Yesterday, after years of keeping my Beretta M9 Special Edition in the safe, untouched, unmolested... I finally took it out and ran some rounds through it. The reason for this is that I had to liquidate most of my gun collection, and my two other Berettas had to go. I now own only two 9mm's, the M9 and a Kahr P9. I anguished over shooting it, but now that I only have a few guns I can't justify leaving one unfired anymore, especially when it's the only one of its kind I still have. So anyway, off to the range, with 100 rounds of ball ammo. She shoots just fine, with a smooth trigger and decent accuracy. But now I have to anguish over whether I stop at that, or actually shoot the crapola out of it like I did with one of the others. At the time it was such a nice feeling to be able to shoot a gun as much as I wanted, and not care about finish wear or broken parts. But now that I'm down to one I can't bear to make the choice.