I only bring up the idea that it might never be fired again because it has become a collector's item...as the price goes up, the odds that someone wants to risk their investment by actually using it for the purpose for which it was intended become pretty considerable.

It'd be like taking batting practice with a Lou Gehrig autographed ball...it might survive but...

Hey...I take my "action figures" out of the plastic and play with them...much to my son's dismay. They're my toys and I can do what I want with them and the same would go for whoever plunks down the samoleons for that fowling piece.

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