Guns as investments are getting a little shaky these days. As the Baby Boomers leave the stage and start to dump all of their adult toys, there aren't really many folks coming along to buy them up and appreciate them (there are lots of reasons for that; some are cultural, but many more are simply economic). There will be a few exceptions to the general softening of all of the typical Boomer investments, but not many. As I said before, buy and use what you love. Perfection is beautiful, but it's utility sucks.