I agree with your choice of using it in the field the way it is put together and shoots! I have a pre 64 30-06 along with a couple Sakos that are almost too nice to take in the field, but the only rifle that doesn't go out of the house on a regular basis to hunt with is an 1866 Henry antique that is much too valuable to even put out on display like yours. It's a real shame I have to keep it in a safe. It's the first repeating rifle built by Tyler Henry and was used by the Yanks during the war. The Confederates said those Yanks could load the thing on Sunday and shoot it all week without reloading, as it held at least fifteen 44 rimfire cartridges. There were only about 12,000 of them made and the serial number on this one is in the 8XXXs. It's the rifle that the Winchester 73 was patterned after that is known as the gun that won the West! I haven't had it appraised but Dad was offered $10K for it, sight unseen, back in the 70s! I would imagine it's probably worth at least 2 or 3 times that now, maybe more. Anyway, I thought you might like to see it since you're a Winchester man and this is what got them started many moons ago.