Why would you sell grandpa's revolver?

[Arik]

Even if grandpa was unsavory, no way would I trade a classic wheelgun like that for a plastic bottom feeder. Even looking at it in the strictest sense of value and investment, it was a dumb move on the part of the kid. That Glock will never hold it's value the way old wheelguns do. Nice score OP!

Yes investment value wise it was a dumb move on his part. A used Glock can be had for $400 and under depending on accessories. That being said if it were me I would sell the 19 too. I get more use out of my Glock than I do out of my model 19 or 66. If I could only afford one I definitely have more use for the Glock.

I know my family would sell mine. They are not anti gun they just don't have a need for more than one and even that they don't ever use

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[Camster]

When you're young you're foolish , some gain wisdom with age and some just stay foolish their whole lives.
Plastic Wonder Guns....yeah , one day he might realize just what a dumb deal he made. I made a few , but thanks to my Dad's good advice , I didn't make many.
Nice score , don't feel too guilty...thank of it as a teaching experience !
Gary

Not a foolish deal if each guy gets what he wants...and some guys will never want old (fill in the blank...guns,cars,antiques,etc.etc.) no matter how old they become.Different stuff for different folks.No one should keep stuff that isn't their interest,or just because grandpappy,or dad,or whoever,decided to buy it one day long ago.(and probably lost interest in it along the way)

 

[rburg]

Well, being a grandpa, I kind of take offense at those who say we were or might have been bad guys. Its just as likely or maybe even more so the grand kid is worthless and into electronic toys or drugs. We have different feelings about stuff. I collect things and pretty much consider the money I pay to be an expense. If my heirs don't want it, they can trash it or give it away to the bums (homeless these days, but the same thing.)

When my own father died, my anti-gun mother wanted to be fair. So we started splitting them up. I got the two of family value and then told my brother to take the rest. He took after mom and was also anti gun. When my wife's father died, she got most of them to keep them away from my worthless nephew. So I did the smart thing, I gave them away to our sons. Easy, they wanted them, I didn't, I've got less to care for.

So in the upcoming event when I croak, I have no really guns with strong family meaning. Some with significant value. My instructions, which I kind of expect my wife to ignore, is to just call David Carroll and have him stop up. I trust him and have seen him liquidate other collections. While my goal would be for him to get as much for her as he can if she does it some other way, she's the one losing out. I even yield to her idea of getting something to remember old dad by. Give them the ones he doesn't think he can sell! If the attraction is that the gun was owned by dear old dad, all of "my" guns have been that.

Other stuff can be viewed the same. We go to antique shows and spend money on things we like. The total can be staggering, but with little hope of ever recovering the money, or at least without a lot of effort. Same as the guns. Yeah, my things kind of own me, and I love it. When it gets tiring, I'll dump them.

 

[.455_Hunter]

My Grandparents on my Dad's side were poor Kansas farmers trying to survive the Depression on a 1/4 section of land 50 miles west of Wichita. They had a "Eastern Arms" .410 single shot, a Mossberg .22 bolt gun, and worn out .32 Iver Johnson wheelgun. When they moved to Colorado, my Grandpa scrapped enough money together to buy a used immedate post-war Model 70 in .270 for elk hunting. I have all of those guns now and they are PRICELESS to me and my family.

 

[Watchdog]

Charles Darwin said....I spent my youth in a blunder..my middle age in a struggle..and my old age in regret. It's just stuff. I am firmly convinced some local moron will one day be digging fish bait with one of my many Randall Knives. Hmmmm, now that I think about it, that's what they were made for!

Billy, you could avoid that simply by giving me the Randalls and some of the other nice stuff...especially those engraved single actions of yours. I'd keep 'em safe, I guarandamntee you.

 

[Weimar]

I have pondered this myself and see it in lugers - folks who sell their grandpa's luger who brought it back from the war. And I decided I don't feel guilty about it. To me there are many reasons - besides money that it means nothing to them. Perhaps they are a coin collector and they kept those items. Perhaps stamps or Winchesters.
My grandfather had so much 'stuff' that I ended up selling some of it.
There are sentimental items that I would never sell and my son knows which pieces those are. I keep an excel sheet that says where I got it.

And then there are the guys or gals that don't like guns - well I do
And there are the guys who just want a quick $500 bucks - even if its worth more and they set the price. Although if asked at a show as a collector I will tell someone a dealer price, what its worth to me and what I'd pay. Turns some folks off, but most like my honesty and I don't feel guilty. I told them it was worth $900 and I could pay $600 - they walk around the show and most offers are less than mine

 

[fyimo]

My three boys will pick and choose what they want to keep and at least one of my Grandsons will want some when I die. However, I have many guns that they have no interest in so I will probably start selling those off as I turn 73 in a few weeks. I have some special high end bolt action rifles that my sons will want but they have no interest in my revolvers or even my Browning HP, or 1911 pistols.

