Selling Dad’s gun…

[fuelman1]

I have a few guns that I won't part with. One belonged to my grandaddy that I never met. It has dates carved in the stock when he got bored sitting on deer stand in the early 30's. Another 410 that was my grandmothers. I have a 1903 Colt that belonged to my mom's dad. He and his brother bought it to protect their new turkey farm (They should have bought an umbrella. 3/4 of their flock drowned when a torrential rain came and the turkeys were so dumb they just stared at the sky). It was made in 1924 and has probably not even had an entire box of ammo shot through it. I have no kids so my nephews will end up with them. Hopefully they'll pass them to their kids.

 

[thevalueman]

My dad had NO sentimental value for ANYTHING!!! He didn't care!! so, why should I...I know what he would do....sell it for money!!!
I just got through selling the last of his junk gold....wedding ring, gold chains, belt buckles he wore everyday...I smiled when they handed me the check, because I know, It's exactly what he would have done!! there were many items engraved, from wife to him....no concern to me....cash is king!!!
His guns.....well some are left, however I would sell them in a blink, if I could get decent $(old Winchester & such) for them...guns he took to Africa many times...I'm not going there, what do I care!!
Many children today don't care about this stuff, like we want to think that they do....IF I had someone that requested something, besides what THEY could sell it for, I'd consider....maybe

 

[eightnsand]

Nice, I got **** and shoved in it.

 

[CAMSDADDY]

Oddly enough my dad and siblings sold our family farm that had been in our family for 100+ years. I thought it was the end of the world and I was mad at the world when they sold. The four kids could not afford to pay taxes etc and were not going to use the farm. The farm was sold and they used the money to fund their last years themselves. I was bitter for a while but I have a cane he used to work cows with and a pair of dickie coveralls he wore and even those don’t hold the memories. The memories can’t be sold and if they can they weren’t memories anyway

 

[Outlier]

I have the family history, both mom and dad, in photo albums. Some of the pictures are cave drawings. Mom spent decades gathering the photos, documenting the people, place, and time. What's really sad is nobody in the family really wants them. To me they are priceless.

My mom is pushing 80 and so we have started talking about different end of life stuff. The scrap books of our family history she has made is the one thing she has pleaded to me and my brother to not get rid of after her passing. I personally find it odd since we have such a small family but I will for sure follow her wishes.

 

[Outlier]

Never had anything passed down to me. My step mother made sure she took everything before we even showed up when my dad passed

I got a front row seat to that almost exact same scenario as an adult; cousins of my mom I believe. They handled it much better publicly than I would have, if I'm being honest.

 

[Hayata]

It's not the firearm as much as the memories of shooting them with family.

Funny how the importance of things changes as you get older and closer to that Great Swap Meet in the sky...

 

[Fatal_Bert]

I'm sure I'll hold on to my dad's guns and pass them down, a lot of them I gave him so I guess I'll get those back

But I don't feel any kind of way about those that do. Maybe they're just not really into guns like us. I mean if my dad collected high end watches or sports memorabilia I'd probably sell every bit of hit if I inherited it and buy guns. So maybe they need the money or maybe they just want to sell them to support the hobby they're more into. The earth belongs to the living.

 

[Lionheart]

How old are your grandkids? They may feel the same way.

They range from a few months old to 25 years old. The 25 yr old, 22 yr old and 7 yr old grandsons are all pretty gung ho on the firearms. We have conducted some safety lessons and are planning range time this summer.

 

[Lionheart]

It’s important to not let yourself be burdened by possessions. That means different things to different people.

Agreed. No judgement here. To each his own.