At What Age Will YOU Start Moving The Herd!??

[SweetMK]

It happens to us all, we will get old.

There is only ONE alternative to getting old.

So, at some point you should start cleaning out the gun safe, not to mention the overstocked garage.

If you do not move on some of your prized handguns (and long guns), they will probably sell for pennies on the dollar.

So, what age do you start to sell?

My father-in-law always told me to do all the traveling I wanted to enjoy before age 70.
After 70, he never enjoyed a single trip. He did make it to 82.

I did enjoy every handgun ever purchased, but, some day, I too will have to "thin the herd".

WHEN??

 

[Glockman9mm]

I'm 25, don't want kids.

Had my share of crazy wimmin in my life.

75% of guys I've worked with that did the marriage and kid thing said that if they could do it over they wouldn't.

I might get flamed but I think I'm going in the right path!

 

[chud333]

I'll start to give the grandkids a few when they are old enough
to responsibly have them and that way they can shoot and hunt
with me some as well. My son will get the rest when i pass from
this earth and he will have fun with them and not sell them.
We've already had the talk. And it's in my living will.
If you are OK with being alone the rest of your life good on
ya'. If i listened to 75% of the guys i worked with to make my
life choices i might do the same thing............but i chose to
make my own and have been blessed with 3 grandkids.

Chuck

 

[Fishslayer]

I decided some time ago that the wife's kid ain't seein' gun one of mine when I go. Long story...

So I figure I'll leave a list with prices & whatnot. (She's gonna pass bricks when she sees it! )

Hopefully we'll be retired to a Free State by then & she won't have to get screwed by some gun shop/FFL when she sells 'em.

I would probably do things different if I had it to do over again. I must have been behind the door when they passed out the "Paternal instinct" gene.

 

[Irn-Bru]

I'm 25, don't want kids.

Had my share of crazy wimmin in my life.

75% of guys I've worked with that did the marriage and kid thing said that if they could do it over they wouldn't.

I might get flamed but I think I'm going in the right path!

I had the same train of thought when I was younger, but things change, you grow up. All I was interested in is making money, and living carefree. As you get older family and friends become priority (for me they did). You said that you've met your share of crazy women, but someday you might find one you love, that's your best friend. If your lucky enough, your life will change for the better.
Not bashing, or flaming, just putting out some life experience.

 

[Fishslayer]

...crazy women,...

Redundant phrase is redundant...

 

[SweetMK]

I'll start to give the grandkids a few when they are old enough
to responsibly have them and that way they can shoot and hunt
with me some as well. My son will get the rest when i pass from
this earth and he will have fun with them and not sell them.
We've already had the talk. And it's in my living will.
Chuck

I have two daughters, both married, and I too have chosen guns to pass to them.

In my case, I have chosen to "will" them matching guns, so they will not argue, such as these consecutive serial #'s:

Other than those, I doubt my inheritors would even want something like this;

What an ear-buster!!

 

[Glockman9mm]

I had the same train of thought when I was younger, but things change, you grow up. All I was interested in is making money, and living carefree. As you get older family and friends become priority (for me they did). You said that you've met your share of crazy women, but someday you might find one you love, that's your best friend. If your lucky enough, your life will change for the better.
Not bashing, or flaming, just putting out some life experience.

Possibly so, I've come along way in my thinking the past few years. Things are a lot different than years ago though. Finding a good woman without snakes in the head and one that doesn't have two pieces of baggage is just getting harder and harder to come by.

I've done my share of shopping, browsing what ever you'd like to call it. Damn near every one is half nuts or has at least one kid. Doubt it will get easier as I get older.

 

[chud333]

Possibly so, I've come along way in my thinking the past few years. Things are a lot different than years ago though. Finding a good woman without snakes in the head and one that doesn't have two pieces of baggage is just getting harder and harder to come by.

I've done my share of shopping, browsing what ever you'd like to call it. Damn near every one is half nuts or has at least one kid. Doubt it will get easier as I get older.

My friend if you are looking for the Miss America who likes to shoot, hunt, cook and keep your place clean and straight all
the while taking care of your every wish believe me she ain't
out there. Be patient but don't hold your expectations too
high. I'm no Tom Selleck but was able to marry way above
my head to my lovely wife and i do not know what i would do
without her now. Best of Luck.

