I may own some "potential Safe Queens/collectibles", but I hunt them anyway.
I've always said that I shoot what I own and am not a collector (by definition).
If you force yourself to carry what you can't stand to possibly mark up or ding a bit, your usual and accustomed hunting style will necessarily be altered. Not good.....unless of course you find yourself walking slower and taking baby steps to put off any chance of falling and marking up said rifle and then you miraculously score each year thereafter.
Do what feels right and won't stress you out when afield......that's the whole idea of being out in the field anyway.........IMHO.
