Found my dream gun.....too nice to shoot.

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Op send me your supergrade. I'll function test it for you that way you wont have to feel the pain of that first scratch or brass kiss. You'll send it out supergrade and I'll return it to you field grade.
 
A real beauty, but not too pretty to shoot, not by a mile. Shoot it, love it.

I'm ordering my first Wilson this year (not a super grade) and plan it have it in CCW holster ASAP.

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.

Have a duty treat VBob in my holster right now, fantastic gun. Shoots just as well, in my hands, as a few semi customs I've run it against. Quality isn't close to a Baer, Brown, Nighthawk or Wilson, but in practice, in my hands, it holds its own quite well.

So does my 9mm Valkyrie CCO, which is pretty nice for summer carry.
 
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.:fire:


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 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.
 
Shoot it! If you have to part with it in the future you would regret never having shot it.
 
I still have some-few NIB Colt autos and every now and again I think about queering my worry over them by shooting 1 mag through each - just to get it the hell over with.

Your Wilson? I go well to the other end and imagine it with great and honest holster wear, even if only for low-key competition.

In any case - having always wanted one might play hard against dicking it up by firing or the dreaded idiot-scratch from re-assembly.

I have a couple of pistols that I waited long - since my youth and dreaming over them in magazines - to own and sincerely enjoy shooting them... after I get up the nerve to do so, anyhow.

All in all - congratulations on scoring a long wanted gun while you also had the money in hand to do so.

Todd.
 
That's a beauty, but I couldn't NOT shoot it. I had a couple Wilsons, twice that many Baers, and others. I shot them all. My heirs will just have to bear the anguish of selling off whatever guns I have left, that might have been worth more unfired;)
 
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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Beautiful pistol but unless youre a collector run that piece hard. It deserves to be used for real , its built for it. Then again, I am a plastic pistol degenerate so what would I know about nice firearms lol
 
I own a three piece set of USFA SAA in .45 Colt (sequential serial numbers, fire blued screws, blah, blah, blah) - “I will never shoot these handguns” I declared! In 2013, I was diagnosed with terminal cancer; I went to the range and shot all three - it felt good. Fast forward, I am still alive and I will still shoot thise handguns.
At one time in history, I absolutely understood your perspective; today, I do not understand your perspective. Shoot your WC, it will not hurt the gun at all and it will feel good - and, and, and, you will not have to wonder anymore. Break that ice - enjoy the living.
 
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...

Guns as art never made a lot of sense to me.

Or people that pay top dollar (2K) for a field dog (hard wired to hunt) and keep them as pets. Seen that too.

Of course it's not my money and none of my business so I probably should just keep my mouth shut.
 
Shoot the crap out of it. It wont increase in value

Well there you go. Best reason I can think of to shoot it. I see a lot of those semi customs for sale for about 70% of what they sold for new. They don't ever seem to increase in value or loose a lot of value either. I think that has to do with the number of them being made and the number of them already sold. They aren't 130 year old Colts or Winchesters.

I've lusted for a semi custom 1911 myself for awhile so I see the draw. If I can pick up a used one for a decent price I might have one someday. If I had it to do over I would have just bought a Wilson before I bought the three Colts that I have. Money spent would have been about the same but a person needs to learn to shoot before one can truly appreciate a fine pistol such as a Wilson.

One of my factory Colts could probably match a Wilson for accuracy but it was built at night by a wizard during a blood moon and was accidently shipped. ;)
 
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