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Never. Tools are meant to be used.

Extra points are awarded if they (groups) were shot in a gentle breeze!

I've got a couple I never hunted with, but never shot?

I have a Thomas Bland .318 Westley Richard's, take down.

Need to get some brass and dies.

Turn of the century 9.3x72 Cape gun. Gathering components.

Hakim
Only owned it 20 years or so though!

Remington Model 700 Classic in 6.5x55.

An AR 6.5 Grendel I’m just finishing up loading for and two little lever guns I just bought out of a family members estate. Winchester 9422mag and Winchester 9422 S-L-LR.

A NIB Ruger 77 tang in 270 Win., took it on trade over 30 years ago and put a new Redfield 3x9 on it...it sits in my safe

3 band Remington rolling block in "I think" .43 Spanish.
It came with wife #3.

I have three that I've never fired. One rifle is a pre '64 Model 94 and the other an unmolested waffle top Marlin 336 in 32 Special. Then there's a Ithaca 12 ga SXS that hasn't been fired by me.

Ruger African 275 Rigby. No plans to shoot it, don't think I've even put the bolt in it.

Winchester model 70 ultimate shadow 30/06 still in the factory box. It has never had round shoot through it unless the factory test fired it.

Nope, nada.
Grew up in a home with hundreds of long guns. Dad collected. We had many Winchester lever action commemoratives that were never loaded, shot or even triggers ever pulled (unless at the factory) He had a commemorative A5 Light Twelve that marked the 2 millionth A5 made. I think the serial number was in the 800 range. Only 2000 made I think. That damn gun never even saw the gun case. Stayed in the top of his closet. Never even saw it put together.

I swore I would never have a gun I would not shoot at least a few rounds from.

Only one, and that's a Parker Hale Mauser 98 Sporter in .375 H&H. Clearly built to be an Africa big game hunting piece. Multi-leaf express sights and all. Don't know why I bought it. Impulse, I guess, just to have an "elephant gun."

1 several yrs ago.
1981 Marlin .375
Sent it down the road.
And recently a nice mid 70,s TC Hawken.
Sent that down the road.
So that makes 2 rifles in my lifetime so far out of probably around 85 to 90 I have had.

Hand guns... many of them sent down the road unfired.
Upwards of 10 or 11 probably in my life time so far out of about the 35 ish I have owned.

I have 6 hunting firearms and 3 wpns.
They all have a purpose....
They all have been fired obviously.....

I can't imagine having 120 125ish guns if I had never sold or horse traded a single gun in my life.

What cluster fuuck night mare of choice for use that would be to me.
Emotions and steel really don't meld for me .
Practically, simplicity, usage, and steel meld for me.

Of course others MMV on that opinon about having alot of guns.

None anymore, volume for the sake of volume lost its shine. If I don't shoot it or it doesn't have a purpose I don't need it around. Lately been on a consolidating kick. Built in redundancy for ammo purposes.

New guns-

Chinese SKS

CZ .222

Colt LE-6920

Used guns-

Who knows?

Unfortunately, a bunch, can't seem to find enough time to get out and shoot as much as I would like. Doesn't seem to keep me from buying them though. Sooner or later I will have time and they will be there.

Used Guns
Remington 700 custom 6.5 STW
Remington 700 KS 7mm mag
Winchester 70 264 win mag
Winchester 70 375 H&H
Winchester 71 348 win
Savage 112 7mm STW
Savage 110 30-06
TC Venture 338 win
Custom Mauser 300 win mag
S&W 686 Performance Center 44mag
(2) Randall Curtis LeMay 1911's 45acp
Couple 22's cant remember what they are


Unfired Guns
Remington 700 BDl Varmint 7mm-08
Winchester 1892 limited edition 357mag (miroku)
Winchester 63 22lr (miroku)
Wolf muzzleloader