Inflation and a fixed income will eventually solve the problem, but the afflicted may not like the results.

Once again, I find myself one gun short of perfection.

Late last year I paid the house off. My rifle mad money has dried up. The only rifle I really want and don't have, yet, is a fine Wurfflein breechloader. So my only fear now is that one will pop up somewhere as they seem to do, and I'll have to use a credit card to pay for it. Or I'll have to sell something to pay for it. Which one is worse? 

awp101 wrote on Jan 14^th, 2024 at 8:33pm:


she will sell them for what you told her you paid for them at your estate sale!

BTW, I'll need your name and address should your health start failing. 

Here in S.C. we've had several examples of the nightmare scenario involving disposal of our goodies after we've lost the discussion with the Rangemaster as to further time here in this vale of tears. They actually involved lifelong machinists with home machine shops, but the situations mirrored a gun nut's (relax, I don't mean YOU) usual fears- appeals to the decedent's peers to take the now- orphaned equipment into their orbits, efforts to sell the conglomeration en mass, separate listing of attractive items for sale, calls to prominent practitioners of their craft,..... all in desperation and mostly fruitless. The heavy items usually end up in the JUNKYARD. I think we ought to have a discussion of this problem. Disposal of rare and collectible items by uncomprehending and heedless persons is exactly why so many items are now rare and even unobtainable. I'm not involved in it, but I suggest the auction business, specifically Proxibid, an umbrella organization for auctions. Their members handle auto body, engine rebuilding outfits, you name it. They mostly will ship all feasible items to buyers. Heavy stuff of course another matter, generally picked up by the buyer. Member auctions maintain lists of bidders's main interests. If the family has written preferences of the owner WHEN HE PASSES, we can mostly breathe easy. Comments?

No help here either. I go through phases. There was the 22 short phase, to be followed closely by the 22 pump phase. Thank god those only lasted for about 30 rifles. Then there was that cannon phase, I mean who doesn't need a cannon to offset the lack of noise from a 22 short. I kicked the cannon habit, about the time I discovered single shot rifles. This too shall pass, if I live long enough.

jfeldman wrote on Mar 9^th, 2024 at 2:33pm:

We really, really need a “like” button around here…