Guns & Venting

I've been thinking about lightening the load too.
I've got 2 boys that are in to guns, and I've got more guns than I'll ever shoot.
Some of them were my dad's and they will pass down to my boys.
I think I might pass them along sooner rather than later.
I could really use the room

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Yuo gotta have one for each room,one for each side of the bed,one, as I just found out,for in the pantry(because the pantry is a good bug out place). If you have barns,one for each barn, atleast one for your gun rack in the truck and one for the small of your back when you are in the garden. Without any real specifics tho, I can't be of much help.

OK, Thanks for the replies.

To start with I sure do not feel I have to many guns and I am a collector in a way. I bought 2 guns 2 weeks ago, bought a once shot Remington 870 on Christmas Eve.

Here is my Problem If I knew I was going to Live 50 more years I would keep buying guns etc.

I have my daddy's several guns, tools and tractor/farm equipment and he died 36 years ago. I feel if I died tomorrow my Heirs would sell it all including their Grandfathers things--I feel they would have no centalmental value to my personal things---they have no interest in them while I am here. I am talking about guns, personal Items etc-----Not all my air compressors, tools etc. All this has brought me to the questions I asked above. I am thinking--- Sell anything I do not need and spend the money on the Ones that show their Love for me while I am living.

Honestly, this sounds like a great plan to me--deal with this in a way that will allow you to be happy, and not stressed out about what will happen to your stuff once you're gone. Trying to work on a need versus want basis can be really, really nice in terms of reducing the amount of worry and material focus in your life, even when we're talking about guns and other tools. This is why we've only got about 4 guns in our house right now, and will be reducing that to 2-3 once the one my husband just bough arrives--we're only keeping what we need (a basic varmint gun, something with enough power to take down a deer, and a snake gun). We have no use for any more, and we saw what happened with my Dad's gun collection when he died (my mother wasn't sure what to do with it, and therefore it's just been sitting). Sort out everything this way, and life can be really lovely. Plus, your heirs will be really grateful in the end!

Note to self: Do NOT let Hubs open this thread!

If you enjoy your guns (or anything for that matter) you should continue to enjoy them and not worry about leaving them to family members who may not want or need them. You can always pick out the ones you especially want to pass on and then bequeath the others to a gun club where they will be used and appreciated. Or hang on to them and sell them if and when you do need the money.

What wise, wise words...

When my MIL went into assisted living, she had a full household and her stuff was like it came from the store, some of it 20 years previous. She was constantly cleaning her whole life, puttering, painting, etc., so her stuff was highly desired. She had a lot of great stuff for the kids, and handed them monopoly money in a certain quantity and put prices on all the stuff, the prices totaling the amount of "funny money" the kids had.

At the end of the "sale" everybody had had an equal chance to get what they wanted, and it was all "bought and paid for". Nothing to squabble about. Maybe everyone was not happy, but nobody had any room to claim unfairness. Think I'll do the same, unless the reaper sneaks up on me......Joe

Where were you and your MIL when I needed you 20 and 8 years ago?!?!? I love love love this idea of the monopoly money and will use it for our place and if we ever have another relative or friends' house to discharge. God forbid.

I think this is a wonderfully fair way to do things. The estate we looked after 20 years ago nearly did us in. The squabbling and the bitterness - over nothing of value! - amongst the children was truly disheartening. It would have killed their parents if they were not already gone.

I can only offer two words - ESTATE AUCTION

Your heirs can pick though things, as someone else is moving and stacking your worldly possessions. Much lower stress

If another relative, friend etc. wants a gun, or something else, they can buy it through the sale.Or the heirs can simply give it to them, if you wish them to be able to do so.

This completely eliminates the "he promised me this, he promised me that" nightmare, which always leads to anger, resentment and can sully the loving memory of your generosity. If an heir has to buy something, they will get thieir share of the items value back in the estate and the other heirs will get their's.

The entire estate will be gone gone in one day and the money will be ready to divide up.

