Always look in the attic!

[LEOLT]

O.K it's SWF, and it is getting hot, so what happens…..A/C hits the skids. So my crew, does a tremendous refit, and this is handed down the scuttle port! Just feeling the love!

This was also found and I forgot about this in 1980, purchased in 1977,Omega LED

 

[sophie]

Looks like a nice surprise.

 

[DWalt]

The pair of stocks front and center is a Gen 3 for a Python, if the medallions are gold. Not the most valuable of the Colt Python target stocks, but anything associated with a Python will bring a pretty good price.

 

[BigBill]

My brother would hide guns all over the house. When he passed away they searched for months. I got most of the stuff. But I found a pair of m29 grips, no m29 found to this day. I think he traded it in.

 

[gwpercle]

When the A/C guys fixed my unit about a month ago, they came down with a dead, mummified rat....Am I lucky or what!
Had died up there and dried out pretty as you please....didn't get a photo, wife wouldn't let me keep it either. RATS!!!!

 

[Fishinfool]

My old man was a stonemason. Once I was helping him re-do a chimney on an old house a young couple had just won at an auction. We found, wrapped in a blanket, between the rafters, a .22 Marlin rifle and a Stevens 311 shotgun.

The old man asked them if they knew there were guns in their attic. They seemed scared, and thought they should call the police to have them removed. My father stepped up to the plate, and offered to take care of them, free of charge. He was generous, like that....

Larry

 

[ankona]

Nice find. My son-in-law does demolition in New England and is always telling me about the neat stuff he finds.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

My brother would hide guns all over the house. When he passed away they searched for months. I got most of the stuff. But I found a pair of m29 grips, no m29 found to this day. I think he traded it in.

I worry about my progeny going through my house - there is still a gun missing that I hid from myself and cannot recall where I put it. Never mind the ones I didn't hide from myself - they're everwhar! I keep telling them to remind me to give them the safe combinations, too. That'll keep them busy!

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Hey, I'm a nice guy, too!

A friend of mine moved to England and rented her house to folks who happened to go into the attic and they found 2 guns. HORRORS!!!!

They turned them over to the police.

My friend called to tell me she'd like me to pick them up but, since was now in England, and her husband didn't care, if I want to I could keep them.

Well, how could I not assist?

One was an old Remington .22 caliber rifle, worth about 50 bucks, and a friend wanted it, and I got 50 bucks. The other was a Ruger Single Six, without the upgrades to the transfer bar. OH NO! No upgrades!?!? What's a body to do?

Happily, it still has no upgrades.......it has friends now, too....

 

[BC38]

S-W-E-E-E-E-T-!
If a couple of those are K frame grips I'd be interested in buying some - assuming you don't have any "babies" that need "new shoes"

 

[69HEMI-R/T]

Very nice surprise! Looks like mostly S&W grips but the ones in the center definitely look like Python 3rd Gen Stocks!

I have a pair of Ivory grips for a Govt. Model around here somewhere but, I cannot remember where I put them for safe-keeping! Ha! Definitely not in the attic! I hope I find them before it doesn't matter anymore! Frustrating as I know they are here somewhere!

 

[Bobbysixkiller]

Thats cool. About 15 years ago my grandmother moved in with my folks. A few years after she passed I found in her room(that used to be mine) folded in an old tea towel a ww2 era p38. A gun we thought to be long gone as nobody knew where it went. Fully loaded too.

 

[rburg]

Fully loaded too.

What good's an empty gun?

 

[paplinker]

Very nice surprise! Looks like mostly S&W grips but the ones in the center definitely look like Python 3rd Gen Stocks!

I have a pair of Ivory grips for a Govt. Model around here somewhere but, I cannot remember where I put them for safe-keeping! Ha! Definitely not in the attic! I hope I find them before it doesn't matter anymore! Frustrating as I know they are here somewhere!

Thats how it starts

 

[rburg]

My favorite attic story came from my gun show partner. As a side job, he was also an undertaker and coroner. He liked the gunshow job better.

So one day some old codger gave up the ghost. He was pretty old and it wasn't unexpected. His widow called John and asked for help. Its more uncommon than you'd think. They have no idea how to proceed with all the complicated things. One of her problem was the attic. Her FIL had been a junk collector back during the depression and maybe even before. He walked the streets and small towns with a handcart. Always knocking on doors and being polite. He collected scrap metal. Old pans, things worn out and the only value being metal. But the old guy was also a gun nut. He'd pay them a minor amount for old rifles and such, discounting the wood because he'd have to burn it off. The old guy should have been a used car buyer.

Anyway, they knew a bunch of guns were up in the attic. So when the husband/son passed, the widow asked that John help her by getting them down and hauling them away. He was a good guy about that. And it was a major production, getting all those long guns down and outside. Not surprising, he made 3 piles. One had no value at all, as in about none. The next group was nasty and ugly, but had some minor value for screws and springs, and maybe a hammer or trigger here and there. And then there was the 3rd pile. It consisted of one gun! It was one of the hundred or so maleable iron Henry's. They actually located another one someplace. Its big bucks, too.

So John rustled his piles up and took them away. The bulk piles went to a gunsmith. But the Henry went to Las Vegas via a trusted courier. Even in its delpaitaded condition, it brought a large sum. Rumor has it the sale price was about $33,000+. The the guy that took it west got 15% for his efforts. And the remainder in $100 bills just fit a McDonalds breakfast bag. This was a poor old country woman from rural Kentucky, one who had never seen a $100 bill in person. And now she had a bag of them! But John helped her get them deposited. Don't know if they "structured" the deposits or not. John himself passed away back mid-2007. But his story of the Henry lives on.

