I'm having an internal battle and need some opinions from others… my grandpa has Alzheimer's and was recently, within the last six months, put in a home. He was my hunting buddy… We would always go out whether for birds or for deer or whatever.
When he lost the ability to hunt a couple of years ago but while he still had his memory, he gave me his working gun, a Remington 870 special. This has become my go-to gun whenever I use a shotgun. As the family was cleaning out the house the other day, they came across a case. Inside was a shotgun and me being the hunter in the family and the one who hunted with him, they gave it to me.
Inside was a Browning Citori grade VI. I remember when he got it as it was an award for something or other. He carried it in the field once or twice and then put it in the case and forgot about it as he liked his 870.
Now where my problem comes in is that I know I will never shoot this gun. I have his Remington and that means the world to me. So what I can't decide to do is what to do with this shotgun. Should I sell it, should I leave it in the case just have back in the corner someplace or does anybody else have any good ideas of something to do with this? Being as I have the gun he gave me when he knew what he was giving me, I have more than I could hope for and this one has no real sentimental value. Just looking for some thoughts…
When he lost the ability to hunt a couple of years ago but while he still had his memory, he gave me his working gun, a Remington 870 special. This has become my go-to gun whenever I use a shotgun. As the family was cleaning out the house the other day, they came across a case. Inside was a shotgun and me being the hunter in the family and the one who hunted with him, they gave it to me.
Inside was a Browning Citori grade VI. I remember when he got it as it was an award for something or other. He carried it in the field once or twice and then put it in the case and forgot about it as he liked his 870.
Now where my problem comes in is that I know I will never shoot this gun. I have his Remington and that means the world to me. So what I can't decide to do is what to do with this shotgun. Should I sell it, should I leave it in the case just have back in the corner someplace or does anybody else have any good ideas of something to do with this? Being as I have the gun he gave me when he knew what he was giving me, I have more than I could hope for and this one has no real sentimental value. Just looking for some thoughts…