Old Beauty - too pretty?

[Mike Franzen]

For me, if it’s a “Family” gun it never gets sold. I say with the caveat life or death type situations might make me break that rule. It would be tough for me to enjoy it fully in the shooting mode knowing that I’m depreciating the value. There are plenty of other guns to shoot. Yours is special in that it has a lot of original condition. A good goal would be to become an expert in preservation.

[6pt-Sika]

I understand if a person buys a higher grade and/or high condition gun and chooses not to shoot it much if at all . And that’s perfectly their right . But I am of the opinion , if I buy it I’m gonna shoot it . Granted High grade high condition guns will most likely be relegated to clay targets or very carefully in the Dove field .

[Randy Roberts]

That's a real nice gun Scott. You're gonna have to figure out what works best for you on the shoot/don't shoot topic. We all have an opinion. For me I used to collect and had a bunch of unfired boxed guns. It was neat for a while and I enjoyed it but eventually grew out of that phase. Now there is nothing in the gun world so sacred or valuable that I will not hunt with or shoot. I am careful and I avoid the rain. I always take a modern gun on hunting trips for those rainy days and it works for me. So far I have not marred any of mine to any extent at all really. If that gun or any other had been in my family I would have to keep it. I have some of Dads old guns that I may never shoot again but I will keep them and hand them down in some fashion. Enjoy it and welcome aboard !