Thanks for the great post! Like lots of other folks have already mentioned, I have no children, but my situation is a little different. Both my mother and father were only children. They disowned me in 1984 because they didn't like the person I married, and then my wife's family, which had always treated my wonderfully well, disowned me after she died. So as far as I'm concerned, there are no living relatives. So... I had a good friend in the gun community who was a type I diabetic. He knew he wasn't long for this earth and tried his best to get his affairs in order, but he passed a little sooner than he expected. I had seen lots of cases where so-called friends cheated widows out of small fortunes after a fellow died, so before he died, I told him that I would do what ever I could to take care of her. Unfortunately, my wife died a few months after him and, even though her death was not a surprise, I was a basket case. My friend's wife did more to take care of me than I did to take care of her. My friend had a brother who had two sons, all 3 of whom had life long interests in guns. So... at this point, the plan is to give all of my stuff -- providing I don't need to sell it for the money -- to the two nephews of my late friend. It's all in the will and I've told them about it. I have given them something every once in awhile, and plan to give a little more before I die, just so I can enjoy the act of giving while I'm still alive. But I'm not sure they understand the extent of what they will have to deal with after I'm gone! There is no inventory or list of items, but every day I'm thinking more and more that it might not be a bad idea... except that the work involved in putting together such a list would probably kill me! Thanks again.
