Keep in new in box; it will hold its value better down the road
Shoot it, at least enough to make sure it doesn't have a warranty issue.
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Regardless what you do with it, it's a keeper...
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This has strongly become my motivation, especially since this morning I open the news pages and Trump is banning bump stocks with NO grandfather clause. I wouldn't put it past him now to sign a new AWB requiring registration or something (confiscation would start World War 3 and they are smart enough to know that).
I function-checked the M4, doing the safety test, disconnector test, and of course dry-firing. I also checked all staking where expected. Amazing that all Colt markings are present, including the "C" on the bolt carrier, "MPC" on the bolt, cage codes on both the stock and charging handle, etc. The kicker, though, is that we know Colt makes war horses rather than show ponies yet this one is absolutely perfect in fit and finish but for one tiny little dot of shiny metal the size of a period in a sentence on the mag well. It's literally that perfect.
I oiled it up, put it in a Browning VCI sock, and put the rifle in an airtight gun case with a safe-sized dessicant.
Test fire it and sight it in. Clean the crap out of it afterwards. Lube it and then put it in the back of the safe.
Let the paint completely dry before you put it in the safe.
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President... - Theodore Roosevelt, Lincoln and Free Speech, Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 47, Number 6, May 1918.
Every Communist must grasp the truth. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Our principle is that the Party commands the gun, and the gun must never be allowed to command the Party Mao Zedong, 6 November, 1938 - speech to the Communist Patry of China's sixth Central Committee
I did the same thing.
I bought an extra 6920 just to keep in the box as well with the intention of selling it in the next panic because lets face it, at the rate things are going its only a matter of time.
I work with a lot of people that are 10-12 years younger than me (38) and you're right theres not a lot of enthusiasm for guns as far as I can tell. It even seems like my own kids are getting indoctrinated at school although obviously I'm doing my best to combat that.
Anyway sounds like we're thinking along the same lines. I'd say keep in NIB. You can always keep it as a back up or spare. Win-Win.
I would keep it NIB.
I have a completely original N4 from 2008 and I enjoy it whenever I can get to the range. I bought it to shoot not just admire.
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