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Selling off guns #8041836 01/06/24 03:14 PM 01/06/24 03:14 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Ohio ... S Sullivan K OP "Keith"
Sullivan K OP "Keith" S Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Ohio ...	Might just sell off most of my guns. Don’t really have many left. Sold off many since I have become half crippled up and can’t hardly walk anymore, with out a cane. Have a couple of .22’s that I kept around for squirrel hunting, but I can’t maneuver around, in the woods, very well. I will keep one of the .22’s just for killing nuisance stuff around the place. I will keep my first shotgun, an 870 knock off sold by Montgomery ward. It is a 12 gauge and was a Christmas present from my parents when I was 12. I will keep a 94 Winchester, just to have some kind of, relatively, high powered rifle around. Other than that I have a .22 Ruger and a .357 Ruger, that the I will keep. I guess it is always nice to have a couple of handguns around. It’s a (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) getting old, but life is what it is.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041859 01/06/24 03:48 PM 01/06/24 03:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 MN D Donnersurvivor trapper
Donnersurvivor trapper D Joined: Jan 2018 MN	Hard to sell that stuff and admit time has caught you. Better to sell things on your own terms and get some spending cash rather than having them dropped at a auction when you go. It always sobers me when I see a collection for sale after someone's passing

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041863 01/06/24 03:51 PM 01/06/24 03:51 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Nice to keep a few around just in case I agree. Mine are all in my will and I'll die owning them all. Family members and friends that I know that will appreciate them will inherit them NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041876 01/06/24 03:59 PM 01/06/24 03:59 PM
Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia	Not sure if you have kids, but I started opening the safe and letting them pick for Christmas or birthdays. Only stipulation is whatever they pick can never be sold unless they want to buy it from me and my prices aren’t cheap. If they buy it they can do whatever they want with it. If it’s a gift it stays in their family forever.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041888 01/06/24 04:11 PM 01/06/24 04:11 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana P Providence Farm trapper
Providence Farm trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana	I hate to hear this. If you were closer I would hunt trap and such with you and help with what you need help with. I will be there sometime myself. My 13 year old has the habit the last several years telling me thanks for taking him hunting. My response is thanks for wanting to go, and remember this and take the old man out when I get old and can't go on my own. Maybe he will.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041893 01/06/24 04:17 PM 01/06/24 04:17 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Good Idea to liquidate a lot of accumulated stuff when you get older. Its not fair to leave loved ones with a burden to have to do all that when you kick the bucket. I have started to get rid of stuff I no longer use,either sell,give away or take to dump. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Turtledale] #8041901 01/06/24 04:24 PM 01/06/24 04:24 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Perry, NY D Dana I trapper
Dana I trapper D Joined: Sep 2012 Perry, NY	Originally Posted by Turtledale Nice to keep a few around just in case I agree. Mine are all in my will and I'll die owning them all. Family members and friends that I know that will appreciate them will inherit them Hey Turtledale you have any Savage models 24, 99 or 10ml2? If so I might be your long lost cousin or best friend . Lol

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041902 01/06/24 04:25 PM 01/06/24 04:25 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa. J jk trapper
jk trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Williamsport, Pa.	I just gave away another to a buddy grandson. I know the feeling.....jk Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free. What's supposed to be ain't always is. Hopper Hunter

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041903 01/06/24 04:26 PM 01/06/24 04:26 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 LA D dixieland trapper
dixieland trapper D Joined: Oct 2013 LA	I remember comments I thought and said while cleaning out my parents’ and parents’-in-laws’ houses. I don’t want anyone to have those same comments when I go.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041912 01/06/24 04:40 PM 01/06/24 04:40 PM
Joined: Apr 2022 Wisconsin G Guss trapper
Guss trapper G Joined: Apr 2022 Wisconsin	You will regret it .

