There is no doubt that you should take good care of your guns. I just use my guns too shoot with-I do not use them for boat paddles. If it is a Sporting Clay's gun then that means you have shot thousands of rounds with it. I use my Beretta SC shotgun to hunt with-I have confidence in myself when I hunt with it. I use it to hunt geese, and I am a handicapped person. A goose blind is awful tight, so I am extremely careful, but not hunting with it is not an option. The only thing you really have to worry about when waterfowling is rust, so just get some extra oil. Get that shotgun gun out and shoot the **** out of them ducks. Tom.