A friend of mine widow sells enough pistols and rifles each year to pay taxes and insurance. The money helps her out a great deal and brings his memory back to his friends that gets the call.
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Right! At 78 I'm still shooting, still buying guns and on general principles none are leaving this house without my permission....or a fight.What's with you guys? What happened to the "pry 'em from my cold dead hands" stuff?
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Possessions are a nice part of life, but when we die of course they mean absolutely nothing! How you lived life for our maker is what really matters.
I have thought about value of guns, but then again I think about the fun and joy my sport has brought into my life. There are others out there wanting to enjoy this sport. To me, I would much rather have my scratch build guns go to someone who really appreciates them for what they are, then to get full value. Don't get me wrong, I am not wanting to give quality guns away, but really want them to end up where they are appreciated and used.
People today look at "What's it Worth" and not what did it take to make it, OR how in the hell did he do this without a factory? I rambled some, but really would like most, if not all my guns go to people that actually want them for what they are. I am still using them and working on them, but see the end is not too far away. I really don't know what will happen. The good thing is I will not be worring about it once the Good Lord calls.
PS: I have a feeling my sidekick SIL will get stuck with liquidation
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What a great idea! The only problem for me is that I wonder about the flash-point temperature of BP in the area of the happy hunting ground where I'll probably end up
I also wonder what future archaeologists will think. "The ancient humanoid's were often buried with strange totems and considered these to be powerful objects to insure their food source and protection."?
Just yesterday I learned that a niece of mine, who I didn't think much of due to some poor decisions and consequences thereof in her life, had learned how to shoot, aquired several guns, patronized a shooting range, and was even planning on getting her first rifle. You can't imagine how my estimate of her in my view went through the roof.
I don't have enough hands.What's with you guys? What happened to the "pry 'em from my cold dead hands" stuff?
Well, the only problem with that is hopefully you still have decades left, and in that time the value of the gun is going to go up and up and up, so you're going to be swapping out lots and lots of tags over the next few decades. I think a better idea is to let your heirs and/or estate personal representative know which guns have collectible value and to give them the name of a business that you know and trust will assess each firearm for its current market value when it needs to be sold, so your estate's guns get liquidated for their correct market value, and your heirs get what you wish them to get, if it's just cash for the guns and not the guns themselves.
I'm 75 and I doubt that I will be around for many more years. My kids don't hunt or have much interest in firearms. Only one grandson has an interest. So, I have in my will that my grandson can have his pick of any two of my firearms. Then, my children can choose any that they may want. The rest are to be sold at auction with the proceeds going to my wife.
Except for the guns that I regularly use, I have tags on all the others that say a little about the gun, its approximate value, and what it means to me.
Except for the guns that I regularly use, I have tags on all the others that say a little about the gun, its approximate value, and what it means to me.
We have a booth at an antique mall dedicated to the disposition of things we've saved for the kids that they don't want. As I rid my estate of unfinished projects, the mall and gunshows are working well and provide a bit of entertainment. "Where did all this come from?" ..we ask each other.
So far, the antique mall's been a better venue for M/L things than gunshows, which is a surprise. Unmentionables ...those my kids don't want are on tables at shows with the exception of items commonly used by criminals (black guns & cheap handguns). Those go only to FFL holders. Otherwise, junk's being converted to fewer but better quality pieces for my heirs to do whatever they wish. I'll have fewer to deal with and what I have will be the best I've ever owned.
So far, the antique mall's been a better venue for M/L things than gunshows, which is a surprise. Unmentionables ...those my kids don't want are on tables at shows with the exception of items commonly used by criminals (black guns & cheap handguns). Those go only to FFL holders. Otherwise, junk's being converted to fewer but better quality pieces for my heirs to do whatever they wish. I'll have fewer to deal with and what I have will be the best I've ever owned.
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Gave some to the ex's grandsons, gave some to great nephews and sold some. Now trying to build rifles out of all the parts I have some of these are 30 years sitting around the work shop. These are being donated to the group I ride with to help raise money for our Christmas for Kids Fund.
I will only have my smoothie which will go to my son. Anything else will be sold by the wife.
I keep a secured list of all my guns (and other valuables) make, model, price, serial #, history, how and where I obtained it and any other pertinent information. A copy of it and my passwords in my bank's safe deposit box. The hard copy may be a bit out dated but the copy on my hard drive is pretty easy to update.
P.S. I am finding that it's getting harder and harder to keep track of honest dealers (they keep retiring and the big box stores are hopeless), good gunsmiths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here. Make it, make do, or do without!
Love my family but they are not good recipients of my firearms, regardless of vintage and mechanism. My will gives all of my firearms and accessories to the local farmer/sportsmen club. They will do well with them at their annual auction.
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^^^My family couldn't spell firearm if you put one to their head and there's no way they're going to enjoy the fruits of my gunsmithingish labor.^^^
Ever since I pinned on my FD badge in 1977, I clearly understood that dying was a “when”, not “if” event. I held, and still hold, no expectation that this breath won’t be my last.What's with you guys? What happened to the "pry 'em from my cold dead hands" stuff?
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i have two of those. it is slated to go into the dirt with me. both saved my life at different times. a 1911 and a 41 mag. sorry but have never defended my skin with a muzzleloader.What's with you guys? What happened to the "pry 'em from my cold dead hands" stuff?
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I'm 74 today and am still buying and working on them as I feel up to it.Possessions are a nice part of life, but when we die of course they mean absolutely nothing! How you lived life for our maker is what really matters.
I have thought about value of guns, but then again I think about the fun and joy my sport has brought into my life. There are others out there wanting to enjoy this sport. To me, I would much rather have my scratch build guns go to someone who really appreciates them for what they are, then to get full value. Don't get me wrong, I am not wanting to give quality guns away, but really want them to end up where they are appreciated and used.
People today look at "What's it Worth" and not what did it take to make it, OR how in the hell did he do this without a factory? I rambled some, but really would like most, if not all my guns go to people that actually want them for what they are. I am still using them and working on them, but see the end is not too far away. I really don't know what will happen. The good thing is I will not be worring about it once the Good Lord calls.
PS: I have a feeling my sidekick SIL will get stuck with liquidation
Larry
I believe our gifting and love for things of this world that have benefit to humanity are actually programed into our being before we were sent to earth to be born.
I have always loved guns and have the mechanical ability to make (assemble components, some self fabricate) and work on them. It took me many years of following the precepts of the bible to begin to recognize the personality of our creator and how he made us to accomplish a destiny driven by choice. Once I realized he is actually very personal and loving and nothing like religion has cast him, I could relate to and have fellowship with him, it brought peace and joy to my being , removing the fear of death.
The fact that guns and people that go with them are very much in and on my heart means that Father, Son and Holy Ghost made it so before I was ! You and me, unique to the Universe with individual destiny, was his plan, along with the choice to do good or evil with it.
Yes ,your love of Guns came from God and when you bless others with this gift it both glorifies and blesses our creator.
I'm going to make a catalog of my guns, a brief history of how they were made or altered and their value so my family can keep or sell them . I have always realized I'm just the current care taker of them.
I know we go on and our bodies go back to the earth for a time but will eventually be reunited with our spirit and soul at the resurrection when time is no more, because it is written .
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My sons have no interest anymore so I have made a file with all the information on each firearm I own with price paid and I periodically update what I think is the current value as a used firearm. I have a few that I put in my trust that will go to brother and friends, but I told my wife to sell them at a fair price and keep the money. If she precedes me I’ll probably start selling them off as I get older and just keep my favorites. Once I’m gone I guess I won’t worry about it!
Boy Scout troup or even a 4H club would be first choice.
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