Would you shoot this?

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Shot my unfired , never had a scope mounted, Kimber 82 c high grade within 3 hours of purchase. The only reason it took that long is I had to stop and buy a scope, complete the drive to my parents, eat lunch, mount purchased scope. The value it lost from being shot is nothing compared to the enjoyment I still get from shooting it. Won’t have gun that I won’t shoot. Won’t, won’t , wont.
 
jmr40 said:
I can see some collector value with that gun. But it won't bring much, if any, more money if it has been shot a bit vs still unfired. Especially if you don't have the original box and other papers. I probably wouldn't use it as a truck gun, but I'd probably shoot it and maybe even hunt with it under milder conditions.
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This. On a run of the mill rifle like that, fired vs. unfired won't really have any bearing on value. Overall condition is everything. An unfired gun that has box/holster/scabbard/drawer wear on it is worth less to me than one with carbon fouling in the bore but a better finish.

I watch a lot of vintage and antique lever guns, pumps and revolvers. The (allegedly) unfired ones that sellers think will go for a premium seldom bring much more than any other in similar condition, and the ones with high starting bids or ridiculous asking prices just get perpetually relisted. And part of that is because most guns get fired at the factory, so not truly unfired and it's very difficult to establish if the carbon & copper is from just a few rounds before being OK'd by QC and boxed up or limited firing by the end user. Some presentation type guns never get factory test fired because of what they are, but most production firearms do.
 
Obturation said:
Awesome.
If you're anywhere near Mchenry county I can swap some 30-30 factory ammo with you if you like trading or sell you a few boxes if you're not much on trading.
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I'm not to far. Buy, sell, trade has kept me entertained for decades.
 
I'm from the school of shoot em' - enjoy the hell out of them- .....with family and friends whenever you can- the time you have is priceless-
 
Very nice! It looks like you have the Carbine version. I have the rifle. I wasn’t able to find very much information on this variant from Winchester. The wood on mine is very nice. Yours looks good too, but the pic is a little dark to see the grain.

The rifle has a longer barrel and no saddle ring.
 
garandsrus said:
Very nice! It looks like you have the Carbine version. I have the rifle. I wasn’t able to find very much information on this variant from Winchester. The wood on mine is very nice. Yours looks good too, but the pic is a little dark to see the grain.

The rifle has a longer barrel and no saddle ring.
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Finding info on this particular model was a little frustrating. I posted questions here a few weeks back without much luck. I hope it shoots as nice as it looks.
 
I'd not only shoot it, but I'd strip that poly-whatever-it-is finish off and do a nice oil finish. Then I'd shoot it some more.
 
SOMETHING shiny.

A friend shot a Canadian commemorative regularly. The octagon barrel had a good hang and it was as accurate as you could hold the open sights.
But inside, it was the same cheapened post-64 action.
 
Cherish it, enjoy it, clean it with respect because you have a new tale in the journey of life.
Great rifle congrats.
 
I would shoot a pre-‘64 Winchester, in the same condition, so, yes, I would, even more so, shoot the rifle described in the original post.
 
Would it make you happier if it sat unshot? Or shooting? Who cares what we think? We are interweb strangers. So what brings you happiness and post pics.
 
Most likely will not have 'serious' collector value as a non-fired arm until you're dead and your by then adult grandchildren think about it. At that point, if keep rust free and in shooting condition, it will be valuable as an 'old' gun.
 
When is a firearm not a firearm but a Object De Art is the not shooting it.

The only reason for not shooting is if its unsafe to do so (like explode in your hands) or had ammo made of unobtanium.
I doubt Id own a sharps .52 cal rimfire.
Because I couldnt find ammo.
If I did have one for some reason Id be looking into special conversion cartridge that uses a rimfire blank cartridge as a primer.
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Many years ago I bought a box of parts that was reputed to be a Winchester 30/30 and after many years (pre-internet) I managed to fix what was a very rough looking winchester model 64 (pistol grip version of a win 94) that was the only 30/30 that grouped so tight it was boreing to shoot.
I sold it to a guy from Chicago.
Many years later remembering my foolish sale of that sweet shooting winchester, I bought a (1970's) marlin 336a with the same configuration (pistol grip and half mag) though it looked the same it was not.
It didnt "feel good in my hands" and accuracy was no where near what that thrashed out looking model 64 did.

I learned through remorse if you have a good shooter hang onto it like grim death to a sick dog.
I have a thrashed looking mosin that wont win any originality contest, but that old revived tomato stake mosin shoots neck n neck with my Savage 110.
 
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Sell it because they’re bringing a huge premium right now. Keep your eye out for a less pristine gun to shoot. You’ll feel bad if you put a scratch on it at the range.
 
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