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Re: Safe queens
[Re: wp75169]
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11/30/24 03:53 PM
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I was thinking about it the other day, I am way more attached to my guns than I am my bows and I’m mostly a Bowhunter.
I sold a .257 wby a few years ago even though I would honestly never use it anymore and it bothers me. Just did it to free up room and hadn’t shot the gun in a few years prior to that and I get a little peeved at myself when I think about it.
I sold a bow I shot a high record book animal with and didn’t think twice. I’ll sell my current bow without batting an eye and it’s been to several different countries with me. I have a few nice recurves and one custom that I could offload tomorrow and be perfectly fine with.
Wonder why we have such an attachment to firearms ? Because one day the federales are going to make you glad you’ve got it. At least that’s the attachment of most people I know. Yeah that doesent factor into it for me at all.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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11/30/24 04:15 PM
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If I died, my wife would probably dump them.
Guns you love should go to someone that shares your passion. Pass it on while you're around to enjoy their stories.
Pro Deo et patria
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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11/30/24 04:26 PM
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Had a friend many years ago that was a bit of a recluse. He was a firearm aficionado but would never divulge what he had, save for whatever he brought hunting with him. He told me during a conversation that he had set a goal when he turned 18 that he would buy at least two guns a year but never sell any. We were shooting bows at his house one day and he started talking about a particular gun that he owned. We went inside and he opened the door to a spare room he had. I’ve never seen anything quite like that. Stacked up like cordwood is the only way to describe it. Couple of years later he moved to BFE Ohio (home for him) and I heard he passed. He had a girlfriend but not married, no kids, no family. I often wonder what happened to all of them. It was easily in the hundreds, some very nice and expensive pieces.
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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Yesterday at 02:51 PM
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do to health issue beyond my control, I have 2 safes full of safe queens. Logic says sell them all, hope says hang on and things will change. It has been 3 years now still in the same boat. dang the luck.
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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Yesterday at 03:20 PM
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My arsenal will be long gone before any health issues arise. I don't want my wife or daughter to be burdened with trying to get rid of them.
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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Yesterday at 03:37 PM
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I'll be liquidating 5-7 after the first of the year. I've determined that's the best of course of action all things considered. Old hand guns, nice rifles..........I'd really like knowing they go to someone that will use them.
An unethical shot is one you take, that you know you shouldn't.
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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11 hours ago
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I've often thought of safe queens as being rifles that are newer guns that may have never been fired. If a more accurate definition is a rifle of any age that seldom leaves the safe, I only have two. Those would be my Remington Model 700 ADL that I purchased back in the late 80's as my first deer rifle, and an old Remington Model 24 that belonged to my grandfather and which I had restored.
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Re: Safe queens
[Re: Dave Davidson]
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10 hours ago
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I'm blessed with a son who shares my love of the outdoors, firearms, hunting and shooting. Many of the firearms in the safe are family guns. Several that I have collected for various reasons and at least one given to me along with the story of how it was acquired. My wife is encouraging me to write the history of each gun so that it isn't lost, and my son can share the knowledge. I need to get that done.
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