I bought it for resale later and sometimes I hold a gun for years sometimes because when I invest in a gun it always goes up on price later so its a good investment. I had 2 decent offers on the gun already and I'm afraid to scratch it. This is my cheapest SxS I got so I might try it out and its lighter than my 1187. My Parker hasn't seen light of day only to clean it. I have both SxS and O/U but wasn't sure what the advantage was over these 2 guns.