Thanks, 2-Piper. I don't think there's any danger of my friend firing it -- he just wants it as a family keepsake. If he ever did it would be with .410 ammo, but if he ever gets it north of the border I will do my best to dissuade him. It can't be a pleasure to shoot anyway. This is the same guy who has his father-in-law's WWII service 1911A1 with several magazine of vintage ammo. He wanted to shoot it and had to be persuaded that the old ammo had collector value too, and he could not believe that the service pistol could be worth more than a grand either. My real concern is that he keeps the piece away from anyone in a Mexican uniform -- police, customs, airlines. That could be really lethal...
