Consider your family will have almost no interest in your guns, or other hobbies, and no knowledge about their value, how to sell things off it up to us to leave them clear instruction how to sell or give away things. I have arranged all my real estate in trust for a seamless, almost tax free transition to my spouse and heirs. My guns have been inventoried, listed as to which gets sold or passed on to friends and family. The guns to be sold have a clear pathway to be sold by auction house and I am using two different auction companies . They will get picked up by the auction house and in about two months the family will get the money.
Of course any family member is free to select any gun in the to be sold lot, if they want it. After all, I’ll be dead and won’t miss them. Point is every gun, every reloader, every wood working tool, every piece of farm machinery has been accounted for and a direction for its sale, gift or disposal is in place with a rough estimation of expected value.