Only way to go, IMO, especially for hoarders

Have a family shooting party, see who likes which guns or feels some nostalgic attachment, go from there

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Only you can answer your question for you. I have my own approach - Each weapon has it's own purpose. I see little no need for duplicates (possible exception of same gun for two people - wife and I, or perhaps a matched set of pistols, but I doubt it.) I'd rather have a new different gun than a duplicate... so there you go! Sell your duplicates and buy several new models!

If I had a choice between being left cash money or firearms I would take the firearms, I would want to be left something that was important to the family member that passed to keep and pass down to other generations. If you want to sell some so that you have cash to enjoy your years left the that is different

Well Because of My Weakness to resist a deal I just bought a Winchester 37a Youth 20 gauge at a Deal. On the way to pick it up I was planning to saw the barrel off to make a gun to keep on my golfcart to use if needed around the farm,,,,but when I got it in my hand----It looked almost new----I would be Lost My Marbles to destroy a Winchester to make a golfcart scatter gun---LOL. So Still hunting a gun for the golfcart. One good thing about this gun is---I do not have another one like it!

Cabin Fever I guess I am a Collector because I am always adding to my collection(if I find a Deal)!

I'd like to be able to give each of my kids one of my firearms from my collection when I die. 20 claw hammers sounds a little excessive!!! But I shouldn't judge...I currently have 14 gas cans in my shed, and my probably a dozen sledges and mauls. My wife calls me saw man, cause I have : three circular saws, two orbital saws, two jig saws, a scroll saw, a table saw, a radial arm saw, about 8 handsaws, a compound mitre saw, a tile saw, three coping saws, two chain saws, and maybe a few others I can't think of off the top of my head...

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LOL, I got the Saws too, 3 compound miter saws, all the ones you mentioned, 7 chainsaws, 4 hedge trimmers etc, etc, even a Sawmill.

and to top this all off I went and met a man at 6:45 am this morning and bought a 9mm, a 45 and another 12 gauge automatic shotgun. My wife got up around the time I got back home and said she and her Mother were running to some yardsales----wanted to know if I wanted to Go----I said I Already Been to My Type of "Sale" LoL.

Do I see a few M1 garandes in the middle? Those are my favorite deer rifles.

Awesome reply! We just got through a three year stretch of losing two moms and one dad between the DW and I. My dad was a minimalist who lived in a small apartment, and didn't want or need much in the way of things. My mom was thoughful about this issue, and had tackled a huge job by cleaning out a lot of her junk before she got ill. Regrettably, the MIL was a collector, and left us with a physically and emotionally difficult mess to clean up. A tiny house, stuffed to the rafters, and beyond, with thousands of items, most of which were of little to no value. We learned the hard way that it is pretty easy to get to the point that you don't own stuff, stuff owns you. I applaud anybody who is giving this issue some though, and moving forward with not saddling their kids with a giant burden after they are gone.

A man cant have too many guns or too many hammers I have a nice collection of each, having matching sets of each, different calibers , different weights. Don't sell them, Write a short history of each weapon for the grandkids to have............

After having been the child that was stuck with the clean up for both my parents and the in-laws , also the grandparent in-laws. All of them asked me to do so. Ex-wife's because they knew none of the children would argue with me about my decisions. Grand parent-in-laws because the didn't believe their children could handle the stress. My parents because I was the one they lived with.

Nothing is more of a burden than trying to go through the belonging's of a loved one and deciding who gets what , what gets sold , etc.
Thankfully with my parents and the Grand parent-in-laws I had spoke with them in great detail and they had told me exactly what they wanted done , so it was easier.

Now to the original post. You say you don't need the money. So that's out of the equation. You say you have guns , etc. that you want given to your children. So that part is taken care of. You say you have gotten them at "Great Deals". So why not find someone who could actually use them and pass on the deal to a like minded person. There are people who only think about making every dollar they can and never think about helping another like minded individual.

About a year or so ago I was down on my luck and I had a gentleman from here passed on a very good deal to me. He knows who he is and he has no idea how appreciative I was and still am. Now that I have started getting back on my feet I have started to feel like I need to pass on the deed and have started doing the same with the multiples of "Stuff" I have collected over the years. Trying to make others happy now and my children happy in the future. All I ask from the one's I give the "Deals" to is pass on the "Deals" when your able.