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<blockquote data-quote="CMP70306" data-source="post: 3039965" data-attributes="member: 36999"><p>As someone probably the age between your son and grandkids I will give you my perspective. </p><p></p><p>My brother and I inherited the majority of our late Grandfather's firearms, of the 10 guns he passed down only 2 of them really get any use. We each got one of his shotguns, a Winchester Model 12 and a Browning Auto 5, that we put several thousand shells through shooting trap and sporting clays. However now they now tend to only come out for special occasions as they are 70+ years old and we don't want to wear them out. Those ones may make the cut for our kids and grandkids to keep as they are as special to us as they were to our grandfather.</p><p></p><p>His primary deer rifle, a Remington 760 he used for 40 years and killed scores of deer with only travels up with us on the opening weekend of deer season partially as a back up but primarily as a way to bring him with us. Even if nobody hunts with it it's our way of remembering him since he passed before my brother and I really got to hunt with him. </p><p></p><p>The rest of his guns however haven't left the safe in years, they were kind of his auxiliary guns, ones he didn't use much but still kept. Those don't really have much meaning to us other than they were our grandfathers and aren't worth much so we keep them. Those ones will probably be sold by my kids or grandkids after I pass as they will have zero sentimental value to them. </p><p></p><p>When it comes to the ones you were given it really comes down to how sentimental they are and if you would rather have the money to purchase new guns or if you would pass that opportunity on to your grandkids. If they were a special gift or an inheritance from a late friend or relative with high sentimental value then keep them. </p><p> </p><p>If they were guns you got that you aren't particularly fond of, don't use and have low sentimental value then sell them and put the money towards something you would enjoy. After all if they don't mean much to you they won't mean anything to those inheriting them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CMP70306, post: 3039965, member: 36999"] As someone probably the age between your son and grandkids I will give you my perspective. My brother and I inherited the majority of our late Grandfather’s firearms, of the 10 guns he passed down only 2 of them really get any use. We each got one of his shotguns, a Winchester Model 12 and a Browning Auto 5, that we put several thousand shells through shooting trap and sporting clays. However now they now tend to only come out for special occasions as they are 70+ years old and we don’t want to wear them out. Those ones may make the cut for our kids and grandkids to keep as they are as special to us as they were to our grandfather. His primary deer rifle, a Remington 760 he used for 40 years and killed scores of deer with only travels up with us on the opening weekend of deer season partially as a back up but primarily as a way to bring him with us. Even if nobody hunts with it it’s our way of remembering him since he passed before my brother and I really got to hunt with him. The rest of his guns however haven’t left the safe in years, they were kind of his auxiliary guns, ones he didn’t use much but still kept. Those don’t really have much meaning to us other than they were our grandfathers and aren’t worth much so we keep them. Those ones will probably be sold by my kids or grandkids after I pass as they will have zero sentimental value to them. When it comes to the ones you were given it really comes down to how sentimental they are and if you would rather have the money to purchase new guns or if you would pass that opportunity on to your grandkids. If they were a special gift or an inheritance from a late friend or relative with high sentimental value then keep them. If they were guns you got that you aren’t particularly fond of, don’t use and have low sentimental value then sell them and put the money towards something you would enjoy. After all if they don’t mean much to you they won’t mean anything to those inheriting them. [/QUOTE]
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