Posted on 12/04/2017 5:30:10 AM PST by marktwain
Several years ago my uncle passed away in Ok. A nephew from Conn. was taking care of him. He gathered up all his guns and took to the police station. Being from Conn. he had no experience with guns. One of the guns was a starter pistol. When we got there from Il. My husband and cousin went and claimed the guns. My uncle had lived in the small Ok. Town all his life with no gun problem. Just shows the difference from various states about gun owners.
All three of my children are avid shooters and hunters. There won’t be any problem passing my firearms on(except, I forgot about that horrible boating accident).
A shooting buddy has an Apache Black Nylon 66. One nice .22.
before any hospitalization I go through and tag everything with an approximate value and who should get it, and a brief note if its family history, as many have been handed down.....I also keep an inventory of the cabinet
I’ve got one. I like it.
My kids have already told me which guns of mine each of them get. I think they’re counting down the days. Probably have a pool going.
MIL has my late FIL’s collection still. Most are nothing special, but one is about 100 year old .22. I’ve seen similar with a four figure price tag.
My scope is almost twice as wide as the rifle. Scope rings won’t fit around the slots running along the top. Should I file it down on the top?
The dovetail grooves on a .22 are smaller than the Weaver style rails on center fire rifles.
You need different scope rings.
It’s not just guns but any possessions. Family needs to wait until emotions calm down before hauling all of grandma’s stuff to the curb. Go through everything with a fine toothed comb. Read every scrap of paper. Turn over every piece of furniture. Ask relatives and friends if they’d like to have something before trashing it. Then put everything left over up on ebay or have a garage sale. Sure, it’s work but could be grandma left enough to pay off that house or car or college loan or credit cards.
Everyone should have a list. I have mother's list. Most things, I don't want but there's a history of where they came from so, with time, they'll find their way back to someone who does.
I have solved our gun problems. I’m putting them in the coffin. Happy hunting grounds and all. Don’t wanna be stuck with a bow. I’m better with a rock. :>)
My Nylon 66 came with an original Weaver scope on it. I simply replaced it with a little Tasco knock-off and it works just fine. The Weaver is too “valuable” in my opinion to use. It’s not worth much alone, but if I ever sell the rifle it will increase the package value. Tasco makes several useful scopes that are plug and play.
Great idea.
Thank you for sharing. Good info.
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Wife's grandmother passed, some time ago. She survived the great depression so her hoarding tendencies were pretty strong, and she had dementia to boot, so cleaning out her house wasn't any fun. Stacks of old newspapers, paper grocery bags stuffed with old plastic bags, and so on.
One of the things she hoarded was old Pringles Potato Chip cans. She must have had several hundred of them. I was tossing them into the dumpster when I noticed that one sounded/felt a little odd. Opened it up to find a roll of 10's and 20's! @##@$@$!! Back through the dumpster, through all the cans and everything else, to find the rest of the caches.
Family found all of the really valuable stuff that we knew about, jewelry and so on, along with plenty of other stuff. Just going through the clothes in the closets (also hoarded) was a huge process.
I worry about what we didn't find and went in the garbage.
Pretty much the same story here and wondering what we didn’t find even though we were careful.
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