At least as far as shotguns go, I have never seen anyone who owns a higher end gun NOT hand to someone to look at or even shoot it. There's one gent with a Kreighoff K-80 that has the Apollo moonlanding engraved on three sides. Gun was about $110,000. He's a nice-enough guy he'll let you hold it, shoot it a few times, etc. Most folks in that tier - at least in my travels - have always been like that.There are nice guns that I stretch to buy and then there are really nice guns that exceed my “fear” to release that kind of cash (because I live in a world of financial comfort but I do not fall into the “rich” category). The ability to purchase life’s top tier stuff is a function of cash-flow excess. I live vicariously thru those that have that kind of cash volume and will always wonder what that world feels like.
Hey, me too!!Always been a fan of those high end guns.