Would you ever donate a firearm?

[Armored farmer]

I bought a nib glock 42 and donated it to a fellow church member's benefit raffle.
I have given $$ to other benefits to buy guns to be raffled off.

If the cause is worthy, i donate if asked.
I have had too much good fortune to not pass it along. I keep a $50 bill in my wallet for whoever needs it. I never regretted giving it up. I would say it has been given at least a dozen times, and always gets replaced, to be given again.

 

[theotherwaldo]

I have purchased several antique guns with the intent of donating them to local museums when I am done restoring and studying them.

 

[dbmjr1]

I just did. I donated an Anderson lower that another committee member used to build an AR15. This rifle will be given to a sponsor at our NRA banquet this evening.
I've got a safe full of these lowers. I've given them to nephews and nieces, for their first builds. I've build a few budget rifles on them, and I keep the rest for Justin Case.

 

[aarondhgraham]

I never donated a firearm, per se,,,
But I did donate the money to buy a rifle that was used as a raffle prize.

The funny thing was that I also bought a raffle ticket,,,
I was two numbers away from winning the rifle.

Does that count?

Aarond

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[MARKMALL]

The club I belong to has had several guns donated to it.

 

[jmace57]

I have one gun with some historical significance. I lucked into it and paid very little for it, and it is worth about 10 times what I paid for it. It is my intention to donate it to something like the WW1 Museum...or perhaps the CMP, as they have other items associated with the same event.

 

[Al-jim19]

I can see either willing a nice gun to the club when I die, but not while I’m still upright!!!

Different story to donate a commodity gun to a raffle if you can swing it. A shield or bodyguard, 642, lc9 or canik all seem more reasonable for charity.

 

[FROGO207]

I have gifted a few people with a firearm that was needed to get them "set up" in the past. Also helped to pay for a raffled one at times for good causes. Always ready to help family as needed as well. One friend of mine needed a revolver and I "loaned" him a 38 SPL. I was told by him some years later that he had wanted to sell it several times because of needing money but because he did not own it he just sold something else. Knowing him well I figured if I just gave it to him that he would have sold it first time he was broke so the plan worked for years.

 

[hso]

if it was for a good cause then i could see doing so

Isn't supporting your gun club a good cause?

 

[buck460XVR]

I thought to myself who in their right mind would donate such a rifle to be raffled off and the proceeds just sit in the clubs bank account? Now, if it was for a good cause then i could see doing so.

I sure the person that donated the gun had a good reason. While it might seem "out of their mind" to you, it happens all the time. Could be the donation is going to be written off. The write-off could be more than what the gun itself would bring at auction and a huge money maker for the club. A win-win scenario. Could be someone wanted to donate a few thousand dollars to the club and this was a good way to multiply that gift many-fold. Lots of folks out there that do selfless things all the time for people and causes they like/believe in. I watched a guy win a new boat in a Ducks-Unlimited raffle a few years back, only to donate it back to the local chapter to be raffled off again. Next winner backed up to the trailer that night, latched the hitch, hooked up the lights and never looked back. Not everyone is that selfless.

 

[Axis II]

Isn't supporting your gun club a good cause?

Yes, to a point. There are several thing I don't like about that club and one of them is money. $100k in the bank account and we have benches that wobble more than a newborn pony, riding mowers that the motor shakes when driven and is a few uses from falling off the frame, archery targets that are so shot out you lose your arrows and they wont spend a dime of it unless its what some higher up wants. When I inquired about the legs on the benches being uneven and making it wobbly I was told prop it up with pieces of 2x4 blocks they cut.

Anyways, if the club was struggling I would have no issue with helping out but when you rake in a thousand bucks or more a month only to hoard it away and hand out board member bonuses at the end of the year I would rather the $ go to a real cause like rainbows babies or something similar than the $5k they will generate being placed in the savings account for someone's new toy they keep locked up for their own personal use while at the club. .

BTW I know why not quit but $65yr plus work hours and its 8 miles from home compared to 30 miles from home.

 

[Axis II]

I sure the person that donated the gun had a good reason. While it might seem "out of their mind" to you, it happens all the time. Could be the donation is going to be written off. The write-off could be more than what the gun itself would bring at auction and a huge money maker for the club. A win-win scenario. Could be someone wanted to donate a few thousand dollars to the club and this was a good way to multiply that gift many-fold. Lots of folks out there that do selfless things all the time for people and causes they like/believe in. I watched a guy win a new boat in a Ducks-Unlimited raffle a few years back, only to donate it back to the local chapter to be raffled off again. Next winner backed up to the trailer that night, latched the hitch, hooked up the lights and never looked back. Not everyone is that selfless.

I probably would have re donated it or donated it to another cause. I feel strongly about wildlife and preserving them and their habitats and what the first guy did was pretty awesome but from what I've been told by people who do these events is that boat probably was given to them or purchased at cost and raked in double or triple that price. I attend a very and when I say very I mean 500-800 people wild game dinner yearly and they do tons of donations and door prizes and I just feel like a jerk when my ticket is drawn because id rather have that $ they spent to purchase prizes go to the church than $25-50 cabelas gift cards. They announced this past year if you killed a buck larger than 10pts come see them for a gift card and I kind of sat there for a minute and watched to see if someone else who maybe less fortunate than I would stand up. My buddies harassed me to get up there so I went up there and another guy arrived and they asked how many points and score I just said I shot a 12pt I didn't want to stand up there and have a pissing match over a gift card.

When they call for door prizes and you get to pick I usually just grab a coffee mug/cup and leave the more expensive stuff for the younger people or families. Id rather have a kid grab a tackle box than my have 3 more sitting in the garage doing nothing.

 

[Infidel]

I won't say that I wouldn't, but I haven't.

 

[Mike OTDP]

I donated a revolver to a U.S. International Muzzle-Loading Team fundraiser last month. I know where the money is going...match fees and powder for the World Championships.

 

[340PD]

I have donated a number of 22's to firearms safety courses.

 

[Skylerbone]

My father once sold off a very nice rifle and scope combo to help a friend with medical expenses then went in with me to purchase a pistol to raffle for the same friend. I would have donated my entire collection to keep him around but we all knew that wasn’t in the cards. Still, he spent his last months with family, including young children, and even snuck in a hunt with his brother.

Incidentally my local club donated space to assist at a gun show which helped raise the lion’s share of the donations to that raffle and my FFL took care of the transfer fees. That club also counts everyone involved in this story as members so I would happily donate a firearm to keep the doors open.