look at this Redhawk!!
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I wouldn't have been able to leave that gun unfired all these years!!
I never did notice if the guy said if it was in .44 Magnum or .45 Colt or what?
I agree that it would be hard to buy that gun "for a song" and then feel bad about it. But it probably wouldn't have happened that way with me. She would have showed me the gun and said $400. I would have choked. I can see the quality just from the pictures but I would have had no idea what the true value was. So I would have offered her $800 with value unknown. She would have been happy. Later in that day I would have been even more happy! (Then I would have lowered the value because I would have taken it straight to the range!!!!!!!)
Imagine what she would get if she took it to a pawn shop!!!
But knowing what we know now..... if it was my Mom or a family friend, I would be taking a bunch of photos and listing it on gunbroker. Well, not my Mom because I wouldn't sell one of Dad's guns!
Gregg
I never did notice if the guy said if it was in .44 Magnum or .45 Colt or what?
I agree that it would be hard to buy that gun "for a song" and then feel bad about it. But it probably wouldn't have happened that way with me. She would have showed me the gun and said $400. I would have choked. I can see the quality just from the pictures but I would have had no idea what the true value was. So I would have offered her $800 with value unknown. She would have been happy. Later in that day I would have been even more happy! (Then I would have lowered the value because I would have taken it straight to the range!!!!!!!)
Imagine what she would get if she took it to a pawn shop!!!
But knowing what we know now..... if it was my Mom or a family friend, I would be taking a bunch of photos and listing it on gunbroker. Well, not my Mom because I wouldn't sell one of Dad's guns!
Gregg
Yosemite Sam
Hunter
Yep, I'm going to appoint a conservator/executor for the gun collection part of my "estate", so when I pass my wife will be sure to get the full value of them. She's been nice enough to let me buy them all without too much complaining; It's the least I can do in return.
-- Sam
-- Sam
Good idea.
I've got an Air Marshal friend who is younger than I am. We were US Army Drill Sergeants together 20 years ago. I put it in my will that my immediate family can keep any guns they want. Whatever gets put in the "for sale" pile will then be taken care of by my long time friend. He can buy them for himself. He can sell them on gunbroker. Whatever he thinks is best. Good to have somebody you can trust in this situation. I shudder to think of some family member taking a pile of them to a pawn shop and getting 25% of their value!!
Gregg
I've got an Air Marshal friend who is younger than I am. We were US Army Drill Sergeants together 20 years ago. I put it in my will that my immediate family can keep any guns they want. Whatever gets put in the "for sale" pile will then be taken care of by my long time friend. He can buy them for himself. He can sell them on gunbroker. Whatever he thinks is best. Good to have somebody you can trust in this situation. I shudder to think of some family member taking a pile of them to a pawn shop and getting 25% of their value!!
Gregg
make sure it is written on what is to be done. I had the "other" key to my close friends safe so if anything every happened I was to get all of his collection. Well he passed and the f wife gave all the firearms to the PD to dispose of.
The wife and I never got along before he passed and haven't talked since.
The wife and I never got along before he passed and haven't talked since.
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