I would hunt with a mint condition collectable if I had one
. I was looking at a S&W model 27 revolver at a gun store one time and when the guy went to get it out for me to hold, he told me to not operate the action because it was collectable and didn't even have a line on the cylinder yet. I told him if I bought it, it'd be riding in a shoulder holster under my hunting jacket as backup for my bow. He wouldn't even let me hold it after that. Said I didn't understand the value of a collectable gun. I would argue that any object's true value is its ability to perform as it was designed to.