I thought this might generate some interesting responses. What is the longest you've taken between buying/taking possession of and actually shooting a new gun? I'm not talking about an obvious wall-hanger or something sooo fragile or rare you'd never shoot it ever. I'm referring to a functional, serviceable gun, new or used, that you bought intending to shoot, put away, and didn't get around to shooting for a long time. "I put it in the safe, forgot it was there," or "I snuck it in, waiting for the right time to tell my wife," or whatever.
To start off, mine isn't very dramatic or comical. I bought an 1896 Krag-Jorgensen in .30-40 Krag in Feb-2014 in California. As you know, the PRK (Peoples Republik of Kalifornia) has a wait period on everything and I didn't have a C&R to bypass that. During the wait my employer announced it was closing our SoCal office and I ended up taking their relocation offer to Ohio. So for the next several months I was in moving-prep mode, packing, looking for a place to live in the new city, and all that. My uncle in Indiana stored my guns for me until I bought a new safe but I was so occupied with the aftermath of the move and the new work location that I never took the Krag out to shoot. December 2014 I drove to Las Vegas to visit family and took the Krag along with me. My nephew and I went up to Clark County Shooting Park (excellent range, highly recommended) and I finally shot the Krag. It functioned beautifully and we had a blast with it. So it was about ten months between the purchase of the Krag and the first shooting of it.
Anyone else?
To start off, mine isn't very dramatic or comical. I bought an 1896 Krag-Jorgensen in .30-40 Krag in Feb-2014 in California. As you know, the PRK (Peoples Republik of Kalifornia) has a wait period on everything and I didn't have a C&R to bypass that. During the wait my employer announced it was closing our SoCal office and I ended up taking their relocation offer to Ohio. So for the next several months I was in moving-prep mode, packing, looking for a place to live in the new city, and all that. My uncle in Indiana stored my guns for me until I bought a new safe but I was so occupied with the aftermath of the move and the new work location that I never took the Krag out to shoot. December 2014 I drove to Las Vegas to visit family and took the Krag along with me. My nephew and I went up to Clark County Shooting Park (excellent range, highly recommended) and I finally shot the Krag. It functioned beautifully and we had a blast with it. So it was about ten months between the purchase of the Krag and the first shooting of it.
Anyone else?