As to the guns I am considering selling two of the three have never been shot and still have the tags on them.

I’d sit on them a bit longer before making any decision. Especially that you are now starting to get out hunting with your son, maybe he will want them as he gets more fond of hunting, etc.

sell them

get something you want

i cant imagine your Dad disapproving

He thinks we should sell the ones we don’t want and buy mutual funds. He is 16 and works part time and invested over 10k this year.

I inherited a few rifles from my father. Some I remember from my childhood and will never let go but others he acquired later in life and I never saw them until I was cleaning out his safe after he passed. I am a pretty sentimental guy and in general am hanging on to everything that was his.

On to my dilemma. Some of these newer guns of his I never would conceivably shoot. He had a couple 300 win mags and I don’t like the recoil nor do I ever hunt anything big enough to need them. He also had several varmit calibers like 204, 22-250, etc and I can’t envision needing more than one of them.

I was thinking maybe sell three of these guns that I would never use and buy myself one really nice custom rifle that would be my go to deer rifle. On one hand selling some things I wouldn’t use to buy something I would seems pretty smart but I am worried I may regret it at some point down the road. Thoughts?

I'm out. Good luck Sir.

sell them

get something you want

i cant imagine your Dad disapproving

I hear you. My son was very close with my dad as he lived just down the road but dad died when he was ten so they don’t have a lot of hunting memories together and the guns and stuff don’t have a lot of meaning to him. I hope to change that in the coming years but what happens to dad’s and my collection when I croak is a valid concern. My son is very responsible and I can’t envision him doing something foolish with the guns but at least as of now he doesn’t cherish them like I do. I have taken him hunting four times in the past two weeks and plan to go a lot next week as well so hopefully that will change.

Buzz is correct.

Yep, sell your family heirlooms and get something you want......

Then sell them...and sell them too....and sell them too....

and not make any memories with that rifle that can be passed down. The scratches & dents, the blood, all of the animals killed by numerous family members and friends with the same rifle mean nothing to some folks.

Yep, sell your family heirlooms and get something you want......

Then sell them...and sell them too....and sell them too....

and not make any memories with that rifle that can be passed down. The scratches & dents, the blood, all of the animals killed by numerous family members and friends with the same rifle mean nothing to some folks.

I wouldn’t get worked up over it, obviously we think about this stuff differently than they do. Maybe they didn’t have the same relationship with their dad, maybe they did but I’d sell everything I owned before I sold any gun my father owned.

Yep, sell your family heirlooms and get something you want......

Then sell them...and sell them too....and sell them too....

and not make any memories with that rifle that can be passed down. The scratches & dents, the blood, all of the animals killed by numerous family members and friends with the same rifle mean nothing to some folks.

I wouldn’t get worked up over it, obviously we think about this stuff differently than they do. Maybe they didn’t have the same relationship with their dad, maybe they did but I’d sell everything I owned before I sold any gun my father owned.

If someone handed a rifle down to me I would not let it go for all the gold in Fort Knox. Keep them in the family and pass them down.