I picked up this model 59 LNIB unfired 2 years ago and it went in the safe. It was purchased solely as a collection piece and a future investment. There are literally thousands of old 59 shooter grade pistols for me to buy and shoot if I please, I also have a Model 39 no dash from 1959. (It was fired very little) In the safe...along side a 39-2 I paid $200 for last year at a gun show that is a little beat up. That one I take to the range and keep it as a shooter.
My strategy or method of gun acquisitions is always buy or
try to buy 2 guns if I buy a collectible safe Queen. One stays in the safe the other is carried or shot at will. It keeps me from being tempted to shoot what is an investment. They are always much cheaper than a safe queen and in the case of some truly catastrophic "prepper event" I have more guns to sell or spare parts for the ones I keep. (I just thought that last one up).
