Time to start selling the guns off?

Very personal decision.
I have regretted it every time I sold a gun.
After my shoulder injuries (both shoulders) I sold two very special revolvers. Now, I wish I had kept them.
My family is expressing interest in the guns and that is a surprise.
My plans now are to never sell another gun and I may acquire some more before the final kick.
 
Yung.gunr

Sorry to hear about your children, mine are real little (and one who has yet to be born) and I am really nervous about how they are going to turn out. /QUOTE]


Keep them out of public school if possible
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(Take a look at my signature line, and think about it.)
A good place to start when considering your children's education:
http://www.tjed.org/

I've had a good run of 45 plus years!
Time's just come though to think about putting some of the guns back into circulation so others can enjoy them.
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Glad to hear it this way! Hope that you still enjoy some future trigger time with the ones remaining!
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Sounds like you're too young to start selling your collection.
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In what way?

Granted, I'm "only near 60",,,but,,,I'm too old to work anymore.
I had a hard slap in the face of reality on that.
I grossly underestimated the effects of "living large" my whole life & the old body (and brain - or what left of the brain cells) just ain't what it used to be.
 
Even gunwriters ultimately sell their guns. There was a writer named Claude Hamilton who sold some of his guns through the old Potomac Arms in Alexandria, Virginia. Maybe he lived around here somewhere. As I recall, I think they were all revolvers with stag grips.
 
I doubt guns will ever be banned in this country. We are seeing states moving toward allowing concealed carry and loosening there gun laws, not making them stricter. I'd be simply amazed if guns were ever banned.
 
I sure hope I am able to enjoy my gun collection at age 60. That should be the age that you can have a lot more time to shoot and a lot more money set aside to buy more guns. I am hoping that my 2 kids will be into guns like I am and keep them in the family.
 
I started a few years ago when ammo went nutz .Had over 60+ guns .Now down to a few SEECAMP 32 , RUGER SP101 357,SW MP 40 C .A few 22lr's .makes life simple the sw is next on the to go list .At the age of 62+ old age is not for sisies.
 
Here's a thought - slather them in a preservative grease, seal them in plastic bags, and bury them in your back yard, each with it's own cleaning kit and a few mags of ammo. Leave instructions on how to find them for those that might need them in case things go sideways in the country and you're no longer around to provide the precise locations.
 
Hi Hal

I just recently retired myself, so I understand the cash flow thing. I thinned my herd out also,I knew it would be too much financialy to shoot them all.
So what I did was take a hard look at what I really wanted an what really made money sense to me an sold the rest. I kept a .45,.223,.308,.22,12ga.I would at least keep something for home defense.
I sold the rest through the classifieds, the paper also put them on line as part of the deal. I made a price in my head for each gun that I could live with and managed to sell about thirty guns.
I always listed the guns a little higher than my price so I could deal and made out o.k. I was able to live with each sale. I paid some bills and bought all the ammo I could. The safe will sale, I would go online and see what they are going for and try to get at least 50-70 % of that depending on its condition.
The down side is that the adds are not free. But I had two papers to work with so I was able to get some fair deals. Said a prayer for you ,hope you don't mind, sorry for your loss and I hope your son turns it around. Happy Thankgiving.
 
your son.

i am 24 and i had a bad run of credit for a year... i went from a relatively high credit score to a disgusting one... and had 9,000.00 in debt. since then i have paid my debt, they never once tried to take my colt. thank god... i don't really think they're allowed to, to be honest.
for the record, my credit is now back on track, being a college student with a high credit card with a balance that high shouldn't of been possible...:\
 
I kept a .45,.223,.308,.22,12ga.I would at least keep something for home defense.
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There's a few I won't part with no matter what. Personal favorites, gifts from my wife, ones that have such little resale value it doesn't make sense to sell them.
I've got the SD and HD bases covered w/them.
 
My suggestion would be to look on Gunbroker to get an idea of the value of the guns, then take a couple of good pics of each and list them in the FOR SALE section here. No fees to pay, and you can find a local FFL to help with the shipping to make it easy on yourself. That way you get the maximum for each gun.

The options are:
Sell to a dealer-- you'll get about 50% of retail.
Place with an auction house-- again maybe 60% of retail.
Take to a gun show-- better return but a lot of trouble and some expense.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
 
for the record, my credit is now back on track, being a college student with a high credit card with a balance that high shouldn't of been possible...:
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Catch - paying off your debt shows a lot of character.
A man is only as good as his word & a bill is really nothing more than a promise to pay.
People that pay their bills are people who's word you can trust.

It may not seem so now, but, that $9,000.00 debt you paid off was as good as paying tuition to "real life".
 
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