I have worried about this as well. I have no children of my own but I have talked to my brother about leaving them to his kids. I have made my wishes known that I want these firearms to remain in the family forever. I also plan on leaving a few to the children of some friends who look on me as one of their family.
On another forum I came across a thread on a good buy one of the forum members made on a "bubaized" Thompson Center hawkens kit. The builder had carved the date he put the kit together ,mid 80's i believe, and then carved in it to kids name from dad.
the other members were either talking about what a good buy it was or why someone would carve into a stock that way. I just felt sadness when I looked at it. My first thought was how could a person sell something their father had put together with his own hands. The carving in the stock would have been something I would have cherished.
Michael
On another forum I came across a thread on a good buy one of the forum members made on a "bubaized" Thompson Center hawkens kit. The builder had carved the date he put the kit together ,mid 80's i believe, and then carved in it to kids name from dad.
the other members were either talking about what a good buy it was or why someone would carve into a stock that way. I just felt sadness when I looked at it. My first thought was how could a person sell something their father had put together with his own hands. The carving in the stock would have been something I would have cherished.
Michael