I don't own this one, a close friend does; however I own a high grade Parker in about the same condition that is substantially unshot. Here is our thought process, and I believe I can speak for my friend on this.
If a person owns just a few Parkers, he wants to shoot them all. However, there are those rare Parkers that show little or no evidence of use and the responsible collector needs to preserve those in high condition for future generations. Its a caretaker philosophy, that those who own those few guns are preservationists for others. Its also economic, in that those few unshot guns bring high value and taking them out and shooting them can reduce value but more likely is scratching them on the car door or other damage. He has explained that shooting them would be selfish and we have other guns to shoot.
But most importantly, my buddy has told me if I ever shoot the one I have, he would find out and I would be in deep...........
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