I sold it!!!!!! I'm a gun USER not a gun COLLECTOR. Sure I try my best to be "nice" to my carry and competition guns, like you, I would like them to stay "pretty". The fact is, if you use them, they will show wear. If you want a pristine safe queen, then don't use it. If you want to be proficient and DEADLY with it, then let it earn those badges of courage and use.I carry a Kimber Ultra II Stainless most of the time, and sure , she shows some wear. However, she shoots just as sweet with those little beauty marks. Sometimes I carry a PF9, it never was pretty. LOL I clean it, oil it, and abuse the heck out of it. Guess what...it goes BANG every time, and hits where I am looking.
So, collect and preserve/worship the safe queens if you want, but shoot the heck out of your "tools" and don't look back.
