Heirlooms for the kids
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TylerD45ACP
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If you were my grandpa Big P and gave me a Gold Cup I would honored and estatic to have the pistol. I hope your grandson is a firearms buff. He will be very happy as I know I would. Side note: This would have been my dads and then mine (German Luger my grandpa got off a dead german officer--It was stolen from my grandpa 
) My father still has the case for the luger to fit in. Thats cool to have in itself. I always wanted a WWll 1911 with a story behind it. 
) My father still has the case for the luger to fit in. Thats cool to have in itself. I always wanted a WWll 1911 with a story behind it. 
I don't have kids. I'm waiting for one of my otherwise wonderful nieces and nephews to express more interest in guns than they currently do in video games - if and when the time comes he/she will become the proud owner of my first handgun, a Ruger Single-Six that I've owned for a bit over 40 years, with more likely to follow.
m&p45acp10+1
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Well I inherited my grampa's collection. It is quite large. If the day ever comes that I have children they, or my grandchildren will inherit all that I have. That would probably be heck of a lot of guns.
The ones I cherrish the most are a customized 1911 of vintage that grampa built for me. It was given to me on my 12th birthday. Next would be his 4 inch Colt Python of I belive a late 50's vintage, with the awsome Royal Blue finnish. I also love the Wildey Magnum I found in the safe last year. There are a ton of others but those are the top of the hand gun list.
The ones I cherrish the most are a customized 1911 of vintage that grampa built for me. It was given to me on my 12th birthday. Next would be his 4 inch Colt Python of I belive a late 50's vintage, with the awsome Royal Blue finnish. I also love the Wildey Magnum I found in the safe last year. There are a ton of others but those are the top of the hand gun list.
Other than my Grandpa's Nazi-marked Hi-Power, all I have are Kimber and Colt 1911s, Grandpa's single-shot .22, and my single shot .22 that I consider worthy of being heirlooms. The plastic guns (XDs mostly) are fine for using, but they're no heirloom pieces.
I suppose my Voere .243 Win would count.
I suppose my Voere .243 Win would count.
I have several my kids have their eyes on:
Of course there is my Model 3 Smith 44 Russian that my great grandfather gave to my grandfather
My Model 28 that I carried for 20 years with the PD, who let me keep it when I retired.
My daughter claims my Series 70 Gold Cup she started shooting with.
Other kids and grandkids have their pets, My Granddaughter wants my Model 70 Featherweight, 257, she started a Thanksgiving Tradition by killing a deer the last three Thanksgiving.
My wife put her tag on my Underwood Carbine.
I guess I'll just croak and let the fun Begin.
Of course there is my Model 3 Smith 44 Russian that my great grandfather gave to my grandfather
My Model 28 that I carried for 20 years with the PD, who let me keep it when I retired.
My daughter claims my Series 70 Gold Cup she started shooting with.
Other kids and grandkids have their pets, My Granddaughter wants my Model 70 Featherweight, 257, she started a Thanksgiving Tradition by killing a deer the last three Thanksgiving.
My wife put her tag on my Underwood Carbine.
I guess I'll just croak and let the fun Begin.
BigP - can you describe that Victory .32 or post a picture of it. I have a really old .32 that is in horrible condition - says "Victory" on it. I've never been able to find any information on this gun - just wondering if what you have is similar to the one I've got. Again, mine is in such bad condition - pitted, missing parts, etc. not worth the time of day. But still currious about it.
I've thought about this quite a bit of late. Ever since my dad passed, I've sorta been working on making sure my affairs are in order.
In the end, I think my wife will have all of my firearms, even though she won't use them. We have no kids, and at this point, there's no doubt that we never will. I have several nieces/nephews, yet only one is an avid shooter. That one would most likely sell anything I left him, just for beer money. He can earn his own beer money, as far as I'm concerned.
Another nephew was once interested in shooting, and might be again one day. He's more interested in other things now, mostly for lack of support for his shooting interest by his parents. He has a .22 rifle that was given to him by my father, but he hasn't shot it, or shown an interest in shooting it for many years.
My brother would happily take them, but he'd eventually sell them, or ruin them from abuse, much like his son. I may offer him the option of buying some of them; who knows?
In the end, if they're to be sold rather than treasured, my wife deserves and will need the money more than the rest. If (heaven forbid) something happens to her first, then I'll probably leave them to friends who'd appreciate them the most.
Daryl
In the end, I think my wife will have all of my firearms, even though she won't use them. We have no kids, and at this point, there's no doubt that we never will. I have several nieces/nephews, yet only one is an avid shooter. That one would most likely sell anything I left him, just for beer money. He can earn his own beer money, as far as I'm concerned.
Another nephew was once interested in shooting, and might be again one day. He's more interested in other things now, mostly for lack of support for his shooting interest by his parents. He has a .22 rifle that was given to him by my father, but he hasn't shot it, or shown an interest in shooting it for many years.
My brother would happily take them, but he'd eventually sell them, or ruin them from abuse, much like his son. I may offer him the option of buying some of them; who knows?
In the end, if they're to be sold rather than treasured, my wife deserves and will need the money more than the rest. If (heaven forbid) something happens to her first, then I'll probably leave them to friends who'd appreciate them the most.
Daryl
I have a nice collection and six grandkids, four of whom are boys interested in shooting and two of them are very interested in shooting. I'm gradually passing the guns on to them as they grow older and I am still alive. Hopefully, by the time I die all my guns except a few self-defense guns will have been given away. My three sons-in-law aren't being left out either and they are getting their fair share and they are all going to pass the guns down to my grandkids. I ask them to keep them as long as I'm alive and after I'm gone they can do what they please.
TylerD45ACP
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Yes Big P - It is sickening isn't it. I would have loved to have owned that piece of history. The person/people that stole it are probably morons and sold it for drugs or whatever. No idea how much it meant to other people such as my grandpa, my father, and myself. He looked as well but there is not much you can really do especially for something that exotic. I wish I could find it though.
I wish I could find it though.