Old Hickory Axe

You don't sound like a man contemplating a move...;):D

Lol, don’t be fooled. I’m actually downsizing. This time last yr there were 3 motorcycles in my garage. Now there’s one. I have fewer guns and fewer tractor implements that I never use. The boat motors and old canoes are probably next. I’m on the 24 month plan.
 
"The Move", when we decided to sell, the realtor was insistent I remove the guns. (so they didn't get stolen!) It took 2 SUV loads to do the handguns and 2 full size pick-up loads to move the rifles. I knew how many guns I had in the back of my mind, but I kept thinking 5 were missing. When we took the floor length curtains down in the reloading room there they were. The count in my brain was right on!

My F-I-L has a walk-in gun vault that he keeps fairly well stocked. We temporarily put mine with his, by filling all the walkways!

Like I said I knew the number of guns, I never realized I had enough gun cases to carry them all! As I cased each one I made a spread sheet with all the info I could find: names & places; Numbers & costs. In the last 9 years I sold 44 and bought another 12! So sure, I'm thinning the herd!

Yea, that's the ticket, See Hon, I'm lower than I started with, I'm thinning the herd!

Ivan

S&W CHAD, I also sold 15 Colman and, State Machine Lanterns and 8 Colman stoves. Still have 8 or 9 lanterns and 16 stoves (Honest that is the minimum I can get by with; at least that's what I tell my wife!)
ITB

ETA, I tell her I'm not compulsive like some people, I only have about 20 hatchets and axes!
 
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Ivan I dread the thought of moving all my stuff. Especially the guns. I remember what a hassle it was back in 04 when I built this house. This time will be harder as my wife and I are leaving NY state. We have the winter place in FL already. We are researching and exploring areas from Virginia to Georgia to spend the other 7 months of the yr. We would like 3 seasons NOT 4. Lol
 
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