Originally Posted by Driftwood Johnson

Perhaps the photos do not show it well enough, but this is not a museum piece. It is not rare, there were over 30,000 of these made. The original blue is only about 75%, and it has its share of small nicks and scratches. Beyond that, I am proficient at taking one of these apart and putting it back together again without harming anything. Shooting it with Black Powder loads which are actually slightly less powerful than the original loads (200 grain bullets instead of 230 grains) will not hurt it at all. I'm not going to be shooting it every week, just a few times a year. Beyond that..........let's see, it's my gun right?