I have said this before and I wish I would have had it on page one.
I used to be one of those 'never sell' people until my mother died in 2021. There were a few things I wanted to inherit, but my mom stuck me with two 27 foot Uhauls full and notes about how and why I shoujld keep it. It was so much stuff that I doubt I ever completely finish going through it all. But once I got it under control I had zero desire to keep anything.
To the point about guns, I realized one day that if I wanted my two kids to care about the 10 or so old family guns, dont burden them with a bunch of guns you don't and they won't care about. If you want them to care about the old Colt don't give them 30 other pistols to deal with. If you do they won't care about the Colt.
I have cut my collection by about 2/3rds since then. Done a lot of two and three for one deals. Last year I came to CS and sold four and bought one. That kind of stuff. Last month I went through my current collection with my now 13 yo son and showed him the family guns that are never to be sold, a few that I like and actively use, and then the rest. I told him to do decide which way he wanted to take the collection and he said he wanted a 6.5 grendel with a suppressor. So, I sold a S&W revolver we agreed could go and bought a Alexander Arms 6.5. Now we have a 700 Classic to sell for the suppressor.
Now he owns the collection.
Last, don't let your kids inherit 30 random black fantastic 9s and expect them to care about anything else.
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