vito
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I'm approaching 74, and not only is my wife of 50 years not at all into guns, only one of my five grown children has any interest in guns at all (and that one is not in a position right now to responsibly keep more than one gun in a small lockbox in his apartment). I never had a big collection, and in fact could hardly call what I owned as a collection at all by most gun collector standards, but I have started to downsize to avoid having my wife at some point be overwhelmed with disposing of the guns.
I started by selling the guns I didn't care for (like the Ruger LCP which I hated to shoot) or never fired because they were virtual duplicates of other guns that I used more often. So now I am almost done (I still have one to give the one son who wants one) with the process, leaving me with two home defense handguns (in addition to a Mossberg 500), two concealed carry smaller handguns, and two 22 handguns for target shooting at the range. I also will hold on to the only gun that I have sentimental attachment to because it is such a beauty, in my opinion it is the standard of what a gun should look like (a nickel 4-inch S&W Model 19). This also allows me to only stockpile four calibers of handgun ammo (9mm, 45acp, 38 Special, and 22 LR). Life is simpler now and I actually feel better. I guess its a bit like downsizing from a big house to a small condo, having everything you need and nothing you don't.
I started by selling the guns I didn't care for (like the Ruger LCP which I hated to shoot) or never fired because they were virtual duplicates of other guns that I used more often. So now I am almost done (I still have one to give the one son who wants one) with the process, leaving me with two home defense handguns (in addition to a Mossberg 500), two concealed carry smaller handguns, and two 22 handguns for target shooting at the range. I also will hold on to the only gun that I have sentimental attachment to because it is such a beauty, in my opinion it is the standard of what a gun should look like (a nickel 4-inch S&W Model 19). This also allows me to only stockpile four calibers of handgun ammo (9mm, 45acp, 38 Special, and 22 LR). Life is simpler now and I actually feel better. I guess its a bit like downsizing from a big house to a small condo, having everything you need and nothing you don't.