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Most guys I know have a small store of ammo for each gun they own, a couple of holsters, cases, and magazines for the guns that require them. But I have recently decided that I am a pack-rat of the worst sort when it comes to gun stuff.

I will buy something just because it's cheap, or because it seems like a good idea at the time, and squirrel it away. Then I forget about it, meaning I will buy more of the same thing later on. I will buy ammo when I see it on sale, even if I have no immediate need for it. I will acquire cases and reload them because although I buy the brass to have extra on hand for some reason I can't resist going ahead and loading them once I get them home. I have been doing this for 40+ years and I now realize how out of hand it's gotten.

I was looking for something specific and started digging through the many boxes in storage closets and on shelves in the garage. I couldn't believe all the crap I was finding. Magazines. I did a quick estimate of around 600 magazines for numerous different guns. Many brand new in the wrappers.

Ammo. I mentioned in another thread that I found I had 800 rounds of 30-30 ammo on the shelf. Who needs 800 rounds of 30-30? I opened one military ammo can after another filled with 308 and 30-'06. I don't even know how much was there. I did count 3,000 rounds of 7x57 for crying out loud.

Parts. I have boxes and boxes of handgun stocks, scope mounts and rings, and various other small parts.

The situation is ridiculous. I don't think I could possibly use up everything I have in what remains of my lifetime. I should sell some of this stuff and get it out of here (and I have in fact liquidated a few things in recent months) but it's really too much trouble to drag all of it out and try to unload it.

So what did I do with all this stuff? I put it all back where I found it. My friends can sort it out and divide it up after I'm dead.

You've heard of crazy cat ladies? Well, I'm a grumpy gun guy.
 
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It took me less than a day to give away three boxes of bullets I had no use for. All I asked for was shipping charges.
 
Don't make your relatives deal with a mess like that after you die, and don't sell the stuff just so you can buy more stuff you don't appreciate. Find a friend/relative or two with some interest in guns, and start bequeathing your stuff to them.
 
Depends on your age, SaxonPig. I'm almost 70 and I have LOTS of stuff, enough ammo to last the rest of my life, primers, powder, bullets, etc, 2 safes full of firearms plus some, I have no intention of starting to give it away. Might sell a little now and then, but only to buy more guns and stuff!! :D Might be a different story when I'm 85. ;)
 
If your folks are like most, after you are gone they will sell it off in bulk at a fraction of its worth.

Maybe sell the parts, mags, and ammo on this forum or gunbroker and get a dream gun with the money.
 
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Don't make your relatives deal with a mess like that after you die, and don't sell the stuff just so you can buy more stuff you don't appreciate. Find a friend/relative or two with some interest in guns, and start bequeathing your stuff to them.
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Cousin Saxon! Long time no see! Got a bunch of 6.5x55 or .223 you don't need?

Seriously....you can walk around in your house without "following the path" right?

You're fine.
 
I'm going to sort out all the gun stuff I don't use and sell it. Like put stuff on ebay and such. "Yeh, just like I was going to do last year, and the year before, and...."
 
You could keep yourself fed for a good while bartering that stuff off if the economy collapses. Why starve? Some of us gun lovers do have gardens you know... You like squash? Sweet corn? Tomatoes? Potatoes? Well, I'm not going to name off the whole list but you get the idea :D

Sounds to me like you have yourself a nice investment there.
 
it's really too much trouble to drag all of it out and try to unload it.
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Stages of life... Reagardless, it seems there ought to be a way to deal with this task and make it enjoyable. Maybe offer each item for free, one-at-time as it suits you, but the recipient has to listen to you ramble on about old war stories for an hour or so before you hand it over? :D
 
Here's the problem. Like I said, I am the consummate pack-rat. That means I enjoy acquiring but not divesting. I derive some strange sense of comfort from having this stuff even though I don't use it or even know for sure what all I have out there.

I don't need the money that much to make it worth the time and effort to haul all of it out of storage, organize it, and sell it. I hate selling things. I hate people looking and looking and looking just to make some derisive comment about the quality of some item before making a low-ball offer for it.

Let the survivors squabble over it. If Charles Hussein Schumer, Nancy Hussein Pelosi and Diane Hussein Feinstein have their way it will all be contraband by the time I die, anyway.

This is my last day on double secret probation. I certainly hope that I haven't insulted any Democrat's wives with my comments.
 
Here's the problem. Like I said, I am the consummate pack-rat. That means I enjoy acquiring but not divesting.
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Well is there a problem or not? Seems if you like having all the stuff and adding to it, then you are doing what you like.


But to some extent you feel that:
I should sell some of this stuff and get it out of here (and I have in fact liquidated a few things in recent months) but it's really too much trouble
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FWIW, a friend of mine re-married and moved in with her new husband, leaving behind a house-full of a lifetime's accumulation that she did not want to deal with. The solution came in the form of a service that came to the house, put a price on everything, conducted a sale, handed her a check, and hauled off everything that did not sell. She was away on vacation while this took place, but came back to find that her old house had been cleared out and she had enough money take a few more vacations.

It just depends on what you want to do, or not do, and how you'd like things to be a few months down the road. And if you just want to maintain status quo, including being grumpy, that's fine too, but don't act surprised if the price tag is loneliness.
 
Have a "Yard Sale for Guys." Get a couple of friends, set up some tables, brew up some coffee and make a morning out of it. Put an ad in the paper listing lots of gun stuff and you'll have a huge turnout. I know I'd be there. :D
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sounds to me like you have a lot of shooting to do. find some new shooters, preferably juniors, and get busy.
 
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