Thread: "Too pretty to use"

Yeah i hate it
I hear it alot
Guys have awesome antique rifles and go oh no I wouldn’t fire it it’s to old and valuable
Guns are made to be shot
If the gun is in good functional condition and you are sure that you load your own ammo to period specifications
Ie black powder if that’s what it was designed for
You will not damage the gun by using it for its intended purpose
It’s only when you put modern loads in a 150 year old gun that you have issues

I have an original 1874 enfelid snider that i shoot alot it’s awesome fun and because im not expecting it to do more than it was originally intended infact im only using a reduced load from the original snider load so im asking it to do less than intended