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Lately I have one or two never fired (was two until this AM). Right now it's a Marlin 336 XLR in 30-30 I've had for 6+ mos. I had a Ruger 270 for about 1.5 yrs before firing it. I don't plan it that way. Only recall selling one that was never fired, a Browning BPS.
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3 right now. One is a Winchester commerative that my dad gave me. A CZ452 LH that wife gave me for Xmas. (Will make time for it real soon). The last is a Win 70 300WSM LH, just found out I drew a WY elk tag so will be working up a load soon..
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Just two, but I'm lookin to correct that in the next few weeks.
...new laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt. ~ Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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Off the top of my head 5. 1866/1966 winchester carbine 30-30, 1995/6 limited edition ruger in 220 swift, 1971 winchester 100 in 284 cal and 2 savage 99 CE's in 300 Savage.
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Right now a total of 6. Four rifles and 2 handguns. Planning on adding another handgun in a couple of months.
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Lots and lots...
Some rifles are art, and others are tools,....and others are both.
Don't have the time at this point in my career and family life to do everything I want to do with my firearms. Still shoot more than the average dude, I think. Most will get sold when my boys are old enough and I buy my 21ft fishing boat, gear ect...
Then it will be time to travel the country and declare war on bass, pike, walleye, muskie, trout, ect, ect....
RAS
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
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two for me...sako 75 ss 300 rum and a new haven fwt 30-06
"my biggest fear in life is that when I die my wife sells all my guns for what I told her I paid for them" famous qoute
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None that are new and unshot. I just inherited a carbine that I have never shot, but bought a box of ammo for it yesterday - hope to fire it next week. Oh yea, got a 9mm pistol my cousin gave me last Fall, that one hasn't been fired (by me) either.
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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Funny you should bring this topic up. My new years resolution to myself was to shoot every gun I own with a few exceptions.
I've got lots of guns that I have never shot, but bought because they were there and I could and I figured they were as good as money in a bank. Just like mutaul funds and stocks, some I was right on, some I wasn't.
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost....
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More than I care to count, but fewer than in the past.
I never thought I'd grow up to be a grumpy old man, but I did, and I'm killin' it.
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I have a couple but the most impressive IMO is a 1950 Supergrade new in box with all the hang tags and paperwork. It's like a time capsule. I've owned it for 5 years now and I'm still wowed when I open up the box. It's as perfect as they get.
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2 Model 70's
custom barreled 700
model seven
#3 22H
I gotta get out more.
There is no accounting for taste.
Experience is a great thing as long as one survives it.
Generally, there ain't a lot that separates the two however,
Barely making it is a whole lot more satisfying than barely not making it.
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Only one-a .223 Bushmaster AR, a gift from my father in-law. I've never gotten around to shooting it, had it for 10 months, keep meaning to take it to the range but other projects keep coming along. I'd rather turn it into a bolt gun (trade it) but it would hurt his feelings. And I keep thinking it will be worth more unfired. I guess it's a good problem to have....
Golden............
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2 a pair of ruger mk11 lh 1 30/06 the other a 7mm rem mag both donors soon to be a 270win and a 458ar. never ever shoot a donor the thing will shoot too good to tear apart and you have to find an other one to build with! (that why i have a mod 70 lh 300win mag and not a 458ar know) have fun Clint
just for Fun
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None unfired, none unblooded.
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Marlin 336 .30-30, purchased used several years back. Have carried it while hunting but never pulled the trigger.
You hunt with a gun you haven't sighted in? Oh boy. ![[Linked Image]](http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n23/jlcpls/smileypopcorneating.gif) No, I meant I've never pulled the trigger while hunting. I shoot handloads and have shot the rifle hundreds of times. Guess that wasn't very clear. From the top down: Marlin 1895, .45-70 Marlin 375, .375 Win Marlin 336, .30-30 Browning B92, .44 Mag All the scopes are in Warne Quick Detach rings and I shoot both iron and glass with the Marlins. ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/8115Leverguns.jpg)
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Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
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I'll confess I do have one. The fact that I just bought it yesterday may possibly have something to do with that though! 
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
Stolen from an erudite CF member.
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I have to many irons in the fire. If we are counting actions, I have a bakers dozen.
ddj
Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau
The best part of hunting and fishing was the thinking about going and the talking about it after you got back. - Robert Ruark
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At the moment I have three, 2 rifles and 1 shotgun..but as soon as this damn weather breaks so will their cherry's  ....................547.
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I buy the slutty ones (used)
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