I have thought about this thread for a couple of days and still don’t have a clear answer.

Your Colt was manufactured with the purpose of being shot. The vast majority of my firearms have been and will be shot.

I do have one that qualifies as a safe queen, being a 150 year commemorative issued by my agency. Several officers carried their commemorative sidearm. I did not as. I was uncomfortable carrying a cocked and locked as my duty sidearm.

I have never shot it and I probably won’t.

So I can see both sides of the discussion, and don’t have a easy answer.

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