Honest wear on your guns... Do you care?

Does honest wear on your working guns bother you?

  • No honest wear is sexy and to be expected. Its a tool which will show wear

  • I understand it is going to happen but when it does it bothers me.

  • I am paralyzed by it and there are guns I won't shoot because I am scared to mess them up.

  • Other... with and explanation.


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Im conflicted on this issue. I bought a used Les Baer PII 1911 and it was little more dinged up than advertised (lo res pictures) but it is tight as a tick and shoots lights out. I have no problem taking it anywhere and holstering etc. Its a shooter. I bought a brand new LB PII 1.5" group gun new. I put 500 rnds thru it for break in. Shot it on the ransom rest to verify the 1.5" grp at 50yds and havent shot it since. Probably end up selling it as anything more I do to it will devalue it. I 've never been a safe queen kind of guy. Had a safe full of Randall knives at one time and you couldnt use them or there went a chunk of the value so I sold them all. Didnt even keep one as a working knife. Sold when the mkt was down too. Now they are worth twice what I sold them for. I see guys selling safe queens all the time over on 1911 Addicts. I'm not a collector for collectings sake (anal retentive). I'm a shooter. I know a guy that must have 200 long guns and he never shoots them as he is not a shooter just a collector I guess. Whatever trips your trigger but I can't see collecting guns that never get shot anymore than collecting cars that never get driven (Les Baer). I think I would find something else to do with my money.
 
If it's a carry gun, I could care less, kind of expected and predictable. If it were a gun like my great grandfathers gun he passed down to me, then I'd be awfully upset. I kinda consider carry guns expendable for a few reasons and have no emotional attachment to them. I dont own any, but if I owned an antiquated glock I'd have no problem using it as a hammer.
 
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I love this discussion and all of the comment so far. Just to put a bit of spin or perspective on it this is the gun I am abusing. LOL o_O

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I take care of my guns, was taught from an early age to do so. It doesn't bother me if they pick up the signs of use but not any indications of abuse, because that does bother me.

My current everyday carry.
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Nice guns... One of my thoughts is that one man's use is another man's abuse. Lots of people in this thread talk about how they use their guns. Competition, duty, drills and carry are hard on them. Mag changes, holstering, racking the slide all will wear on a gun. For some people racking a slide on a car is abuse for others it is a day and the range. I am not saying I am a hard use shooter. I am not but there are many who are.
 
Collectors usually screw up whatever market they are in. Muscle cars, too nice to drive. Guns, same thing. You can buy HK styrofoam inserts for long guns to fake as new in box-for collectors. Make no mistake, there are "gun guys" who would give up all rights as far as shooting and carrying and using guns if they could collect them. Only them though.

Don't get me started on collecting trophy wives instead of using them.
 
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Don't get me started on collecting trophy wives instead of using them.

Lol...
My guns and my wife have a lot in common. They feel good in my hand, they are reliable, work when they're supposed to, and are a comforting presence around the house. Sure, there's some surface scars from previous owners, and I've put some wear on em myself, but not once have I ever abused them.
 
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My guns and my wife have a lot in common. They feel good in my hand, they are reliable, work when they're supposed to, and are a comforting presence around the house. Sure, there's some surface scars from previous owners, and I've put some wear on em myself, but not once have I ever abused them.
Do you keep a round count record? :D
 
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