So I received a while back a cz75 p01 in od green, it's nice, barely shot but I don't shoot it either... but I also feel like I can't sell it as it was a gift from someone important. Does anyone else have this going on as well? What is it?
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Have you ever Inherited a gun you've got no interest in but wont sell?
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Kinda.. I just got a Ruger Super Wrangler to be my first .22 lr/.22 WMR revolver that I can actually take out and use. Technically I have 1 Revolver its in very good shape and is a old H&R Sportsman model. I was kinda excited to get it when my Grandfather handed it down to me.. But when I took it out to "try it out" I found that its not very accurate and really little adjustment was found to help.. I spent a afternoon with it trying to get it to hit the broad side of a barn and came up pretty much empty. It got a lot of use back in the day my mom even used to take it woth her little gang of friends down to the town dump to shoot rats with.. so it got a lot of use.. and that makes it a great memento and id never sell it.. but even though its in great shape its just not very accurate.. perhaps
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one day this spring/summer I will take it out again and fiddle with it.. I wanted to be able to use this as they did as a fun all around carry in the woods type gun(like im doing with the Super Wrangler) but it just proved so far to be not accurate and I know where the adjustments are they just didnt do a lot to get it on..
one day this spring/summer I will take it out again and fiddle with it.. I wanted to be able to use this as they did as a fun all around carry in the woods type gun(like im doing with the Super Wrangler) but it just proved so far to be not accurate and I know where the adjustments are they just didnt do a lot to get it on..
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Nope. Pop passed 8yrs ago. I got all his guns/ammo/holsters etc. Sold the ones I didn’t want to fund ones I did. Kept the older nostalgic guns, but they are still useful. Some have my grandfathers initials scratched into them.
Actually got into 9mm and the G43 because he had a bunch of defensive ammo and a few 9mms that I didn’t care for.
Living in a 10rd state, I never saw the need for anything except 40/45.
Actually got into 9mm and the G43 because he had a bunch of defensive ammo and a few 9mms that I didn’t care for.
Living in a 10rd state, I never saw the need for anything except 40/45.
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It was the day before my 30th birthday when my dad passed. I'll refrain how he got in that state. Anyways I wasn't into firearms really at all besides my shotgun. I was married 6 years at that time, working, playing golf like my friends did so firearms weren't really front and center. He had already separated everything in his Will. I got a Ruger MKI, S&W 686 6", The 20ga double barrel and Rem 870 were mine that he kept stored. And a random 1866 Henry Golden Boy in 44 rimfire. It is the second model based on the serial number made 1869. No one in the family knows where it came from. 18 years later still don't. I shoot everything except the Henry obviously. I'll keep them until I get stuck in some old person home or my son one day moves out and gets into the sport. He's only in high school so I have lots of time still.
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I have a few that were passed down that I won’t ever shoot or carry and just take up space in my safe.
That being said, I’ll never part with them because I’m too much of a sentimental bastard. I like knowing they’re there and that they were in the family.
My boys can make that decision for themselves one day when it’s their problem.
That being said, I’ll never part with them because I’m too much of a sentimental bastard. I like knowing they’re there and that they were in the family.
My boys can make that decision for themselves one day when it’s their problem.
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I have 2 pistols that my dad carried. A G27 and a Ruger LCP when he got to the point where the 27 was too hard to manipulate the slide. Zero interest in either one of them, but they will stay in the family and be handed down to one of my sons along with his hunting long guns.
Also, my grandfathers old but still like new .410 Remington 1100 and his Hi Standard Sport King pistol. They also will stay in the family. It is probably not correct to say that I have no interest in the Sport King. It is the first gun of any kind that I ever fired in my life. I was 6 or 7 and he would tap a bottle cap into the bark of a tree at the edge of the woods down behind the barn. He and dad taught me to shoot a pistol by shooting at that bottle cap.
Little did they know they were setting a direction for most of my extra cash to flow in for the rest of my life.
Also, my grandfathers old but still like new .410 Remington 1100 and his Hi Standard Sport King pistol. They also will stay in the family. It is probably not correct to say that I have no interest in the Sport King. It is the first gun of any kind that I ever fired in my life. I was 6 or 7 and he would tap a bottle cap into the bark of a tree at the edge of the woods down behind the barn. He and dad taught me to shoot a pistol by shooting at that bottle cap.
Little did they know they were setting a direction for most of my extra cash to flow in for the rest of my life.
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Oh boy! This is a thread I can relate to. My best friend died a couple years ago and we had been friends since 2nd grade, I just turned 72 a couple weeks ago. Anyway, he was pretty much a no frills guy and all the firearms he had were for a reason. Nothing where you would go oh wow but things that were meant for hunting, plinking, defense/carry and some just because...
My hunting, plinking and the "just because" category days are pretty much over. I hate to part with most of his stuff simply because it was his and he thought that I would like it all and I do but...... At 72 I don't need some of the handguns I got and most of the rifles and shotguns. With this came his reloading equipment and that will just take up space because I will never get into reloading. So, come Spring I will seriously need to thin out his herd along with some of my own. Hopefully by then the gun market will get a little better and things will start moving again.
My hunting, plinking and the "just because" category days are pretty much over. I hate to part with most of his stuff simply because it was his and he thought that I would like it all and I do but...... At 72 I don't need some of the handguns I got and most of the rifles and shotguns. With this came his reloading equipment and that will just take up space because I will never get into reloading. So, come Spring I will seriously need to thin out his herd along with some of my own. Hopefully by then the gun market will get a little better and things will start moving again.
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Shoot it and grin sir… shoot it and grin. Since they took the third position off of the selector switch that is all they are good for, but they are CERTAINLY good for that!
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I'd definitely keep a Model 12 too. They don't build shotguns like that anymore.
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And so far you've kept them which is pretty great! That is definetly a list!!!
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You just have an emotional sentimental attachment to a thing... It happens, like with my brother's motorcycle. Maybe can both get to the place where the memories become more important than the things we associate with them.
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We have a Fox double barrel shotgun that belonged to my great grandfather and will stay in the family. It's kind of a family tradition to pass it down. No need for one of us to pass away before handing it down as long as it stays in the family. Five generations have used that shotgun.
I did inherit my grandfather's Colt official police many years ago but ended up selling it after a gunsmith couldn't get it working right. I've always kind of regretted that.
On the other hand, besides the family shotgun, I've given away guns to family members with instructions to sell them if they want to buy something else.
I did inherit my grandfather's Colt official police many years ago but ended up selling it after a gunsmith couldn't get it working right. I've always kind of regretted that.
On the other hand, besides the family shotgun, I've given away guns to family members with instructions to sell them if they want to buy something else.
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This is the way I look at it.
If you have someone that will inherit the gun from you that will want it and enjoy it and not just sell it - give it to them now or as soon as they are old enough.
If you don't have anyone that will inherit the gun from you that will want it and enjoy it and not just sell it - sell it now.
If you have someone that will inherit the gun from you that will want it and enjoy it and not just sell it - give it to them now or as soon as they are old enough.
If you don't have anyone that will inherit the gun from you that will want it and enjoy it and not just sell it - sell it now.
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I have a couple of heirloom firearms. I won’t sell them. I regretted selling every gun I have sold, except one, a Grendel P10. If you know the gun, you will understand. I even regretting selling that too, because I sold it to a friend….. you shouldn’t sell guns like that to friends. But he knew how bad it was when he bought, and I think he paid $50.
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That's pretty good advice. Something to think about.
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