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Own an AR15, never have opportunity to shoot it. Anyone else similar situation?

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#1 ·
Like the title says, I have a nice little Colt 6920, and hardly ever get to shoot her. I live in suburbia, and have ample opportunity to stay in practice with handguns.

I've been considering selling it and maybe buying another nice handgun. But, don't know if I'd kick myself for it when Hillary gets elected lol. (And let's face it, she's winning).

I really don't know how valuable a weapon that never gets used is.
 
#41 ·
I have had an DCM M1 Garand since the 80's that has never been shot. I have several thousand rounds of DCM ammunition, most in clips waiting in ammo boxes that must be worth a tidy sum now. My club has M1 shoots once a month that I could never make due to my work schedule.

I feel your pain.
 
#43 ·
Dave, due resptect, but keep that AR wet and you don't have to clean it every time you shoot it. Clean guns don't get shot; I don't clean mine 'till they need it.
Moon
 
#49 ·
Talking to the guys at a LGS on the matter of people buying ARs or similar 'evil black rifles'. All manner of gunnies have picked one up, fearing that they couldn't get one in the future. In the same vein, how many of us have cached more magazines than we will ever actually need, fearing that sometime in the not-too-distant future we won't be able to buy them? This brave new world of ours leads to purchases not based on actual wants, but rather hedging on a bet for what we may want in the future. This is especially true for those of us who lived thru' the Clinton ban.
The only good news here is that the more EBRs out there, the harder it is for the twits in Washington or our local state houses to ban them.
Moon
 
#51 ·
Like the title says, I have a nice little Colt 6920, and hardly ever get to shoot her. I live in suburbia, and have ample opportunity to stay in practice with handguns.
Leave it in the safe for a rainy day. I never get to the rifle range anymore either. On the left coast all the outdoor ranges from my youth has closed down. So once a year I make the 1+ hour drive. You will miss it as soon as you sell it.
 
#52 ·
I was shooting my new pistol carbine with my brother several months back. He shoots his AR-15 and can't get on paper with it. He had never sighted it in or learned how to clean it, after owning it for a couple years. I was just the opposite. I will borrow it and adjust the sights for him. In fairness, he got the gun as a gift, otherwise probably would not own one.
I have 5 centerfire long guns. I shoot the AR enough to remember how to operate it. I enjoy shooting it. Even though the ammo costs much less than 30/30 or 30.06, I have been shooting the pistol carbines more. I'll just stay with one AR-15 and continue to add to my ammo and components going into the election.
 
#53 ·
Hey man sorry about the problem, my family used be right where you are, we would shoot maybe 2-3 times a year with .22s never out shotguns or anything else, then we joined a Sportsman club, and that was cool, but its not great, then finally shooters heaven, we bought some land and we can shoot anything at any time as fast as we want, I dumped an AR-15 the other day, and thought, " wow i would be in hot water if this was at our club...


"the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" -Wayne LaPierre
 
#54 ·
Like the title says, I have a nice little Colt 6920, and hardly ever get to shoot her. I live in suburbia, and have ample opportunity to stay in practice with handguns.

I've been considering selling it and maybe buying another nice handgun. But, don't know if I'd kick myself for it when Hillary gets elected lol. (And let's face it, she's winning).

I really don't know how valuable a weapon that never gets used is.
Grab a .22 conversion kit and see if your local indoor range will let you run it then. Yeah, your not going to up your long distance skills.....but you will be shooting it.
 
#55 ·
Personally, I have health insurance, life insurance, car insurance, home owners insurance and earthquakes insurance. What's a little more AR, food and ammo insurance? Is it not better to have and not need, than need and not have?

When you look at all the escalating political strife, tyranny, civil unrest, terrorism and the potential future... Dialing 9-1-1 or typing on the Internet isn't going to do you much good as an immediate tool at hand when it suddenly shows up on your doorstep.
 
#58 ·
KEEP IT!!! It too have a Colt AR. I bought it to shoot service rifle matches....got the sling, glove....the whole bit.

The problem is that they are so few ranges with the required distance in Connecticut, that matches are far and few. I'm still glad I have it though.
 
#62 ·
I do feel bad for you city boys. One range is 2 miles from home, another 10. The ten mile one is indoors, and the backstop won't take a centerfire rifle. But pistol caliber carbines are just fine.
Moon
 
#65 ·
I've never ever owned a gun I never shot.

I live fairly close to my range (24 minutes vs 15 min straight from work). All of my guns get cleaned, zeroed and enjoyed. Nothing is a safe queen for me. Otherwise why would or should I buy it. I reload various pistol ammo but I really need to get I to rifle ammo reloading. My bench has 3 progressive presses, right next to each other. I'd have to mount my rifle reloading equipment on a separate bench.

If you have a virgin gun and haven't shot it, and the selling is good, then get something you can shoot.

I'm lucky that my club is outdoors. We shoot every caliber so there is no excuse not to use my stuff.
 
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