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I don't think that gun is going to rust away. Most of those cases were treated with a rust preventive.
From a value viewpoint, I would NOT shoot it or work the action, but you have personal reasons that may outweigh dollar values.
Oddly, I can't find that gun listed in the Colt Commemorative list I have, so I don't have a price on it.
If you do fire it, clean the barrel and wipe the breech face with a patch without stripping the pistol. Then wipe it lightly with a soft, oiled cloth. Working or firing any of those guns cuts value by as much as 4/5, so a $1000 gun becomes a $200 gun just because someone wanted to shoot it.
The .45 Colt is a fine pistol. If you want one to fire but which also has a history, buy a genuine GI pistol, which might have been in Vietnam, and shoot it with little concern about decreasing the value.
Jim
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