I have a fairly large gun collection, but I'm not a collector, I'm a shooter so they all get shot. Collectors like to buy a gun and sit around and admire it's beauty so the better it looks the more valuable it is to them. Shooters like to experience the way a firearm feels and functions, the way it was engineered to fill the hand and operate as designed. And one big difference is, there are "collectable" guns I wouldn't give a nickle for.

So, if you are a collector, no! don't shoot it. If you are a shooter, go ahead and enjoy it.