bearkilr
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nowhere, ......just past the middle
OK then,
-if you need lots of money, sell them all
-if you need some money, sell the ones worth the most
And if you want to keep your money, stay home and stay single.
What to sell what to sell?
- Thread starter Rugdoc
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OK then,
-if you need lots of money, sell them all
-if you need some money, sell the ones worth the most
And if you want to keep your money, stay home and stay single.
NorthernCX
CGN Regular
- Location
- In My House
I'd have to agree with keeping the sentimental value guns. I've got an old Cooey 600 that was given to me by the father-in-law when he found out I was getting my PAL years back; it was hiding in a closet with the bluing worn off, the scope mount and scope missing, a crack in the stock, a broken trigger guard, a farmerized square ( !?!?!) bolt knob and 30 years worth of dust and grime on it. I've shot it some, cleaned it up, replaced the trigger guard and bolt knob, re-blued it and refinished the stock. She's prettier now than she ever was, it just rides in the cabinet, I've got other .22s I take shooting. But I'd never sell that old Cooey. Nor the first rifle I've ever bought, the Savage package gun that's always the one I take in the fall because I know it and trust it.
I don't even really want to sell the shotgun I've got on the EE; but I need the room, never use it and want a different shottie. If I sell, I'll probably regret it.
Easier for you to save some for the crossbow and keep your rifles. You never know when you might just need one of them.
I don't even really want to sell the shotgun I've got on the EE; but I need the room, never use it and want a different shottie. If I sell, I'll probably regret it.
Easier for you to save some for the crossbow and keep your rifles. You never know when you might just need one of them.
IF they were mine, I couldn't see wanting more than one 30-30, so I would take the pick of the litter and sell the rest. Not a big milsurp guy either, so they would be next to go, especially if any had been bubba'd.
Gotta say though, I've had a lot of guns come and go over the years, some I've been glad to see the end of, most I've wished I'd kept, and a few I'm still kicking myself for letting slip away.
Looks like you've got a lot of overlap in your hunting rifles too... a 7x57 and a .270? Kind of like having a .30-06 and a .30-06.
Gotta say though, I've had a lot of guns come and go over the years, some I've been glad to see the end of, most I've wished I'd kept, and a few I'm still kicking myself for letting slip away.
Looks like you've got a lot of overlap in your hunting rifles too... a 7x57 and a .270? Kind of like having a .30-06 and a .30-06.
The hornet is a keeper for sure. If you start to reload it you will shoot it lots. If the military means nothing to you send them down the road. Try out some crossbows, they may not be what you are after in the long run. I tired of mine fast. You need to do more range time, the ones you do not take and play with are "extra". Just my opinion, good luck AJ
- Location
- Steel Town and The Peg
I had to seriously scale back my collection due a move into an apartment, and sold my more expensive and/or NIB rifles -- but all are replaceable. The sentimental ones should be the keepers, as you can't replace memories.
Well if you want help there, I'd really like to get involved with that. I'm in my 60's and have been around and have seen a lot over the years. I know I could help and tell you what to look for, which one's to discart and which ones to trial run. There is so much to be learned by taking a good hard look at the chick's own Mother! I know first hand, I room & board'd at my wife's folks place away back when I was 16. What I saw in her Mother at the time, had I known that it would spill off on the daughter, I'da have taken a much different road!
Out of that group, my tastes would be to keep:
>Rem 700 243
>Your Father's Hornet for sure
>at least one, maybe two pre '64 94's
The rest could go, but that's just my tastes. I've told this story before, I sold my very first gun at a gun show, a Cooye 39 .22 to a bucks down Father of a little girl (gun was for her). I paid $6.00 brand spanken new for it when I was 12 yrs old, had it marked at $40. on my table, some 50 yr's later. The Father finally said after about 6 times looking at it, he'd really love to buy my gun for his daugher, but he only had 10 bucks, I said "Sold". They went home so happy and I had a tear in my eye, and not because the gun sold. No regrets! I still have all my Father's guns and will have forever.
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"... a 7x57 and a .270? Kind of like having a .30-06 and a .30-06. "
There's a reason for that. They are both Husqvarnas. The 270 is the most accurate rifle I own and except for the Model 700 243, my 7x57 is the lightest, handiest one I own.
They're keepers.
There's a reason for that. They are both Husqvarnas. The 270 is the most accurate rifle I own and except for the Model 700 243, my 7x57 is the lightest, handiest one I own.
They're keepers.
Well just how many have you sold?
If a guy has an assortment of items that he hasn't shot in years and know he is never going to shoot why would you advise him to hold on to them, seems odd to me. Sell em all and buy items you are going to use. I thought it was important at one time to have all of the calibers chambered in the CZ 527's so I got em all and shot them all but when it came right down to it I only Loved the Hornets and let all the rest back into the Canadian market place, I don't regret it for a second. FS
As long as we're clear on that point
Truth is, if I had to get rid of every one of my firearms but one, the one I would keep is my dad's old Winchester single shot 12 gauge. Every time I pick it up, I'm 13 years old again, and Dad's still here...
