I'm on the fence about inherited guns,,,
I don't assign any extra value just because a relative owned it,,,
Perhaps this is because as I grew older I found I didn't much care for most of my relatives.
Now having said that I do own two heirloom guns,,,
One is the 1943 K98 Mauser my grandfather gave me for my 12th birthday,,,
It was a WW-II bring-back rifle that my great uncle brought back to give to his little brother.
That was my grandfather.
I'll never sell the rifle, not so much because it once was my grandfathers,,,
But because it was a gift that I used to take three deer in high school.
The other is a Colt Frontier Scout that was owned by my Mom,,,
I grew up with this pistol being the carrot that got me to do my chores and such like behavior.
If I was a good boy and didn't piss Mom off during the week,,,
She would let me shoot a box of .22 shorts on the weekend.
I'll never sell this pistol but again, not because my Mom owned it,,,
But because of the fond memories I have of shooting it off of the back porch.
I've talked to friends and they all say that after I die,,,
It will be just another used gun on the market.
I am 71 years old with no progeny to give my guns and stuff to,,,
My two siblings have no need or desire for them at all.
My one nephew is 59 years old and has no kids,,,
So if I leave Mom's gun to him he has no one to pass it on to either.
I do have a small circle of younger friends,,,
They (or their kids) will get the majority of my guns.
My plan is to gift them away slowly,,,
So I can at least have the pleasure of gifting them in person.
It's not that I'm not sentimental,,,
It's more that I have very few people to be sentimental over.
I have joked in the past that I wanted to be buried with the Colt revolver,,,
But I recently learned that the cemetery where my family has plots,,,
Will not allow anything valuable to be placed in the casket.
Oh well,,,
I'll figure something out.
Aarond
.
Aarond
.
I don't assign any extra value just because a relative owned it,,,
Perhaps this is because as I grew older I found I didn't much care for most of my relatives.
Now having said that I do own two heirloom guns,,,
One is the 1943 K98 Mauser my grandfather gave me for my 12th birthday,,,
It was a WW-II bring-back rifle that my great uncle brought back to give to his little brother.
That was my grandfather.
I'll never sell the rifle, not so much because it once was my grandfathers,,,
But because it was a gift that I used to take three deer in high school.
The other is a Colt Frontier Scout that was owned by my Mom,,,
I grew up with this pistol being the carrot that got me to do my chores and such like behavior.
If I was a good boy and didn't piss Mom off during the week,,,
She would let me shoot a box of .22 shorts on the weekend.
I'll never sell this pistol but again, not because my Mom owned it,,,
But because of the fond memories I have of shooting it off of the back porch.
I've talked to friends and they all say that after I die,,,
It will be just another used gun on the market.
I am 71 years old with no progeny to give my guns and stuff to,,,
My two siblings have no need or desire for them at all.
My one nephew is 59 years old and has no kids,,,
So if I leave Mom's gun to him he has no one to pass it on to either.
I do have a small circle of younger friends,,,
They (or their kids) will get the majority of my guns.
My plan is to gift them away slowly,,,
So I can at least have the pleasure of gifting them in person.
It's not that I'm not sentimental,,,
It's more that I have very few people to be sentimental over.
I have joked in the past that I wanted to be buried with the Colt revolver,,,
But I recently learned that the cemetery where my family has plots,,,
Will not allow anything valuable to be placed in the casket.
Oh well,,,
I'll figure something out.
Aarond
.
Aarond
.