 

[patrickd]

I recently posted on a local forum to sell or trade a Glock of some description just to move it from the safe. I offered it for a small sale price but really wanted to trade for a Smith revolver.
I got a response from a young guy who said he had some interest if we could get together. We met at a local burger joint had a small lunch and went to the car where he showed me his revolver and I showed him my Glock.
He told me his grandfather had passed away and left him this beautiful Model 19-4 Nickel plated with target hammer and trigger.
I asked if we could deal he said yes he really wanted the Glock and then supprised me by saying that he wasn't a revolver guy and didn't know his grandfather that well.
I walked away with this beautiful Smith & Wesson Model 19 and a sad feeling about the poor grandad!
Took it home cleaned it up and removed the grips to find grandpa's name inscribed on the inside of the frame.
I will keep it just to remember him and perhaps pass it along to a great grand child of mine with the sad story of how i came to have it.

At least his Gradpa's revolver went to someone who appreciates it for what it is and didn't end up bouncing around under the seat of an old pickup somewhere.

 

[Jack Flash]

It's just possible that the young guy in the OP had requirements that a Glock could fill much better than an M19 could. I know that statement is heresy on this Forum, so I will not belabor the point.

 

[glenwolde]

I'm guilty of this.

My father was not in the home after I was 5 years old, and I did not reconnect with him until I was in High School. He's passed, and there was no animosity between us. In fact, there was nothing between us. I have nothing of his and I don't care.

I was close with my Grandad, and the few things I elected to keep of his I have since disposed of (no guns-he never owned a gun in his life). Turns out that while they meant a lot to him, they didn't mean anything to me. I still have the memories which I find the most valuable.

I got his desk, but it turned out to be so old and rickety that it wasn't usable. To do so would have ruined it. I sold it to an antique dealer. I gave away his antique bamboo fly fishing rig to an acquaintance that collected such things. I'd rather somebody appreciate it, rather than have it sit in my closet for 40 years. One knife is still in the family, I gave it to my son.

Another knife that was given to my wife by her grandmother (it was her Grandfather's) was sold after siting in my safe for a couple of decades. It was pretty valuable. I actually felt bad keeping it, as I felt I was neglecting it as it was locked away in the dark. It was old and not something that should be used considering it's value. Better it go into the collector community that will cherish it and care for it. We used the money for our daughter's wedding and I think the old man would have laughed like hell if he found out I got $1,500 for his knife, and that we used it for his great-granddaughter's wedding. Suckers!

We still have the grips for a Colt Agent that he gave my wife, knowing I was a gun guy. He had long disposed of the gun, but he gave my wife three sets of vintage grips: Genuine Ivory, Genuine Mother of Pearl, and Stag. When my wife got them she instructed me to obtain a duplicate of his revolver, which I did. Plus I added a T-grip. This is one of her guns.

So where there is a common interest between generations there can be a connection to inanimate objects. My Grandfather-in-laws knife was just a fluke. He was a butcher so he wasn't going to buy a cheap pocket knife. He just happened to make a good choice. I'm not a knife collector. When my wife found out what the knife would sell for she was the first to say "Sell it!"

Other than that, it's just dead people's stuff.

 

[GF]

As bad as us old guys hate to hear it, the only one who cares about grandmas stuff is grampaw.

GF

 

[smokycity]

I have my father's war trophy guns and much of his other wartime mementos. I appreciate them. I also appreciate what he did as a soldier during WW-II. Having said that, they actually mean more to me than they did to him in his later years. He gave away many things that were relics of his wartime experiences that I would have loved to have. When I asked why he gave them away he said "What? That old stuff? I didn't think you'd be interested." I made it very clear that I wanted everything he had left. I still have it and I will never sell it.

Now, my daughter probably has no real interest in the items I have from my dad. The Nazi lectern banner is viewed as a symbol of hate, not a piece of history that was captured when her grandfather fought his way into the U-Boat pens in Brest, France in September 1944. Nor is the P-08 and it's issued holster a symbol and token of the surrender given to my dad by the leader of a squad of German soldiers from the hedgerows of Normandy. The Luger will just be another icky gun. My daughter hardly knew her grandfather. Not because he was a bad man, quite the contrary, but because my ex wife alienated me and by proxy, my parents from her life.

My daughter will have no interest in my collection of firearms either. I have no doubts that if she inherits them, they will be sold as fast as possible for what ever she is offered for them. But, hopefully that is a log way off. I just hope that one day I'll have a grandchild that will interested in the items and learning about their great-grandfather. If not, I have told my current wife, that if something happens to me, to call a certain couple of friends and have them help her sell the ones they don't want. If possible, give the war trophies to a museum.

