“I often hear folks say things like, "I wouldn't own a gun I didn't shoot." And my answer is always, "You must not own very many guns?"
I love it! I will have to remember that for the next time I get ragged on for not shooting something. We all look at this differently and the only right answer is what is right for you. After years of looking for a .400 Whelen I found one that had not been shot after G&H had build it, the very first thing I did was shoot it. Now I’m not about to drag it through the brush but I have shoot it. I once owned a 20 gauge D. Kirkwood the had damascus barrels (I’ve been shooting damascus my whole life) that weighed in at 4.5 pounds with barrel like new but very thin, I never shot that. I’ve not shot Townsend Whelen’s Wundhammer because of the cracked stock and have retired other rifles because of the historical nature of them. When you are responsible for pieces of history one might look at them a little different. I would have trouble living with myself if I did something wrong and say cracked the action on the Leopold-Mann-Niedner- Maynard-Creedmoor rifle. I will admit when I was younger I shot the heck out of it.
A good subject, thanks.