Guns in the attic? Not me. My lost guns are probably in the basement. We've searched high and low. Every bag that looks kind of like where my son put them has been searched. I can accept the idea they're lost for good. Some day soon I'll croak and then it'll be up to my widow or sons to figure out where they are.

 

[tompehret]

I'm a home inspector. I was doing a job a while back and the young couple who were selling & moving out were up to their ears in packing etc. while surrounded by their 2 small kids so I told them to not mind me and I'd try to keep out of their way. I did the attic last, found 4 shotguns (nothing exotic; 870's) lying on a tarp, covered with a film of dust. Luckily, humidity is really low here in NM. As I was getting ready to leave I reminded the guy to not forget his guns in the attic. He replied: what shotguns? Turns out he'd only owned the house a few tears & had never been in the attic. He also said he'd never owned any gun before. He seemed ok with owning 4 now.

 

[Art Doc]

About 20 years ago an old guy passed and left all his gun stuff to my wife's uncle who had been his real estate agent. He asked me to look at it as he was unfamiliar with some of it.

There were 32 long guns and one very odd pistol. A European 32 converted to 22 long Rifle. There were Model 12 Winchesters, Model 94s, a Model 95 in 405 and a bunch of other cool guns.

There was also two pick up truck loads of bullets, powder, ammo and assorted gun related items. Several US Army cases of 45/70 dated in the 1800s (went with the Trapdoor in the pile of guns).

This never happens to me.

 

[4barrel]

Hows about a complete set of golf clubs with wood shafts my friend Charles found in the attic of a house he bought in an estate sale in TEXARKANA. Only one more set known . They are from Scotland. He still has them.

 

[icicle]

Cabin attic

I have a buddy who is a a contractor/ former outfitter-guide/ bush pilot- you name it. He sold a cabin to a couple over 20 years ago, but sort of kept track of them over the years. Two years ago they decided to sell the cabin and he learned about it. He contacted them and told him he was interested in buying it back. He and his 18 year old son went out to do some work on it and spruce it up. He remembered he had stashed 4 long guns in the attic long before he sold it. Sure enough, he went up through the access door and they were still there and in excellent condition. He handed them down to his son who was surprised and delighted- they had been there since before he was born. They shoot a lot and enjoy telling the story about recovering these particular guns after so many years. I know where all of mine are and have written little notes about the history or significance of each so my sons will know about them and be able to ascertain that they are all there.
I have a Remington gallery octagonal from over 100 years ago that belonged to my great uncle in Kansas. He died and all of the relatives picked over everything in the few months before my dad and I were able to visit. My grandma said if we wanted anything from Joe to just go over and get it. First thing I noticed was a box of .22 long on a shelf. I thought where would an 80 year old, living alone, hide his rifle. I thought maybe right around this corner in this part of the closet where there was no paneling. I reached around and there was the rifle. I figured that Joe had meant for me to find it, even though no one else even knew he had it. It shoots great and I honor his memory each time we shoot .22s

 

[S&W SS Revolvers]

I have a buddy who is a a contractor/ former outfitter-guide/ bush pilot- you name it. He sold a cabin to a couple over 20 years ago, but sort of kept track of them over the years. Two years ago they decided to sell the cabin and he learned about it. He contacted them and told him he was interested in buying it back. He and his 18 year old son went out to do some work on it and spruce it up. He remembered he had stashed 4 long guns in the attic long before he sold it. Sure enough, he went up through the access door and they were still there and in excellent condition. He handed them down to his son who was surprised and delighted- they had been there since before he was born. They shoot a lot and enjoy telling the story about recovering these particular guns after so many years. I know where all of mine are and have written little notes about the history or significance of each so my sons will know about them and be able to ascertain that they are all there.
I have a Remington gallery octagonal from over 100 years ago that belonged to my great uncle in Kansas. He died and all of the relatives picked over everything in the few months before my dad and I were able to visit. My grandma said if we wanted anything from Joe to just go over and get it. First thing I noticed was a box of .22 long on a shelf. I thought where would an 80 year old, living alone, hide his rifle. I thought maybe right around this corner in this part of the closet where there was no paneling. I reached around and there was the rifle. I figured that Joe had meant for me to find it, even though no one else even knew he had it. It shoots great and I honor his memory each time we shoot .22s

Just when ya think you've heard the best in this forum...well this thread comes along. Thanks Gentlemen!! That rocks!

 

[Frank46]

And now about half the members here will be in their attics looking for guns. The guy I bought my present house from had a rock island low numbered springfield that he had kept in the attic. When he showed it to me I felt the need for a tetnaus shot. Any exposed metal was literally covered with rust. About the only thing in good shape was the stock. I told him it was a shame about the rust as it did have some limited value at least for parts. He kinda got offended and said it was worth $500 and shot real good. Kinda hated to tell him it was a low numbered 03 that was not really recommended for shooting due to the brittle receivers. Opened the bolt and looked down the barrel. About the only good thing about it was that the hole went all the way through. Guess he figured since I had the $$ for the house I'd be an easy mark for the rifle. Then there was the kubota tractor he tried to sell for 8K. Frank