifle team 65 years ago. I put some 3,000 rounds through a Garand in a nine month period. I bet I could pick one up right now, after forty years, and do as well as I can see. I have not shot regularly for about ten years. However, after only God knows how many rounds with every type of firearm, i do not have to practice much with defensive weapons. I have rifles that i no longer shoot because of arthritis. I sincerely believe that I am still proficient. I may not take any prizes over ten yards but within those ten yards I feel quite confident of being a good enough shot.
SleazyRider
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Could be, but I suspect that many of these e-warriors are simply full of crap.Maybe they're keeping the ones they use and selling the ones they don't???
AlexanderA
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I have several guns that I bought new 20 or 30 years ago and have never fired, and don't ever intend to fire. Others had been fired before they came to me (say, in WWII) but haven't been fired while in my hands.
This is not a disgrace. I have enough guns that I actually shoot (although admittedly less and less as I get older), but to me guns are not primarily tools to be used. They're works of art to be treasured. To each his own, I guess.
There are those of us who are collectors and not necessarily shooters.
This is not a disgrace. I have enough guns that I actually shoot (although admittedly less and less as I get older), but to me guns are not primarily tools to be used. They're works of art to be treasured. To each his own, I guess.
There are those of us who are collectors and not necessarily shooters.
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