Buying guns then never shooting them?

[Birdbuff]

Never made much sense to me. I have my fair share but I like to take each one out for a walk on the weekends. Depending on the game and conditions each firearm has its purpose. I’ve only sold a couple from my safe but have felt guilty afterwords. Probably won’t do that again.

[hikingquest]

I'm guilty of this. When I first got my rpal I went out and bought a nice 12 guage shotgun. Thought I would start hunting or at least going to the range regularly. However never did get the time to go to the range and had no friends that were hunters. So sold it at a nice discount to a friend of mine who is a gun enthusiast - he's run plenty of rounds through it - and I'm happy because it was just sitting in my gear closet collecting dust.

[Kilo Charlie]

Sometimes you just lose interest. I always wanted a small-bore muzzleloader. Bought a mint .36 Calibre Seneca, kept it for a year or two, never did fire it. Sold it never having fired it.

[Sam Menard]

As much as I love hunting, I’m not a gun nut. My armoury consists of a single-shot 12 gauge, lever action .22, .22 air rifle, and a single-shot 30.06. All have been fired numerous times.

Seems to me that some guys just love guns and collecting them. As others have suggested, perhaps impulse buying has a lot to do with it i.e. “That looks cool, I think that I’ll buy it”. Once they get home they may realize that they have better firearms for the task at hand, so the new gun never gets used except for the odd fondle.

[Gregger17]

As much as I love hunting, I’m not a gun nut. My armoury consists of a single-shot 12 gauge, lever action .22, .22 air rifle, and a single-shot 30.06. All have been fired numerous times.

Seems to me that some guys just love guns and collecting them. As others have suggested, perhaps impulse buying has a lot to do with it i.e. “That looks cool, I think that I’ll buy it”. Once they get home they may realize that they have better firearms for the task at hand, so the new gun never gets used except for the odd fondle.

Yessir! And nice to hear guys still using “Single Shots”. It makes hunting still feel like a sport in some ways I guess [emoji2373]


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[Fox]

Yessir! And nice to hear guys still using “Single Shots”. It makes hunting still feel like a sport in some ways I guess [emoji2373]


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Lots of guys are using single shots, just maybe not rifles or shotguns, ha ha. Smoke poles, bows, almost all single shots but I do not know that I would consider it that much different, you make sure the first shot is a good one with a bolt action too.

[Ashes1]

I have one Sako rifle I bought probably 8 years ago thinking one day I would go moose or elk hunting but still haven’t. A elk hunt is on my bucket list. I still haven’t shot the gun. Some times I think about selling it because I’ve seen the prices went up and buying something cheaper to just sit in the safe. But I think I’m going to hold onto it in hopes that I can go on a elk hunt in the next few years


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[Sam Menard]

Lots of guys are using single shots, just maybe not rifles or shotguns, ha ha. Smoke poles, bows, almost all single shots but I do not know that I would consider it that much different, you make sure the first shot is a good one with a bolt action too.

Fox, you make a valid point. When I was looking to switch things up a little, I considered getting into front stuffers or sticks and string, in the end I stuck to my comfort zone and bought a SS rifle. One day, if I live long enough, I wouldn’t mind trying my hand with a compound bow.

[Fox]

Fox, you make a valid point. When I was looking to switch things up a little, I considered getting into front stuffers or sticks and string, in the end I stuck to my comfort zone and bought a SS rifle. One day, if I live long enough, I wouldn’t mind trying my hand with a compound bow.

My first guns were a Cooey single shot and a Stevens 16ga single shot of my grandpas, worked great and did the job. The only time it was a pain was when you missed the rabbit up close or had 2 pop out of the same brush pile.

[Gregger17]

My first guns were a Cooey single shot and a Stevens 16ga single shot of my grandpas, worked great and did the job. The only time it was a pain was when you missed the rabbit up close or had 2 pop out of the same brush pile.

I inherited a few cooeys from the ol man .22x2, 410. He bought them from the Hudson’s Bay for around $12 bucks or some sh%t lol. I use them all the time.


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