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Gotta chime in. A friend owns a very nice, 99% blued (short of the idiot scratch he applied) 1976 Colt National Match 1911 with matching .22 LR slide/barrel that has been the subject of this very argument. It is taken out occasionally but the prevailing opinion is that a gun should be used and if it's not, trade for something that is. That said, it's a pretty cool piece of history and a very nice thing to see on his wall when I visit. Maybe it's just something to be appreciated like a Rembrandt rather than as a fancy hammer...