GUN QUESTIONS

good advice, Blake has been drooling over the idea of keeping them all

but I do know some of them are not sentimental at all and there are duplicates of the exact guns... so....


I also wonder about pistols too.

I have a few of my own, but would like to maybe keep a 45 or one of his 44 anybody have any input on that either?


Thanks again
Bridget
 
Bridget, Handguns in general hold value very well, any COLT pistols in good condition have increased dramatically over the years! If you want a good guide of gun values, try to find an up to date issue of BLUE BOOK OF GUN VALUES ! You can probaly find it on the web, Google an see. I have a friend that runs a small gun shop and he uses it frequently. Good Luck, and hope to meet you and Blake this fall at the MLB convention. Take care... Joe & Clint....Carlyleboys
 
Keep all the guns that have special values to you and your sons heart. Then keep all the guns you need for any of your hunting needs.(geese, ducks, turkey, deer,and etc.) Than keep your skeet gun,Probally already close to your heart.(28 gauge or sxs).Get your gun values from a book and a broker. Offer them to any other family that would enjoy them, for a fair price. Then sell whats left. 44 is good for bears and deer, Large protection gun. 45 defense and protection on two legged creatures that can be very unpredictable.Heck just keep them all, maybe get rid of the ones you can't feed. John
 
Bridget,

I'll give you a call tomorrow, or if You'd like, you can call me after 1 pm. 269-720-8775.

Also, did you see we are having a group of guys getting together to finish up the Institute's carving season Saturday? You, Bandslayer, and the rest of the family are welcome to come.
 
You are getting some very good advice here on what to do. Your Dad was respected by a lot of people here and I am sure everyone will look out for your best interest as well as your son. I've seen some guys pass over the years and then all the sudden his "buddies" were willing to take "this old thing" off the wife's hands for next to nothing. My wife has no idea what my stuff cost. I bought a new Krieghoff Trap gun and while I was looking, my wife was like "why are you looking at all these guns that cost 5, 6, 8 thousand dollars. Why don't you buy this one for $136. My reply was because that is just for the choke tube. You really have no idea what this stuff cost? I joked and said one of my hunting buddies will give you $200 for one of my guns and you'd take it because you could get your hair and nails done. I also jokingly told her which guys no to sell anything to since they will usually come bearing a mask and pistol in hand and you will get robbed.
I am since in the process of writing everything down along with the proposed value. I have also indicated what guns not to sell and to pass on to my 3 kids. Reading your thread has surely made me keep my comittment in completeing this task for my family's sake.

I do like the previous post of dividing the guns in half. I would then look at the sell pile and divide that in half again and maybe start selling some of those. I don't need 45 guns and I am sure that your son doesn't as well. Maybe make a deal and sell some of the guns and put $ in an ING account that earns betters interest for Blake's future. Naturally this would be to sell the guns that are duplicates and ones that you do not expect to gain much if any value over the years.

Take care and God bless
 
Just having many guns and not using them ,makes no sense to me at all.You never know when a different shooting sport will jump up and bite you,and I mean besides the different types of hunting.There are five or more pistol venues,including Cowboy.All require different equipment.Skeet,Trap,International in both,sporting Clays.All can be time and $$ consuming in themselves.Rifle competion has more venues,and on and on.Did I mention precussion and black powder?One month,back in 99,I wound up shooting eight matches in four different venues.Often I shot two different the same day at one of the clubs.I cut a couple organizations off after that and just started back into pistol after a five year lay off.I didn't have but one revolver before I turned 60.Just shows to go ya,that the bug can bite at any time.Blake may win the Camp Perry match with that M1 Garand some day.Sent you an Email with Dave's numbers.
 
If at all possible keep them all. Absolutely catalog and have appraised. But once they are gone, the are gone. I don't understand how anyone can say 45 is too many..... 5 or 10 or some arbitrary number is more appropriate. It is not relevant if they are ever shot again. IMO

I have a similar thing happen (with far fewer guns) in my family and my wifes. If you need to liquidate for financial or space reasons.... then I would say to do it gradually as to not make a hasty decision.
 
I did wonder if the economy would be a factor when getting them appraised, and also if selling any time fairly soon...

Or is the Obama scare factor a plus in my corner right now?
 
In general the gun market is failry stable, same with old decoys. The high quaility stuff still sells great, people that can afford them, look at it as alternatives to the stock market for investments. The junkers and clunkers would normally be more difficult to sell. However there is a obama factor and people "think" that 1. He is going to take your guns or 2. with the cultural divide and his actions we are headed to a bad place so I need to arm and get ready. So even the junkers and clunkers are selling and while I only pay attention to double gun prices and they are still rising. But every gun show or store I have been is busy, so milatary and new stuff must be selling and probably has a premium becuase of supply.

A gun shop appraisal is going to go off the Blue book that was mentioned before which is failrly accurate outside double barrels. So its not going to flucuate widely. But the gun shop will be able to determine condition and model, to give you the accurate price according to the book..
 
Its a good time to sell. Guns are hard to come by at some gun shops, mainly hand guns and military style rifles.But if you sell a gun you might not ever get it back. I have passed on buying guns and later regreted it,because I will never get a chance to buy those guns again. If you need the money though you have a good market to sell them. People don't have money but they have money to buy guns just because they are afraid they won't be able to get guns. Sell your guns wisely. You will never see them again, but you can only shoot two at a time. John
 
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