Yeah, I'd leave it and enjoy it as is. But I get why people like to restore..... It's just it's never the same as the original.

Plus I'm a sucker for wear. To me a gun is a tool. And tools look better when they're used. For the most part. If a tool just sits, it's not very useful.

On the other hand, these things are like works of art in comparison to things being built now a days.

I think it's a really cool gun as is. Even with the finish the way it is. There's something just right about the .44 special guns.