I can easily understand why there are more than a few guys in the "Leave It Alone" camp. I find myself quite often using the analogy that something is original only once.
Your gun exhibits metal condition we only dream about finding, and rarely ever dare to dream about finding a gun as desirable as yours.
If you owned a 1961 Austin Healey that didn't have a spec of rust, had a beautiful interior, not a single crack in the leather, spotless engine bay and ran like it was new, but had a few parking lots dings, age cracked paint, and a scrape here and there, do you think a can of wax will make it look like it deserves to? If I had such a car (I did many moons ago) I would pick a paint and body man who had the best reputation, and have him do his magic.
I know there's at least one guy, Russ Jackson, who will see this as a pretty good analogy.
Todd, When my dad was alive, I was in my early 30s, and there was precious little he could tell me, as I pretty much knew it already. It wasn't until he was gone that I realized how little I really did know. Consequently, I hung around guys 20 and 30 years older than me. Only problem now is there aren't too many guys 20 or 30 years my senior.
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