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I took my 8 year old Grandson to the range for his first experience shooting a firearm 2 days ago. It is a High Standard Sport King 22 auto I've owned for 50 years! It was my 1st handgun and while most every other firearm I own is a candidate for sale or trade this one isn't.
Jim

They're all for sale. Just make the right offer.

I know a couple of people who have their guns tagged with a date and fair price against the possibility of their widow being left bereaved with a pile of guns.
I have some guns I probably will never sell: 1874 Mk I Martini Henry (great shooter, nice condition), CZ/Brno 2E .22lr (working farm rifle, very accurate and reliable) and my grandfather's 12g Beretta SxS (1951, brought with part proceeds of a wool cheque during the wool boom). Oh, and a 12g Miroku (browning sxs clone) which fits well and is my normal working gun, and a...
RG

Good advise Chuck,

Your widow doesn't need the hassle, your kid's for the most part will want the money, and some dealer will make the profits you had envisioned for them!

He who dies with the most toys wins!!!
No they just die....
Chuck h, you hit the nail on the head, do not leave guns, especially if the ones you leave them to are non-shooters, or hunters, they will end up in a pawn shop...

I have a few: Merkel hammer drilling. Merkel prewar double rifle.

and a few others that I will shoot until I cant see. then I dont care.

as for the other dozens, they are for the grandchildren, if we are so blessed, or for the thieves after death.

He who dies with the most unused guns looses. Also applies to loaded shells. Winners have lots of empties, well cared for guns and lots of memories.

I wanted one special gun for almost 30 years. It was very unique action, rare, something that I would never have some idiot tell me his grandfather had a better, or one just like it. Well I got one and it was even more expensive than I dreamed it would be. Fit and finish was everything that I dreamed of. I shot it so badly that I checked POI and barrel convergence several times. Had the stock bent and bent again. If I had to use that gun to shoot myself I would have live till 100.

That was the one gun that I never thought I would sell. It is gone. All my collection and accumulation can be had if enough green comes along. Family guns, that I cared about, have already been passed along. The rest are toys and guns just waiting to be exchanged for money.

That's pretty much how I feel too. I have a couple pump guns that were my Dad's that I hold on to, even though I rarely shoot them, but since no one else in my family hunts or shoots, who am I saving them for? My Dad could care less; he's gone. But, if you sell them, it's hard to get what they're worth, so I just hold on to 'em.

The only other thing that would keep me from trading willy nilly is that I may end up with something I don't shoot as well with as what I had, as in KY Jon's example above. There is also a fine line between wanting a pretty gun to look at vs. one that is too pretty to hunt with. I have dropped a beautiful, newly re-done stock with fancy wood on a rock, and the sickening crunch that ensued cast a pall over the rest of my trip. What's the point? It's all chasing after the wind. Things are things, but experiences are what we remember.

Sounds like someone bought a Superbritte-and figured out later why they weren't a success. The only thing tougher to find than a Superbritte, is someone who can shoot one. Pretty is as pretty does.
Best,
Ted