A friend of mine, through an unrelated hobby, would say, You dont need the gun, at this point, the gun needs you.
It sounds as if you saved it for its intended use. You were at the point it may have ended up in the dump with someone who didnt understand the history it represented.
Ive never even seen a Baltimore, much less shot one, and one more of them appears to be back in the field

Good work.

Best,
Ted