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8041921 01/06/24 04:49 PM 01/06/24 04:49 PM
Joined: Aug 2008 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 ny	Originally Posted by Sullivan K Might just sell off most of my guns. Dont really have many left. Sold off many since I have become half crippled up and cant hardly walk anymore, with out a cane. Have a couple of .22s that I kept around for squirrel hunting, but I cant maneuver around, in the woods, very well. I will keep one of the .22s just for killing nuisance stuff around the place. I will keep my first shotgun, an 870 knock off sold by Montgomery ward. It is a 12 gauge and was a Christmas present from my parents when I was 12. I will keep a 94 Winchester, just to have some kind of, relatively, high powered rifle around. Other than that I have a .22 Ruger and a .357 Ruger, that the I will keep. I guess it is always nice to have a couple of handguns around. Its a (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) getting old, but life is what it is. No kids ?I have been giving mine to my two sons and grandkids over the past few years.There will only be four or five left in my safe when I kick the bucket.I told the two boys when that happens,,draw cards.High card gets first pick of one,,then take turns till their gone after that. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042391 01/07/24 02:29 AM 01/07/24 02:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Coeur d' Alene, Idaho J James "Minka"
James "Minka" J Joined: Dec 2006 Coeur d' Alene, Idaho	I got rid of a bunch of stuff, including five guns, when we moved. There was pain involved. Jim Forum Infidel since 2001 "And that troll bs is something triggered snowflakes say when they dont like what someone posts." - Boco

Re: Selling off guns [Re: upstateNY] #8042430 01/07/24 07:43 AM 01/07/24 07:43 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Ohio ... S Sullivan K OP "Keith"
Sullivan K OP "Keith" S Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Ohio ...	Originally Posted by upstateNY No kids ?I have been giving mine to my two sons and grandkids over the past few years.There will only be four or five left in my safe when I kick the bucket.I told the two boys when that happens,,draw cards.High card gets first pick of one,,then take turns till their gone after that. I did give my son a Glock 9mm. He doesn’t hunt but wanted the hand gun. I gave my son-in-law an extra 10-22 I had and an old .303 Lee-Enfield that he thought was pretty cool.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042440 01/07/24 08:05 AM 01/07/24 08:05 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	Do what's in Your heart NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042552 01/07/24 10:57 AM 01/07/24 10:57 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks D danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man"
danny clifton "Grumpy Old Man" D Joined: Dec 2006 williamsburg ks	Kids grandkids and one great grand daughter. When I tip over they will all get at least one. I like to think they wont sell them. Traps will go to my son. Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042568 01/07/24 11:11 AM 01/07/24 11:11 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 coastal ny G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 coastal ny	I gave most of my, and my fathers guns to my son when he moved to Texas, he would have got them anyway. Most of them were basic using guns and I told him to do what he wants with them. Still have a few left though, can't just have none!

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Boco] #8042578 01/07/24 11:33 AM 01/07/24 11:33 AM
Joined: Dec 2019 Iowa C CTRAPS trapper
CTRAPS trapper C Joined: Dec 2019 Iowa	Originally Posted by Boco Good Idea to liquidate a lot of accumulated stuff when you get older. Its not fair to leave loved ones with a burden to have to do all that when you kick the bucket. I have started to get rid of stuff I no longer use,either sell,give away or take to dump. I will be sending you my address so you know where to send things. Thanks in advance for your generosity Boco. Life Member: ITA, IBA & NRA. Member of SA, MTA, FTA & NTA

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042589 01/07/24 11:43 AM 01/07/24 11:43 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	besides mine being written into the will since my oldest was only a few months old it specifies the GCP children are to divide them evenly amongst themselves at the time of my death and may not sell them , they may only give them to other family. the lawyer told me that may not be enforceable but it does specify your will wishes my goal is to give anything I want as I see fit to away to my kids , grandkids or relatives , kids I mentor , ect..as I see fit before I die of old age If I die before old age the kids figure it out. I think presenting someone with it while I am still alive but maybe unable on not needing to use it anymore and tell them the history and why I chose them for it , will be a lot more meaningful and won't result in just a possession but a prized possession. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042592 01/07/24 11:45 AM 01/07/24 11:45 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 PA W w side rd 151 trapper
w side rd 151 trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 PA	Like it or not we all are getting older And father time always wins the race Almost none f us think we will get rid of our most prized possessions But unless you plan on being buried with them your other options to give them away or sell them I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL SSULLIVAN K Best wishes as you at least try to get some time outdoors

Re: Selling off guns [Re: Sullivan K] #8042644 01/07/24 12:59 PM 01/07/24 12:59 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	My 16-year old grandson is the only male grandchild on either side of his family. His other grandad and I will probably pass everything to him.

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