Deputy25
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Just bought a blue DW Valor .45. I've fired 500 FMJ through it, have 200 Federal 230 HST to go. After that, it's my EDC.
This does not compute. An unused gun is an unloved gun to me.Now after closer inspection, it may be too nice to shoot.
Appreciate everyone's input, at some point I will shoot it. Just looked so perfect I didn't want to get it dirty.
Picked it up used.....(if you can call it that), previous original owner only put four rounds thru it.
Just bought a blue DW Valor .45. I've fired 500 FMJ through it, have 200 Federal 230 HST to go. After that, it's my EDC.
I can certainly say I've been there too. Worked for a private rolls Royce dealer who would buy cars that had never been driven and could no longer be driven cause they sat forever. Fix them up and send them out to sit forever again. Cars that don't drive and guns that don't shoot, total waste.Sadly, Ive worked on Ferraris that were brought in on a flatbed to avoid putting miles on the odometer- many collectors do just that.
We had a Jaguar XJ220 get trucked in with 7 miles on it after sitting in a garage for 15 years, still full of fluids and with a dead battery leaking acid everywhere. Of course, coolant and brake fluids become corrosive over that much time as well so the tires, seals, belts, and gaskets were dryrotted and seeping, the car had no brakes or clutch and the battery cables were turning to green dust........
$25 grand later, we were able to start and drive it- right up into the trailer so it could go back into the garage.
Whats even more depressing is the speculators that buy them and dont even enjoy them sitting still, just park them in a storage out of sight, sit on them for a few years, then send them to auction.....
I was just looking at it.
well don’t look at it.
After seeing one of these 15 years ago, finally was able to acquire my ultimate dream gun. Now after closer inspection, it may be too nice to shoot. One of the most incredible pieces of workmanship I've ever seen. I could probably be content to pull it out now and then....just to look at it. Thank You Wilson Combat!
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Kick it across the driveway a few times to knock the new off, then go shoot it.
Seriously, nice pistol
Shoot it and enjoy it.
Not shooting it is analogous to spending top dollar on a field dog and only doing AKC sanctioned shows. That’s not what good people do...
Beat [me to it] like a rented mule.Shoot it. Ships aren’t built to stay in the harbor, nor guns to stay In the safe.
Shoot the crap out of it. It wont increase in value
Or people that pay top dollar (2K) for a field dog (hard wired to hunt) and keep them as pets. Seen that too.
One doesn't buy a Ferrari just to look at it sitting in the garage.