Chuck

 

[bp231986]

27 now , not married but want to be in the near future, want to have kids too. when and if it happens my children will receive my firearms the day the good Lord takes me.

 

[trapper704]

Whether I'm alive or pushing up thistles, my kids and grandkids will have more guns than they can use, something to remember the good times with. campfires, hunting, animals taken easy and hard, and family outings. that is the way I will thin my herd.

 

[Gunsnwater]

I figure they will melt in the mushroom cloud at the end. I thought about an essay contest. It's sad how a man's things become junk to the heirs as they look for paper dollars worth less every year. Maybe I'll get me an electric engraver and do some doodling. LoL

 

[Hack]

I'm 63 and I don't consider myself old. I plan to bust through my 80's and live well into my 90's.

There's still plenty of time for accumulating more 'stuff'....

When I'm not around, it will go to my son or my grandson. What they do with it, is no longer my problem.

 

[BrianE]

One thing in life I don't regret is my son.. on the other hand, I'd change quite a bit of other things . I will attempt to save my favorite and pass it on............ I'm 34 now and might not have any issues until later on, BUT you'll never know when its your time. :what:

But they say misery lives forever and I'm preparing wisely...

 

[tomtheturner]

I am very lucky. I do not need to worry about thinning my herd.
My son has an accumulation as big, if not bigger than mine. He will get all of my "stuff," and I know it will all be in good hands.

Best Wishes,
Tom

 

[gregintenn]

When I'm dead I don'[t care what happens to y stuff. Till then, I want it.

 

[Faulkner]

75% of guys I've worked with that did the marriage and kid thing said that if they could do it over they wouldn't.

If 75% of them think this then they are going about it wrong.

With 32 years of marriage under my belt and 2 sons, my family is the best thing in my life. The trick is, you got to spend some time picking a life mate. Too many men spend more time picking out a set of new tires than they do a woman.

 

[gdnagle]

I'll pass them on down. If a kid or GK has a special one they get it while I'm still kickin. That with stop any contention between anyone. You know how people fight sometimes after ya kick the bucket. The not so special can go up for grabs to whoever wants them. Gotta give them something to fight over. My only request is that they keep them for as long as they can. They will be items that can always be around, and with hopefully memories of past life that are happy for them to look back on.

Everything else goes to mutual agreement of what they want, If they can't decide they can sell if that's what they want. I won't be around so I won't care what they do, as I should have sold things before my demise.

This would be my wishes but you know how thing go, they will do what they want, luckily they all get along together and except for one they are semi packrats like me when if comes to heirlooms. So they should have heirlooms for them to pass down, the one doesn't keep things long so he won't get anything that is special to me.


OBTW happily married here and have 2 of my blood and three from my wife and get along with all but one of hers and consider them all to be my blood. And 6 Gk's that are a joy to be with. So I don't fall into the 75%.

 

[NOLASHOOTER]

I recently was given my dads "stuff" because both he and my mom are feeling their mortality. It was a very special moment and he was proud to do it. He kept one just to have some protection in the house but I got the rest. They all were given to me because my brother passed away and his sons are a little to young for now. My father in-law talks about how he will be giving both me and my son his "stuff" because he had two girls and my sister in-law never married. He feels good about having both me and my son receiving them. My son is just about mature enough to start getting his lessons on gun safety and we can start going shooting. Hopefully, he will find someone special and have a son so that when he gets all of my "stuff" he will be able to pass them on as well.
Not to flame but at 25 I felt almost the same except for the crazy women part. Maybe you need to start looking in other places for women. Having a wife and kids can be very rewarding.

 

[Gaffer]

At 81 working toward 82 I still have that task to complete. I do have list with approximate value and who I want them to go to. I have two sins who are gunnies as well and will take good care of my stuff. After working in a gun shop I learned how many a wife was taken advantage of by them and got a lot less that they should for the guns that hubby thought so much of.
Be aware and plan ahead!

 

[mike4sigs]

well to answer the question ! i have already decided to Change my direction of my gun collection/stash.My new direction if it was not family owned and i dont or wont shoot it is gone !

 

[M29since14]

My friend if you are looking for the Miss America who likes to shoot, hunt, cook and keep your place clean and straight all
the while taking care of your every wish believe me she ain't
out there.

Some of the best advice about dating and women I know about. We're not perfect and neither are they, but the point is we are better off with them than without them, so keep looking (and "growing up" yourself) Glockman9mm. It's a plan that was developed by a mind much greater than ours. Good luck!

