When you die, where are your guns going?

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My brother who is my best friend. And he will give them to my son, IF he grows up to be worthy of them. This is a great reason to have an open discussion with all family involved.
May we all live to shoot every round and go with a smile on our faces, ringing in our ears and cosmolene on our hands!!
 
I'm closer to 70 than 60 and have been gradually giving mine to my son who loves them as much as I do.But I really miss them when they're gone.I'll take my carry piece with me when I go underground.(You never know)lol
 
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"I have no kids No relitives except a bro whos my age . Im going to have to sell them i guess-But My gun stuff is what gives me pleasure as I get older ,,What to do..????"

Nobody to leave them to - have them sold and donate proceeds to NRA......?
 
To heaven. :evil:

Lol seriously, I will probably give one to someone in the family (hopefully mine) and the others will go to the local PD, maybe some sort of buy back where I can donate the proceeds to charity...such as the NRA.
 
I have three offspring. I buy three of everything that I want to pass along. They each know that they will inherit a collection one day.

Fortunately, they're still too young to try and hasten along that day. :)
 
Awhile back I was in a gun store which had a marvelous collection of "older" guns, including things like broom handle Mausers and other really "cool" stuff. I asked how come. They said the owner's family had been asking him how much the guns might be worth. He decided they were looking forward to selling them and wanted to establish their values. What did he do? He decided to sell them and enjoy the money himself!
 
If I go out the way my family predicts, I guess the ATF will make the call on who gets what's left.

Seriously, though--This is something I have thought a lot about, and it is disturbing to think about the challenges our heirs may have in taking possession of what may be an even more highly regulated transfer process by then. I am 42, and I am starting to be convinced that generational decline may be the preferred method for winning the confiscation war.
 
Hehehehe - all my guns are inventoried and valued by current BB values, with a sidebar to the wife that there are three people on this earth I'd trust to help dispose of them.

6 of the guns are heirloom guns, and will go to the 2 boys. The others are hers to do with as she sees fit/needs to. The collection is approaching some significant dollars, so I periodically update the inventory in general, and EVERY time I add a new gun it gets updated with the new info.
If she doesn't need the $$$, she'll pass 'em all on to the boys - but she helped generate the $$$ to buy most of 'em, so she deserves to sell 'em if need be.
Hopefully, it won't come to that - all bills will be paid within 3 years, includin' the house - so she should be set financially.
We'll see ;)
 
Those of you saying, "my family can have the rest..." need to understand the dynamics of what happens.

My interest in guns rekindled that interest in my Dad. He bought guns, I bought guns for him, etc, I bought my guns.

Two brothers couldn't have cared less about any of them.......until he died. SUDDENLY, they wanted them. Told me, "You don't need any guns, you already have some, but WE don't have any..."

(yeah, and there's a reason! I like 'em enough to buy 'em, you don't!)

While it eventually resolved, one brother has since sold every damn gun he got. The other hasn't fired a SINGLE shot thru any of them for the 15 yrs he's had them.

The guns were the most common interest I had with my father. I believe he may have given one or two to the brothers, if that, but the rest would've gone to me....BUT HE NEVER MADE THAT KNOWN.

So, my advice is, make it known and write it down. Better yet, give them away before you die, so you can enjoy the recipient's reaction and use of the firearm.
 
Texas,
Can you become my financial adviser?
Johnny,debt ridden in Miami!
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If you're serious, I'll be happy to help you - but you've got to be ready not to like what I may tell ya. ;) It's not that difficult to do - the trick is to knuckle down and do it. There are 2 '08 vehicles in the driveway - both on 36 month notes, neither of them "econoboxes" :D There's a paid-for '07 HD Ultraclassic in the garage. The vehicles had significant down payments put on 'em. I do 30-40k miles a year on my vehicle, so it behooves me to pay it off quickly. On this cycle, I'm also setting aside additional $$$ so that when it's time for the next one (at 150k miles), I'll have enough saved to pay cash for the next one. I write 'em off, so yeah - I spoil myself and buy 'em new.
The house.....bought on a 20-year note w/30% down - 5 years ago. Doing a refi next week to drop the rate down a full percentage point, then have run ammortization tables to make enough additional principal payments each month so it'll pay off mid-year of 2012.
Fun? No - but the light at the end of the tunnel is getting a LOT brighter, and THAT is what it's all about.
Oh - I might also add that I currently have TWO jobs.....sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do!
Again - if you're serious, I'll be happy to help you look at where you're at, and where you want to be. I've done it for several others - I don't get judgemental on folks unless they totally ignore my input, at which point I just let 'em go ahead an' wallow in their pits. ;) Just PM me if ya wanna.
 
