My handguns are tool, and I use them too. I've also found that it isn't all that hard to take care of them and not let them get beat to hell. Holster wear is holster wear, but treating a $1000 gun like it's disposable is just stupid.
I guess beating it to and well maintained could go together, but my experience is that they don't. Show me one that looks rough, and it is probably rough all the way around.
As far as the idiot scratch, I'm not a big fan. It's not very hard to prevent it from happening. Unless there was a good reason/story (like some posted in this thread), I'd wonder what other things they screwed up besides this basic task.
I guess beating it to and well maintained could go together, but my experience is that they don't. Show me one that looks rough, and it is probably rough all the way around.
As far as the idiot scratch, I'm not a big fan. It's not very hard to prevent it from happening. Unless there was a good reason/story (like some posted in this thread), I'd wonder what other things they screwed up besides this basic task.