Originally Posted by oliveview

It's always worth noting, that everyone enjoys the sport of shooting and gun-collecting, differently. Personally, I very much appreciate having BOTH shooters and safe queens. Whenever possible, I buy two of what I like. Shoot one & keep one. It's not relevant whether the unfired one accrues in value. It's simply nice to know that you have a pristine version to look at, keep to sell, or hand-off to the kids some day.

Also, and it's well worth stressing this point, you never know what's around the corner. I always contemplated buying a Python years ago, then guess what? Colt stops making 'em. Look at the absolute preponderance of interest in pre-lock S&W Revolvers. In hindsight, I sure wish I had bought more brand new Smith's years ago, before they become hard to get second hand, now.