Well Sir to each their own ?.
I'm not a curator , I have no inclination in that direction , no intention to be the steward of some object or to save said object for the future profit of a heir.
If I bought it... it will be used as intended , cared for , even coveted , but used it will be ?.
I don't set any "tool " on any pedestal ?
That's not to say , I'm reckless either , I have a rare Griswold & Gunnison Confederate revolver, one of about 2500 produced , I know some of it'shistory
It is not nor have I ever shot it , it just beyond to do so safely ?.
COLT will cease to exist ?. bad corporate decisions, POOR union labor , high union demanded wages , lousy State of manufacture , as in Connecticut !
Colt will go follow the dinosaurs - Winchesters - USFA - Oldsmobile, Pontiac - Excelsior Henderson.... the last nail is set....
Uberti is ALIVE and WELL as is Pietta
Henry Repeating Arms is selling a ton
I'll be sad to see the iconic Colt brand fade into history , I wish Beretta would buy COLT ...as I hear the Colt worshippers collective scream !
I have a Colt.... and Ubertis , and Henrys and they are all shot, and none suck.