Got a scratch on stock now afraid to hunt with my Repro

[Sam Ogle]

Guns get scratches. Not using them is as not making love to a beautiful woman because "she's too pretty."
Use it, hunt with it. Once in a while, you will scratch it.....but the pleasure of getting to shoot with it is worth it.

You and that gun are going to get older. Enjoy it while you can.

[Jim Sappington]

Thanks all I feel a lot better hearing this from you guys.
Jim

[Quail1]

The first scratch is the hardest!

I try not to add to them but, I find that I remember events by the dings on my gun. They hold great memories, of favored dogs now gone, golden grain fields waving in the wind, and shots made and missed.
All of them are honest dings, part of the gun now and part of me.