Gun Dilemma

[Sako Shooter]

I inhereited 3 Belgium Browning shotguns, an RWS .410 shotgun, a .30-06 Remington auto, and a Remington Speedmaster from my grandfather. Quite frankly, I have no use for any of the rifles as neither the Speedmaster (the best of the bunch) nor the .30-06 will shoot sub-moa, as will my own personal rifles. I have replaced the heavy Belgium Brownings I grew up using with a newer, lighter Browning that will shoot 2 3/4" up to 3 1/2" shells and comes with optional choke settings. Needless to say, I have no use whatsoever for a .410 shotgun.

I really want a Cooper 22 rifle at present, and could probably sell the above guns on an even swap. However, the guns are about the only "physical" memory of grandpa I have left, so I just let them sit in the safe.

 

[Ala Dan]

Faced with the same situation back in 1996, I sold my dads Beretta .22 caliber
"Minx"; chambered in .22 short. Its something I did not need, nor did I want
because I had my dads other weapons to use/remember him by~! I have never
looked back on my decision.

 

[avs11054]

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I'll take the advice of most of you and keep the guns. I don't need the money, just wanted to get some different guns with the money I would get from selling them. I guess I will do it the old fashion way and just save up.

I'm glad I got some advice from people with a little more experience.

 

[TIMC]

I was in your situation last year after inheriting quite a few guns from my father. I sold off quiet a few, especially ones I had in the same gun myself. All the real family heirloom guns of which to me were really only a few will be kept and handed down, those are guns that were special to my dad or belonged to my grandfather. The others are just like having too many tools that you will never use. or my dads vehicles and household furnishings; you just can't keep it all so some were sold off.

I did take his favorite deer rifle and have it completely rebuilt since it was about shot out. The old Remington 700 is now a tack driver again and will be handed down to my grandkids.

The other few heirloom guns were for the most part handed down to me several years ago because he wanted to make sure I got them. These will be kept in the family as well.

 

[Single Action Six]

If Nothing Else..

AVS11054 said in part..

Another is a .243 that my dad actually bought for me. Not that the .243 isn't a great gun, but I use my dad's .270 now though. The last is a .38 special, which I actually have shot the heck out of, but now it is just a safe queen as my main interests are in rifles now.

Read what you said about the .243.

"My dad actually bought for me". Now THAT one's definitely a keeper.. not because it's a .243, but because of why it was bought in the first place.

As far as the .38 special..

One can NEVER have enough handguns/sidearms no matter what they are.. except for "GLOCK" of course!

(I'm only kidding about the Glock. Even though I don't like Glocks, if that's what trips your trigger (get the pun?), then so be it.)

Single Action Six

 

[KingMedicine]

I havent read a single post past the first poster, but i already know what they said, and i agree.. Dont sell a family firearm. Charish them, even if they are old and cheap, they mean something.

 

[JH225]

I would have to go against the grain here. The OP already stated that the guns he is thinking of selling do not have any "cherished" memories. They are just guns that dad had and now he has.

IF you are going to use the funds from the sale to acquire gun(s) you will actually use and enjoy, I think dear old dad would in no way frown upon the sale of some of his old guns. In fact, I feel he would say "cool, enjoy them".

 

[Gordon_Freeman]

Don't sell them. I get a sick feeling when I imagine my children selling my guns after I'm gone. My wishes are for them to keep the guns in the family.

 

[JTHunter]

DON'T!!

AVS11054 - My father had a collection of flintlock and percussion-cap rifles, a SxS double-trigger exposed hammers shotty, at least 4 cavalry sabers with filigree bells as handguards, 2 short, heavy swords that look straight out of a gladiator's hand, the pump action .22 LR that I learned on as a kid, his M-1 and 1911 from his Natl. Guard days. Somewhere around the time he and wife #2 were getting divorced, she claims they (along with other items) were "stolen".
I would LOVE to be able to have those items, even if in non-working condition.
BE VERY CAUTIOUS about letting any of those guns go! So what if they are "safe queens"? They are part of your family's history.