Sam1911
Moderator Emeritus
Agreed! If I had a car from the 1890s, 19-teens, '20s, '30s, etc. I'd probably treat it quite a lot differently than if I'm running around in a 2010 sedan or pickup truck.
Makes no difference the age or value. I treat my multi-thousand dollar guns the same as my $70 Mossberg in this regard. You presume that shooting a dirty gun accelerates wear and I'd challenge you to prove it.You make some very good points.....however I come from this at a pretty different angle.
Most of my stuff is vintage, still all smokeless but vintage. With this stuff I see myself as just a caretaker of this history, and I do want to do the very best that I can with these guns.....it is a bit of the past, and I want them to keep going as long as they can. So on my old Krag I ran 10 rounds in yes it got a total tear down grease and oil and put away for a few months till I get a wild hair to shoot it again.
On the other hand my AR was last cleaned about 10 years ago....it was last shot by my son about that long ago, and was cleaned before he shot it....like you said I will never use it enough to wear it out.....however I guess it is possible that somewhere down the road someone will think that a 1990's version colt AR is really a bit of history and valuable....and some jack wad really should have taken better care of it.