If the price was right for me I would buy it too. My dad bought a new Colt government in 1968. It's still in great shape but to him it was a pistol plain and simple and he intended to defend his family with it. A veteran of WW2 he cleaned it as he was taught and modified it to his liking with a trigger shoe, trigger job and the infamous scratch below the slide catch... It's is mine now and remains as I got it. Of course now it's somewhat of a classic as many common firearms of our day will be someday...