TexasRedneck is right. I'm in a similar position.

The key is to live below your income. Budget EVERYTHING - including a line item for luxuries. Have enough leeway in the budget for emergencies. Treat credit cards as something to be paid off monthly. Avoid compound interest if possible. And get a 15-year mortgage.
 
My three sons all love firearms! I bought 3 Colt Delta Elites as I caught deals on them, so each will have one! As for preferences I ask them not to be shy and ask me what they want, I'm 53 and the collection keeps getting bigger!

John
 
Two brothers couldn't have cared less about any of them.......until he died. SUDDENLY, they wanted them. Told me, "You don't need any guns, you already have some, but WE don't have any..."

(yeah, and there's a reason! I like 'em enough to buy 'em, you don't!)

While it eventually resolved, one brother has since sold every damn gun he got. The other hasn't fired a SINGLE shot thru any of them for the 15 yrs he's had them.
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That reminds me of the guy whose uncle got the guns when his pops died. The guy offered to buy them from his uncle. His uncle claimed he wanted them for sentimental value. One year later, they were all sold to strangers. The uncle never even let the kid have a chance to buy them for more than the strangers offered.
 
Mine will be buried with me in a tomb buried inside of a mountain so that future generations can uncover it and see how ancient free americans lived. All my guns will be coated in cosmoline with my garand in my hand as I sit on my throne like a viking god with my copy of red dawn playing on an eternal loop.
 
I told my wife if I die first to just contact one of the auction houses and auction them off all at once.

I don't want to give away my firearms to some of my inlaws or their children. Hopefully someone else will purchase them and appreciate what they have.
 
My oldest daughter shoots with me on occasion. She asked If I would leave her the HiStandard my father left me. The rest will go to a young shooters organization in town. It's not a big selection, but it's heavy in .22's that should interest them. The rest they can sell or trade for ammo.
 
I have no kids No relitives except a bro whos my age . Im going to have to sell them i guess-But My gun stuff is what gives me pleasure as I get older ,,What to do..????
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find a young gun lover you think can take care of them and leave them to him
 
I will leave the ones that mean the most to ME to my two daughters. Although neither likes to hunt they both have enjoyed shooting occasionally. When I mentioned that I did not know what to do with them because I did not know if they would want them they both spoke up quickly and let me know that they did want them. The others will go to my two nephews if they want them.

If in a few years if it becomes obvious that my family does not want them rather than sell them I would prefer to give them to someone that would appreciate them. I am not really sure who that would be.

I do not have a real big collection and the ones I own are not collectables. It is funny when I am sitting here thinking about them now that they really mean so much to me...Not because they are worth a ton of money but simply because I have experienced so much joy from them...That is why I can not and would hope my children would not sell them. I would much rather them be given away so someone who would want them and take care of them would get the joy out of them that I have.

hummmm....I have a lot to think about.....
 
I have reached the age of 50,and no kids,I enjoy the old obsolete stuff and wonder what I'll do as well.
The modern stuff is easy to leave or pass on,I have one rifle that is tight necked, no factory will fit,and it will take an educated reloader to use it safely.I also wonder what I want to keep for now,and what I want to aquire.[A 10ga 2 7/8 twist would be nice]I would rather go thru trouble and time to shoot a relic/their words - fun gun/ my words,than the newest gizmo.
I shot a 454 casul,no fun,and 32lc fun.The joy in finding a box of 32long colt,or settling for short colt is not understood by many;32sw will not fit!! Family for modern,back sliders for the stuff they dream about and covet!!
 
Maybe give one to every THR member who has posted a picture of their collection and it contains 3 guns or less and one is a Hi-Point. It's a thought.
 
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