I say soot the snot out of it. It's been waiting too long to be used for its intended purpose. One other thought though; How much extra are you paying for it just because it's never been shot? You lose that amount by shooting it. If you are not paying anything extra, then there is no reason to keep it a safe queen.
Or, look at it this way. That gun has been saved for some lucky person that gets to experience a brand new pistol that's been around for a while. Each person that has owned that gun is doing a favor for the lucky person that finally gets to shoot it by paying their money, keeping their gun yet preserving that first shooting experience for some nameless person down the road. You can either be another person to preserve the gun for someone else or you can be that lucky someone that gets to enjoy it for what it was built for. When I buy a gun, it's because I want to be the person to shoot it. I don't buy guns to hold on to just so someone else can someday enjoy shooting them. When you see a couple of guns together and one has had the snot shot out of it and the other is pristine, the one that's been shot a lot is the better of the two. It has the patina of use.
You see the same thing in cars too. People buy a car and then do not drive it for fear of hurting its value. There is a guy in Indy that has a 90,000 plus mile Lamborghini. He drives the thing everywhere and has had it all over the country. There are other guys in Indy that have Lambos that sit in their garage and only get taken to a car show on nice Saturday mornings. Which of those two owners are getting their money's worth out of the car they bought.
My recommendation is to not be the guy that spends his money on something and then preserve it so that it can be enjoyed by someone else someday. If you are spending your money on it, enjoy it. If you want to preserve it for someone else to enjoy, then I hope to someday be the lucky guy that buys that gun from you.
Or, look at it this way. That gun has been saved for some lucky person that gets to experience a brand new pistol that's been around for a while. Each person that has owned that gun is doing a favor for the lucky person that finally gets to shoot it by paying their money, keeping their gun yet preserving that first shooting experience for some nameless person down the road. You can either be another person to preserve the gun for someone else or you can be that lucky someone that gets to enjoy it for what it was built for. When I buy a gun, it's because I want to be the person to shoot it. I don't buy guns to hold on to just so someone else can someday enjoy shooting them. When you see a couple of guns together and one has had the snot shot out of it and the other is pristine, the one that's been shot a lot is the better of the two. It has the patina of use.
You see the same thing in cars too. People buy a car and then do not drive it for fear of hurting its value. There is a guy in Indy that has a 90,000 plus mile Lamborghini. He drives the thing everywhere and has had it all over the country. There are other guys in Indy that have Lambos that sit in their garage and only get taken to a car show on nice Saturday mornings. Which of those two owners are getting their money's worth out of the car they bought.
My recommendation is to not be the guy that spends his money on something and then preserve it so that it can be enjoyed by someone else someday. If you are spending your money on it, enjoy it. If you want to preserve it for someone else to enjoy, then I hope to someday be the lucky guy that buys that gun from you.
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