Ok I gotta ask; How does the least used, least carried, holster virgin make the most favorite list?? I mean for me to even like a handgun it needs to spend time being carried in a holster, or at least tucked into my waist band.
Good question. I tend to spend a lot of time with my favorites.
Savage
Fair question. I have several handguns, semi-autos, revolvers, single shots. I particularly like the 1911 platform and have four, including this Commander. I shoot the others alot. Wear and tear on them doesn't bother me. All of my guns are for shooting, no unfired safe queens - although this one is close. That being said, this Commander is a 1954 (same year as me) I got it, I believe to be unfired, in the box (which is where the original "Coltwood" grips are. The fit and finish on this gun is just so much better than most other guns that I have I just hate to damage the finish by carrying it in a holster. Which is another reason that it doesn't get shot as much.
If times ever got hard enough (financially or politically) that I had to choose just one to keep, it would be this one. And if that happens, I'll carry it and shoot it as much as the others are now.
When my son inherits it, he can do what he wants with it, shoot the heck out of it, wear the finish down to bare metal, whatever. But as long as I have plenty to shoot, I'll shoot the heck out of them and enjoy shooting this one once in awhile. I get a lot of pleasure out of shooting it occasionally and just admiring it for the classic pistol that I think it is; my favorite.