Dad's Gun

[kbm6893]

Depends on exactly what kind of memories are attached to it.

The first center fire revolver I shot was a S&W model 30 snub that dad had bought second-hand. He didn't keep it long, feeling he needed at least a .38; but I wish I still had that gun. So much so that I eventually had to add one to my collection - for no other reason but the memory of shooting it with my dad at the time. Many who frequent this forum love the .32's because - well, hell - they love pretty much any S&W revolver; but for the most part the .32 snub models are an anachronism these days, appealing only to enthusiasts and aficionados and considered by most others as antique, outdated, under powered and pretty much useless. A nostalgic gun for a collector/hobbyist.

If "dad's Glock or M&P plastic auto" was the subject of the same scenario as described above, the value is in who you got it from, the memory, the association with a happy time that was gone quickly and way too soon. One man's 'trash' is often another man's 'treasure'.

Maybe. But when I lay out some of my guns, a mixture of plastic, metal semi auto's, and classic revolvers; my son always prefers the non-plastic over the plastic. A vintage Glock will never be as valuable as a vintage wheel gun.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

I wonder if anybody will ever feel the same way about selling "Dad's gun" if it's a plastic gun like an M&P or Glock? They just don't seem to have that same importance.

It depends on your audience. I am a Senior Citizen now and S&W revolvers and Colt 1911s are my thing.

Now a younger man say of 40 something and a LEO may nave been carrying a Glock for 20+ years as his Duty Pistol. His children will see the Glock as something from their childhood and dad may have taught them to shoot with a Glock.

That is why grandchildren will sell off grandpappy's 1943 Victory Model to fund a John Wick TTI Glock 34 Gen 3