ORIGINAL: statjunk
I use my shotguns and wouldn't feel good about dragging an over $1k gun across the grass, dirt and rocks.
To each his own. I USE my Benelli and would not think twice about taking it anywhere (it has probably already been there at least once already). I used to subscribe to the same school of thought but have come to realize that guns are nothing more than tools made to be used (but not abused).