When it’s time to say goodbye

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18F7F64A-E237-42F0-A4B6-5076A81D65EF.jpeg As I’m in my seventh decade of my life, I’ve decided to let go of some of collection. The P08 is difficult to part with. The 03 not so much as I still have another in better shape. My son isn’t interested in firearms and my stepsons don’t deserve them (long boring story about that). Anyway, they are on consignment at a trusted LGS.
 
If you don’t need the funds, I wouldn’t sell them if they are dear to you.

My most treasured items from my loved ones who have passed are those that were the most dear to them, despite their usefulness to me or intrinsic value.
 
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troy fairweather said:
You can't take them with you, hope you get a good price.
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This is true, I suppose it comes down to what you are leaving and to whom. If the undeserving are left a pile of cash, would that be any better?

I found my trusted LGS charge 20 to25% fee for consignment firearms sales.
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The Buy, Sell and Trade forums here are free.
 
None of us like to think that there will come a time when the guns are more a source of concern than a source of enjoyment. You are doing the right thing by lifting that burden off others, and in the final analysis, guns are just more stuff that we all have too much of anyway. Gun ownership is going to demand more dedication in the years to come, so make sure the ones that will enjoy them receive a memento, and cash out the others for the benefit of loved ones. Just don't let them sit, because if you don't take care of business, they usually will end up in the possession of greedy and/or dishonest folks.
 
whughett said:
Don’t believe I’ll every sell another gun. In one way or another in hindsight I regret every one I’ve sold.
Finishing up my 7th decade so don’t need money to justify selling anything else. I’m starting to have thoughts of buying any more though. Perish the thought. :):(
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Purchasing a new firearm is in my dna, sometimes I feel it's like a drug addiction...
 
I have accumulated than sold three very nice collections. Getting ready to sell a fourth. Never understood the “don’t sell” mentality but they probably don’t understand my rationale either. I am merely a curator for a time. No one to leave them to so I would rather they go to folks who might appreciate them rather than someone who considers them “untouchable” or would sell them quick and cheap.

Apparently, the OP feels the same.

Kevin
 
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Just think how hard it would be if you had over 300 guns. My three kids will all get guns. They have already let me know some of the ones they want. Of my two grandsons, only one will get some guns. The other has Downs and really can’t have guns.
I have a few friends that will get guns and I’ll most likely sell a few. I’ll let my kids figure out what to do with the rest.
 
I have thought about this lately and even though I am only starting my fifth decade, I’ve decided to scale down my collection and just have a few higher end guns, one for each of my sons. I will enjoy them until my end, and they can move them on to their sons as the time comes.
 
A gentleman here (who I never met) recently passed. He was well off, and left a collection of many fine guns. No plan or interested heirs either. Fortunately a mutual friend of mine is also a friend of his widow, and her late husband. He stopped her from tossing all of the guns in her trunk (she had no idea what was what, value, or anything) and taking them to one of any of the shady pawn shops around here, where she was sure to be given next to nothing but convinced they were doing her a favor. He referred her to me to help broker the collection. I priced them at competitive prices- below their full potential, but not giving them away either. It also helped that I had buyers for half of them immediately once I saw what was there. Here is what she had:
-1939 Luger with all matching numbers and 2 issue mags
-50th anniversary Ruger MK2 22 pistol in box
-stainless Walther PPKS, in box (interarms)
-4" S&W 629 in box
-Colt Mustang in box
-Sig 45 ACP 220 SAS in box
-Bushmaster AR carbine
-DPMS AR carbine
- 2 Mossberg 500 with pistol grip
-2 Colt target HBAR rifles
-1 Mossberg 500 with broken stock and inoperable safety (she gifted this to me)
-1974 Winchester model 94 3030
-Remington model 7 308 w/ Nikon pro-staff
-Winchester 70 243 WSSM with Leopold 4-12
-Remington 700 stainless 300 ultra mag with black/grey laminate stock and Carl Zeiss conquest
-Mossberg silver reserve O/U 20 gauge
There was also a quantity of ammunition, that I bought myself.
She was shocked that the collection was worth so much, and made a comment about her late husband's apparent spending habits that she had little knowledge of. She was even more shocked at the envelopes full of cash that I brought her over several weeks, complete with bills of sale. Fortunately for everyone concerned(mostly her) she allowed me to handle the matter instead of being taken to the cleaners due to her own ignorance. She made more $ than she would have any other way of liquidating the guns, and was able to provide buyers with quality merchandise they will enjoy. My $ says most of the guns will stay with who bought them for a LONG time. I would like to think that her late husband would be pleased with how it was all handled. I'm just happy that I was able to help her, exclude some charlatans from flipping this stuff at huge profits on gunbroker, and have the opportunity to help some people (all of whom I know personally) to acquire some quality pieces at good deals.
 
rust collector said:
None of us like to think that there will come a time when the guns are more a source of concern than a source of enjoyment. You are doing the right thing by lifting that burden off others, and in the final analysis, guns are just more stuff that we all have too much of anyway. Gun ownership is going to demand more dedication in the years to come, so make sure the ones that will enjoy them receive a memento, and cash out the others for the benefit of loved ones. Just don't let them sit, because if you don't take care of business, they usually will end up in the possession of greedy and/or dishonest folks.
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Yeah for sure
I've already had to visit courts to retrieve
stolen property of mine, and hopefully won't
have to do that again.
I decided some time back to start paring
down all the expensive things I'd more or
less bought on a whim over the years.
Very expensive knives were turned into
money to pay expenses with after I had a
theft and decided that instead of my goods
sitting in a pawn shop somewhere, I'd rather
have the money in my pocket. If I couldn't
remember the last time I'd used a particular
firearm, it got in line to go to a new home.
As posted ^ ^ ^ previously, they're just things
unless they have a genuine sentimental
value. Ridding yourself of excess baggage
doesn't hurt as bad as you might think it does

Good Luck
 
You're breaking my heart xring. I'm not far behind you friend except ....

..... I'm more worried about my Son and SiLs arguing over who gets what guns. They are all gun nuts. Even my daughters have dibs on a few (of the leverguns they hunted with as girls).

When my Grandfather was dying from lung cancer, a few days before he died he have me a Remington Sportsman 58 that was his baby ... he cried a little bit when he did, he knew he didn't have long. He had killed a lot of birds with that shotgun, he was a legend with the thing. But handing me that was his final admission, to himself, that he was soon leaving this world waaaaay too young, in his mid 60s. He had been telling me since the day he bought it in '58 that one day it would be mine. He died younger than I am now.

I think I am just going to write down who gets what and let them have at it after I kick ... not in my Will mind you, because all of those guns were lost in a boating accident during Hurricane Hugo ... but the couple remaining, I'll let'em know who gets what in separate private notes.

Sorry you are having to let yours go to strangers friend.
 
xring3 I'm getting close myself. I decided to thin the herd of the ones I don't take to the range any longer. They are just taking up room in the back of the safe. I refuse to let go of certain ones that were special and belonged to my Dad. I'm getting more for them than I would have imagined on consignment at my local. He charges 15% but it is a lot less hassle than having to list them on GB or the likes and deal with them and the people you sell to. I don't have to deal with getting FFL info and then shipping them either. All of that takes time, time is money in my book. It's a sellers market right now and my local always says start high and you can always take less or not let it go period. He knows his prices. They are sold in a couple of days for exactly what I was asking. I'm using the cash for other things I want and enjoy. Life is to short to worry about the future. Go for it while you can...
 
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