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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2094551" data-attributes="member: 4235">Shoot it, and take your kids and grandkids shooting with it.  They will have a lot more good memories associated with it that way than if it were just a wall hanger that they were never allowed to touch.  Show them how to care for it and keep it in good shape.  The only reason not to shoot it would be to keep it more valuable in case you ever sell it.  Personally I would never sell an heirloom like that, no more than I would sell the Arisaka my grandpa brought back from WWII.  So shoot that sucker!  They are great rifles, and loads of fun to shoot... especially at long range, like 500-800 yards.  Popping steel with irons at that kind of distance is pretty awesome.</blockquote>