 

[LittleCooner]

Dang it, I have read all the post, and enjoyed them, but very early here there was mention of "crested boobies" and i was sure someone would post a photo of these crested boobies. O well, just have to let my imagination continue on as we discuss the hand me downs. Lucky my only son has gotten rapped up in pistols and will keep most of what I have accumulated. I hope the grandson like what I leave them, if not, they can trade for a glock.

 

[Arik]

Well, being a grandpa, I kind of take offense at those who say we were or might have been bad guys. Its just as likely or maybe even more so the grand kid is worthless and into electronic toys or drugs. We have different feelings about stuff. I collect things and pretty much consider the money I pay to be an expense. If my heirs don't want it, they can trash it or give it away to the bums (homeless these days, but the same thing.)

When my own father died, my anti-gun mother wanted to be fair. So we started splitting them up. I got the two of family value and then told my brother to take the rest. He took after mom and was also anti gun. When my wife's father died, she got most of them to keep them away from my worthless nephew. So I did the smart thing, I gave them away to our sons. Easy, they wanted them, I didn't, I've got less to care for.

So in the upcoming event when I croak, I have no really guns with strong family meaning. Some with significant value. My instructions, which I kind of expect my wife to ignore, is to just call David Carroll and have him stop up. I trust him and have seen him liquidate other collections. While my goal would be for him to get as much for her as he can if she does it some other way, she's the one losing out. I even yield to her idea of getting something to remember old dad by. Give them the ones he doesn't think he can sell! If the attraction is that the gun was owned by dear old dad, all of "my" guns have been that.

Other stuff can be viewed the same. We go to antique shows and spend money on things we like. The total can be staggering, but with little hope of ever recovering the money, or at least without a lot of effort. Same as the guns. Yeah, my things kind of own me, and I love it. When it gets tiring, I'll dump them.

Really? That's how you read it? Lots of people become grandparents, not all of them are/were good people. All you need to do is have a kid and we all know there are lots of bad dad's. People who can physically have kids but doesn't mean they have a fatherly personality.

Even Stalin had grandkids. And so no one gets confused I'm NOT saying you are like him or you like him or anything like that.

This seller had little interaction with his grandfather. Maybe there's a reason!

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[Richard M]

That's a beautiful Model 19 you got, sir. Congratulations are in order.

This thread made me remember of a witty saying:

"My worst fear is that when I die, my wife will sell my stuff for what I told her I paid for it".

My wife thinks all my guns cost me $200 each. Hope she doesn't offer them for sale at half that price when I die.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

My 2" blue 34 was a "grandpa's" gun......Answered a post in our area swap/sell/trade rag.......Feller in his 30's had it and didn't want it-wanted $$$.....So I bought his grandpa's gun
.....When I die......I'll be gone so it won't matter much how they're disposed of......BUT...I do plan to enjoy them long as I can pull a trigger....

 

[loeman]

At the end of the...day, Its just STUFF!

 

[cadmike]

Well in 4 billion years the sun will supernova and incinerate the Earth and every last S&W along with it. Gramps gun won't matter much then.

 

[kbm6893]

I recently posted on a local forum to sell or trade a Glock of some description just to move it from the safe. I offered it for a small sale price but really wanted to trade for a Smith revolver.
I got a response from a young guy who said he had some interest if we could get together. We met at a local burger joint had a small lunch and went to the car where he showed me his revolver and I showed him my Glock.
He told me his grandfather had passed away and left him this beautiful Model 19-4 Nickel plated with target hammer and trigger.
I asked if we could deal he said yes he really wanted the Glock and then supprised me by saying that he wasn't a revolver guy and didn't know his grandfather that well.
I walked away with this beautiful Smith & Wesson Model 19 and a sad feeling about the poor grandad!
Took it home cleaned it up and removed the grips to find grandpa's name inscribed on the inside of the frame.
I will keep it just to remember him and perhaps pass it along to a great grand child of mine with the sad story of how i came to have it.

About 5 years ago, I wandered into my local gun shop. Small place and 95% plastic ****. I see a pristine 19-2 4". Tag facing down. I ask to see it. Tag said $249! I got it for $263 out the door. Kid working counter said he just got it in that morning. Old lady sold it to him. Not a mark on it. Probably sat in a sock drawer since 1967 when it was made. Pinned and recessed. Diamond target stocks numbered to gun.

I sold it a few months later for triple my money. It was just so nice I was afraid to shoot it. I surely regret that sale. More than any other.

 

[6518John]

Dang it, I have read all the post, and enjoyed them, but very early here there was mention of "crested boobies" and i was sure someone would post a photo of these crested boobies. O well, just have to let my imagination continue on as we discuss the hand me downs.

No "crested" booby but here is a pair of boobies (red footed). There is also a blue-footed and I bet you can guess what distinguishes them from the red-footed!