Titan6
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Getting near the moving time again (only two more moves to go till I retire) and I want to drop some weight and clear out some space in the safe for the new ones when I retire.
Where to begin?
The gun safe is crowded. I want to sell some old starter/ inherited guns that I don't shoot anymore, but I don't much like the guns myself so I don't want to sell them. Should I bury them for a rainy day? Donate them to Goodwill? We are not talking about any kind of high dollar, great shooting guns here. We are talking about middle of the road choices made as compromises until better guns could be afforded. Now the better guns are in hand but we still have the old ones. The nice ones we hang on to for the kids, even if we don't shoot them much.
The ammo closet is pretty full. We shot a bit this year, but not as much as expected. We have about 800 pounds worth of ammo, not including reloading components. Ammo does not go bad, but it is a pain to move from place to place, plus the movers won't move it. That and the dog take up a whole car when we move. I have not bought but a couple of boxes in the last three years. I shake my head sometimes when I look at the boxes with the old price tags and wonder how we got to such a state. I could sell some at a profit? But I am not really interested in selling, Me or my kids or wife will likely shoot it all someday. Wish there was an ammo bank somewhere where we could deposit the ammo here and pick it up again wherever we end up.
Parts and all kinds of junk everywhere. What do you do with all that? Factory Stocks that were upgraded, slings, scopes, magazines, lights, lasers and whatnot of all description.
I guess I am an incurable pack rat? Please excuse the rambling...
Where to begin?
The gun safe is crowded. I want to sell some old starter/ inherited guns that I don't shoot anymore, but I don't much like the guns myself so I don't want to sell them. Should I bury them for a rainy day? Donate them to Goodwill? We are not talking about any kind of high dollar, great shooting guns here. We are talking about middle of the road choices made as compromises until better guns could be afforded. Now the better guns are in hand but we still have the old ones. The nice ones we hang on to for the kids, even if we don't shoot them much.
The ammo closet is pretty full. We shot a bit this year, but not as much as expected. We have about 800 pounds worth of ammo, not including reloading components. Ammo does not go bad, but it is a pain to move from place to place, plus the movers won't move it. That and the dog take up a whole car when we move. I have not bought but a couple of boxes in the last three years. I shake my head sometimes when I look at the boxes with the old price tags and wonder how we got to such a state. I could sell some at a profit? But I am not really interested in selling, Me or my kids or wife will likely shoot it all someday. Wish there was an ammo bank somewhere where we could deposit the ammo here and pick it up again wherever we end up.
Parts and all kinds of junk everywhere. What do you do with all that? Factory Stocks that were upgraded, slings, scopes, magazines, lights, lasers and whatnot of all description.
I guess I am an incurable pack rat? Please excuse the rambling...
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