New guns...need help/advice

Talk your big brother into going shooting with ya. It is a stress reliever and shooting his Dad's guns may make him feel closer to him. Me personally I would keep both. They have a history to them and that increases personal value in my book.

Sorry to hear about your friend's father. I am sure he has many prayers and well wishes headed his way, even from many of us who are reading this now.
 
I am with Engineer on this one. Keep them both and have your friend go shooting with you, it is a good stress reliever and God knows he can use some stress reduction.

Joe
 
Thanks, Bill DeShivs. I hope to put the ammo to good use this weekend. BTW, great looking knives.

engineer88 and jal5..Good idea I will give it a try. However, my friend lalthough not an anti is not a big fan of guns.

Funny story(to me at least). He had never shot a gun but while at a company retreat we convinced him to shoot some clays...think it was 5 stand, clays coming from different directions.

The instructor gave him the basics of the 870 we were using and how to shoulder and aim etc. but failed to tell him what pull meant, just said to call "pull".

Well he calls pull and out comes the clay towards the shooting line left to right diagonal. My friend doesn't see it and we are yelling "here it comes". When he saw it he kind of spooked and pulled the trigger, intentionally or not i'll never know, and busted the clay....from his HIP! Never shouldered the gun.

He put the gun down and said "well that's off my list". Did not shoot again that day or since.

Thanks for everyone's input and advice.
 
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After taking the weekend to consider advice from the forum and talking with my wife I have decided to keep the guns, but not for myself.

My friend never married and has no children, however, there was the recent addition of his 10 week old cousin which he considers his "grandson'". My plan is to hold on to the guns for a few years, longer if needed, and give the guns back so the young boy will have an heirloom from his "great grandfather" that he will never have the honor to know.

I have not discussed this with my friend and do not plan to hoping it will be a nice surprise when the time is right(hope the kids parents aren't anti's)!!

BTW..did not shoot them this weekend as I would like to return them in the condition I received them.

Thanks again for everyone's input.
 
New Guns

Monkey95, I have the same Hi Standard .22 that you have, as best I can
tell the hammer is fine, the .22 is a rimfire , hence the flat firingpin, as apposed to the round firingpin of a centerfire revolver.
The Gun Digest Price book ,I have is a 2007 edition, an lists the Baby Browning, as good= $300.00, very good= $375.00 & excellant= $525.00.
As they say condition is everything.
 
Mike in Va,

Thanks for the info...was not aware of the difference in the rimfire vs centerfire hammer. It still looks "cut" to me but does put a dent in an empty case.

I have decided not to sell, but appreciate you looking up the potential value(s).
 
BTW..did not shoot them this weekend as I would like to return them in the condition I received them.
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Go ahead and shoot them, then clean them properly.

Since neither appear to be unfired, normal firing followed by careful cleaning will do more good than harm.

Seriously - I have a few guns that I've shot after being in storage for a dozen years or longer.

The lubricants either dry up or gum up & working things free again is a chore.

Yearly (or more frequent) use keeps things from seizing or getting stickey.
 
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