WHEN IT IS TIME TO LET THEM GO

I AM IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING MOST OF MY GUNS ABOUT 40 GUNS. I JUST TURNED 85 AND DON'T SHOOT THAT MUCH ANY MORE AND IN A WHEELCHAIR. GOING TO USE THE MONEY TO BUY A HANDICAP VAN TO GO SHOOTING BETWEEN DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS. JUST FINGERING WHICH ONES TO KEEP FOR SHOOTING TRAP AND SPORTING PLUS 1 DOVE GUN IN 28 GA THE REST ARE GOING. IT SEEMS FUNNY AS I SIT HERE DECIDING WHICH ONES I HAVE HAD SOME 60 YEARS AND STILL SHOOT THEM. A KIN TO PICKING ONE OF YOUR CHILDREN IS A FAVORITE WHICH IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE. SILLY TO BE SO ATTACHED TO A INANIMATE OBJECT I STARTED WITH THE HARDEST TO PART WITH TO GET THE BALL ROLLING MY MODEL 12 TRAP
BUDDY

 

Have you got a KX-6, that you'd sell?

 

NO BUT THAT. IS A REAL GOOD CHOICE I SHOOT A TM1 AND HAVE A TMX BARREL FOR IT ALSO THEY USE THE SAME FRAME
GOOD HUNTING

 

JUST read BUDDYs post regarding selling of guns. I too am going thru the same situation as I approach number 86 in 2 months. I do have a son who will get all except a few I will sell......Only difference with Buddy and I is my BACK has taken me out of the GAME period! He still shoots and I wish him the best. By the way: Buddy is a long time friend from the Silver Dollar Club in Florida from shooting to TIPPING a few. Not allowed to tell more!!!!! Danny B

 

It a hard job for sure. Just spent the last nine year cleaning out 38 trap guns. Still regetting some of them.

 

You’re doing the smart, practical thing. Keep the ones that still make you smile when you pick them up, sell the rest without guilt, and go buy that van.

 

Yeah, I’ve been there. At that age, with the body telling you what the mind doesn’t want to hear, those old guns stop being tools and start feeling like family. Sixty years with a Model 12 Trap is a lifetime of muscle memory, good days, and quiet pride. Selling most of them to get a van that actually lets you keep shooting is the smart, grown-up move, even if it still stings.

 

I am 90 years old, and i sold all of my guns , but I kept 2. A left handed bt-99 with a stock lock on it plus HIGH RIB. THE LEFT HAND IS A CONVERSION THAT I MADE IT OPENS LEFT HANDED, and a side by side ZOLI that was engraved by ANGELO GALIZZIA

 

Left Hand BT99 sounds very nice. I am also a left hand shooter selling my guns. Hope I can find a few leftys when I get to list them. Dan B kolarpole

 

Buddy, I feel for you. What an incredible gentleman. Wish you the best in getting to your ultimate goal. Good shooting my friend, Rey