Safe Queens: I have none

[partyboy6686]

Every gun I own gets shot at least once a month. Every handgun I own get puts in my carry rotation besides my Fusion Firearms 1911 AllenM built me. Only reason I dont carry the Fusion Firearms 1911 is because the trigger pull is set at 2lb or less and I signed a waiver saying the gun is set up for competition use. But everytime I go to the range the Fusion Firearms 1911 get a few hundred rounds put through it.

 

[30calmachinegunner]

Every gun I own gets shot at least once a month.

You definitely don't have enough guns

 

[Spencir]

I don't have the money to own a safe queen.

 

[JettaKnight]

Older or sentimental firearms I could understand keeping them in your safe as a cool thing to say you own or to pass on to your kids. However, I do not own any safe queens or sentimental firearms.

These are the ones I consider "safe queens" - that old Remington rolling block and such.

Then there's the "safe jokers', that the Remington 522 Viper was one.

 

[88E30M50]

I have a few that would qualify based on how often they get shot, and once in a while, will sell it if I don't see myself shooting it anytime soon. Some I have because I like to have them and they make me happy. My WWII Colt 1911 is one. I do shoot it once in a while, but for the most part, it's a safe queen. Some guns are just fun to collect even if I don't get to take them out every so often. Guns that I buy for carry either get carried or sold though. I sold my Glock 29 because I just never carried it. I found that a Glock 27 was easier to shoot and easier to carry and would do the job needed so the 29 went to a new home. I can live with 1911 safe queens because I collect 1911s. I cannot live with a Glock safe queen because I buy those for carry and if they don't get carried, they make room for something that will.

 

[seadoodr.]

I think if i came across a smoking deal on something rare and highly collectable I may let is sit in the safe. That being said I shoot everything I own as often as time and weather allow.

 

[BrewerGeorge]

I have a 16 ga FN double from 1908 that I inherited from my FIL and have never fired. That's it.

 

[95YJ]

I haven't met a firearm that is "too pretty to shoot"...

 

[Cemetery-man]

I'm not afraid to confess that out of the 9 ladies in my harem, 6 of them are still virgins.

 

[jcwit]

I have many "Safe Queens" and I do not have a safe, but a locked and barricaded room. Many are never put into the rotation, sorta hard when the numbers reach into the hundreds.

 

[Thrown Hammer]

Some people really like spending money on things they will never use. Not my thing though. If a gun can't shoot a few thousand rounds without being ruined I don't own it.

I hav noticed any gun for sale on the internet has at the most 200 rounds fired through it. Every gun for sale is a safe queen. :-D

 

[IUprof]

None for me. I shoot them or sell them and buy something I will shoot. I also don't get to shoot as often as I'd like so the rotation is small. My inventory is basically 4 rifles, 4 pistols and a shotgun. Uh oh, is the NSA monitoring this?

I would be susceptible to collecting 1911s...love 'em.

 

[modelflyer2003]

My safe queen is the first handgun I ever purchased. It's a Beretta 92F Compact (13 shot) with walnut handles manufactured in 1987 in Italy. I bought it new in England at the Rod & Gun Club at RAF Bentwaters in 1991. Love that gun. I bought it for $550 when I made $7000 per year gross. I have never seen another one like it.

 

[Brandon]

I wouldn't call some of mine safe queens, but there are a few that are shot considerably less then others.
A few were passed down that I will never sell. Not hard to find room in a safe or get a larger safe to keep them as my future kids may want them some day.

 

[dyerwatcher]

Does a Safe Queen mean NIB? I consider my Colt Python a Safe Queen, but I will shoot a few rounds every few years.

 

[Dirtebiker]

I don't have any intentional safe queens, but no one gun gets shot a lot. Just rotating through them a few at a time takes awhile. If I lived someplace where I could step out the back door and shoot, they'd all see a lot more use.

Pretty much the same with me.

Some people enjoy collecting more than shooting. And of course finding ammo, and paying for it....l..

 

[Dirtebiker]

Nope, I treat all my firearms like the tools they were designed to be.

So, you only shoot people and animals? Or are they "target" guns?

 

[sun]

There's the safe queens, then the safe kings, bishops, knights, rooks, pawns....pecking order.

 

[Desdinova]

I do have a few guns I haven't shot yet... but that's not because they are safe queens... that's because of the weather and my schedule. As soon as I can get to a range, they will be getting a good workout.