Just my two cents here from experience, one of the first things i ever purchased out of high school was a deluxe grade deer gun, fancy wood, engraving, etc. i bought it as an investment and took it hunting one time. I shot a nice deer with it and in the process of getting the deer out i put a very small scratch in the receiver. From that day on i figured it was a used gun. I have carried that thing through the worst weather i will ever hunt in, Shot my two biggest bucks with it and put many many others on the ground, that beat up (but very well taken care of) gun will go to my son someday and he will know that it was his ol mans "right arm" so to speak. By far and away my favorite gun of all time. No regrets. If you want it....buy it.... but be damn sure to use it! After we are gone who cares anyway?