What steps are you taking to help your significant other?

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What steps are you taking to help your significant other?

Postby cobb on Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:16 pm

In the past few years I have helped a couple friends dispose of their husbands sporting equipment, they had no clue as to what was what, let alone values.
So, are any of you gun nuts doing anything to maybe help your spouse in a situation that if you may pass before them?
I have talked to my wife about this, so I am doing the following. Updating my excel file inventory with pictures and what I consider current values. What family firearms are and who I think they should go to.
Probably more things I should consider, so I ask, what are you doing and what are your suggestions?
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Re: What steps are you taking to help your significant other?

Postby Sorcerer on Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:00 pm

My wife has no idea of what I have. As she has no interest in them. She is a penny pincher with her money. No kids to pass anything onto she will do what ever she decides. Being dead or unable to know what is happening it will make no difference to me. My best guess is if or when she gets into the safe, first she’ll be pissed. My hope is that she just sells to a gun store. When the Gorge Floyd riots started she wanted “her gun”. That gun had already gone down the road. I didn’t want to get shot coming home late at night coming home from work. She asked what else she could have and my response was none. Told her to go take a PTC class then decide if she wanted a firearm.
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Postby Holland&Holland on Sun Dec 18, 2022 10:32 pm

Don’t let her sell them for what you told her you bought them for!
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Postby cobb on Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:41 am

Sorcerer wrote: My best guess is if or when she gets into the safe, . . . . .

One more thing, my gun safe combinations are all in our safety deposit box.
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Re: What steps are you taking to help your significant other?

Postby cobb on Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:42 am

Holland&Holland wrote:Don’t let her sell them for what you told her you bought them for!

Wife pretty much knows that several I have bought over the years have doubled or tripled in value.
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Re: What steps are you taking to help your significant other?

Postby crbutler on Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:29 pm

I’m in the no immediate family group also.

The collection is large and unusual enough that while I have a spreadsheet with a bunch of information, it’s really not very helpful. Good luck for my brother or sister to find it when I’m dead anyhow…

I’ve told him that the best way is find a class 3 dealer and do a consignment sale. If any of the nieces or nephews want something for remembrance sake, I’d be honored, but the way things are even the family heirloom guns would go on the block and I doubt they would get 30% of what I paid for the collection as a whole.

Frankly, while a couple may have gone up in value significantly, I know the high end hunting rifles and shotguns are now worth way less, as I brought new or even bespoke, and used them.

Guns are not that great an investment.
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Re: What steps are you taking to help your significant other?

Postby Drizzle on Tue Dec 20, 2022 9:43 am

I'm giving or selling some now, and probably need to speed the process up.

Nephews get something when they turn 18, kept in their Dad's safe. Sold a couple items, tried to sell a few more. One brother will have a windfall (in numbers, probably not value) if he outlives me. The others might take a souvenir, but maybe not. The rest will be scattered around to buyers. Frankly, I don't own anything that distinctive or pricey, so as long as heirlooms go to family, it doesn't matter much.

I just want to make it easy for everyone. Been to too many estate sales full of stuff for family and strangers to go through and try to sell. Rather not be that guy.

As to the original question: I've no wife, so that's not a concern.
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Postby Rip Van Winkle on Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:21 am

You should keep an inventory anyway, for insurance, fire or burglary.
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Postby Holland&Holland on Tue Dec 20, 2022 10:27 am

Mine already sunk in that boating accident
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Postby Bearcatrp on Tue Dec 20, 2022 7:29 pm

:bravo:
Holland&Holland wrote:Mine already sunk in that boating accident
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