Posted on 12/04/2017 5:30:10 AM PST by marktwain
A few years back, a man I worked with had gone to a garage sale and bought a COLT .32 cal auto pistol made in 1935, in perfect condition.
The widow woman said she wanted $15 dollars for it because that was what her husband had paid for it in 1935.
Our local police took advantage of another widow woman when they bought up her husband’s guns CHEAP, for their own use. Several local residents were really irate as they knew the value of the guns and what they were really worth, and would have given the widow the true value for them.
Very accurate and still my favorite .22.
I solved our gun problems too. I put them all in my boat to go fishing, and wouldn’t you know . . .
Like that widow in CT who turned in her dead WWII vet husbands STG44. The cops to their credit did not destroy it but arranged for her to sell it to a museum with a value around the $30K range.
I have an Aunt who called the police to remove her deceased husbands .38 (est. 1930’s-1940’s) revolver. That will never be seen again.
I made a Word document for my weapons dispersal and an excel spreadsheet for my wife on what I paid and what it should sell for used. My two boys are currently in a good nature arguing over a couple of shotguns. I have a pump .410 and .20 gauge and a single shot .410 and .20 gauge. They love all four but both want the pump versions. I told them I would decide and it would be fair.
My wife doesn’t care except for the pieces I bought from friends a relatives over the years with no paper trail, she wants those. Probably not five pieces, but she wants all of them.
Before you file anything down, you could get a dovetail to weaver adapter.
Here’s an example from Brownnells- https://www.brownells.com/optics-mounting/rings-mounts-bases/rifle-bases/3-8-dovetail-to-weaver-adapter-prod18690.aspx
https://www.walmart.com/ip/UTG-22-Airgun-to-Picatinny-Weaver-Low-Pro-Snap-in-Adaptor/32089890
If any elderly gun owners need a younger heir to pass down firearms to, I volunteer to be adopted. :)
It doesn’t look like he sells his inventory cheaply.
When my uncle died a number of years ago, his widow contacted the local gun club (this is in Texas, where such things still exist) about disposal of his collection. They were very fair in their appraisals and sold many of the guns to other club members.
Just another avenue for disposing of weapons that you may not want to keep.
When my uncle died a number of years ago, his widow contacted the local gun club (this is in Texas, where such things still exist) about disposal of his collection. They were very fair in their appraisals and sold many of the guns to other club members.
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