But to get back to the OP's question, I think the right time is when you don't really want them any more, regardless of age. You'll know when the time comes. "Age is just numbers."

 

[Badger Matt]

My father's philosophy is "pass 'em on down while you can watch 'em being enjoyed." Fortunately, my sister has no desire to own guns so I get them. I asked him once what it would take ($$$) for me to get his AyA No.2...and he replied "my death." Then two years later he gave it to me. He's in his mid-70's and I also gave him a Ruger Redhawk, engraved on the backstrap with his rank (ret USAF) and name on it, so he could take it with him on our fishing trip to AK a few years back.

About them "crazy women." I married one and the older I get, the saner she becomes. We've got 27 years of marriage under our belts and here's what many folks miss -- marriage can be hard work. Fun, satisfying, happy, sad, but hard work now and then. I get out of it just a bit more than I put into it.

 

[Slowhanddd]

Funny that this thread comes up today.In the last two weeks I helped bury two of my good friends.Both five years younger than me.I'm 63 and hope to have a lot longer to go.It's not a given what will happen.My sons,I have four, know what I have and what the value is.One,my oldest,knows who gets what and i do have a signed letter in the safe as to what goes where.Don't wait.You just never know.I hope to enjoy mine for many years and we are going to shoot some this after noon.

 

[S&W Fan]

I guess I'm a lucky with two sons that know and appreciate firearms. We've gone through the meager items I have, decided who gets what, written down & notarized the form. I divorced their mother almost 20 years, got 2 wonderful sons out of it-I was the custodial parent, yes there were some very difficult times-mostly financial, would do it again having the same sons.

I remember being 25 and thinking how much I knew (& I'd been around the block a time or 3), now at 57 I know how much I didn't.

 

[Pete99004]

New rule here is if I want a new one, I need to get rid of a safe queen. That way there won't be so many for the relatives to fight over - and I won't need to buy another safe.

Pete

 

[pharmer]

I'll be 61 next birthday. I've been thinking of moving at least 1/3 out. I did this after "surrendering" my FFL 18 years ago, freed up resources and changed focus. Now, my son would like an assortment and he'll get one. My wife just got her CWP but she's just not a "gun person" regardless of pressure from me so I'll make any resources available as she wishes. The rest of this world, have at it. After I go, putting up with the bovine excrement is over and the shoveling is up to the young, as it should be. Joe

 

[keith44spl]

I don't know....I've been in dispersal mode for several years now.

All the trade stock is gone, the children have raid'd the strong box
for the treasures from their youth and current wants or needs.
The grandsons are eyeing a few, and the oldest is making a list complete with his own hanging tags.

So, that jest leaves a few that I use purty often,
the ones I carried early on and the ones that help bring me home from time to time,
A gaggle of engraved ones that have a special home in the wooden glass display case....

Oh, I might have one or two to pass on to close friends or the boys in the ol posse...

And y'all know who you are


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[Mule Packer]

Dang! I really must've lucked out. I married a woman that has been sweet enough and patient enough to put up with me and my idiosyncrasies for 41 years, three great sons and a super daughter. Fortunately, I've been able to fool 'em all these years because they all seem to still like me.

As I've mentioned before, all of my guns are "usin' guns." Each of my children got to pick out they're favorite handgun when they left the nest and they took it with them. All of my others are on a list with a selected son or daughter's name by it. I've divided up the firearms according to want, need, and personality of the child. For example, I think everybody needs a good .22, a good shotgun, a good deer rifle, and a good handgun. Even though some of my kids already have those items of their own, they're each going to get at least one of the above that belonged to their ol' dad.

When my oldest grandson went on his first pack trip with me, he was ten years old. He had just completed Hunter Safety and I had taken him out to the range a few times. I let him pack my Ruger Bearcat on his hip. Every pack trip he's gone on with me since, he's wanted to pack that little Bearcat. When I check out of this earth life, he'll be getting that gun.

Anyway, the list and reasons go on...but I hope each of my firearms has some sort of memory with it when my kids and grandkids get them.

 

[weatherby]

I care a great deal on who get's my guns.
I've already "given" some away.
I guess it would help to know my age I'm going on 50.

I want a lot of my guns to be used.
That is how I pick where they will go.