I only have one gun that is unfired. It's an unmentionable, scoped, 'Black Rifle" that I won in a club raffle. Not sure if I'll shoot it, or just pass it on unfired, but go it will. It really doesn't trip my trigger.
Ok thanks for all the offers either way. For the record I am now neither buying or selling. The Question was born out of an auction I recently attended. A NIB Seneca began at $100 and ended up approaching $2K after Consignment fees, Sales tax etc.. As I said in the many messages i got on this. there was the lesson not to be a jerk at an auction. Many myself, included , bid it up due the high bidder being a full blown jerk. I quit at $800 but others he p--d off really drove it up. He was yelling bids over others and generally being rude. Now out of the game on high end stuff and done with live auctions for a while.Depends whether you are buying or selling…….
During the COVID lockdown last year, I started buying and selling vintage and collectable guns to both keep busy and make up for some lost income. As I like muzzleloaders anyway, I took in quite a few - of all makes and models. One thing that struck me was how many had never been fired, probably close to 60%. Maybe more. The past few months I have moved into large online gun auctions, Like Rock Island, etc. Now the percentage of production guns found unfired is approaching 80%. Today I received three TC Hawkens, including one in box, and none have been fired. So I wonder how many people bought guns like this thinking it would be fun and never fired round one? Seems sad, really. Some of these guns have been around for 40-50 years and just sat in a safe ir closet or hung on a wall. I can't imagine buying a gun and not shooting it, even my antique ones. Thoughts?
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