re: Passing down a gun collection- Now or Then?

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They're literally sitting in my safe with socks on them and I would keep my guns that I use regularly. He can have those when I actually croak

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While is a great plan, good job handling down your collection to your son, you may want to make sure he wants to keep and store them. While they may mean a lot to you, he may not have the same emotional attachment.

I see this a lot with families and while some kids would be overjoyed to have them, others might feel ambivalent about them. For example, my wife has a headboard and bed frame that was her grandmothers. It currently disassembled underneath our bed. She doesn't want to pass it down to our son but she can't get rid of it while her dad is still alive because it means a lot to him. So, basically she has been trapped with it for years, moving it from place to place as she moved.

I would suggest talking to him about it. Maybe he is really attached to some of the guns but not all of them. If so, give him those he wants now so he can enjoy them and let him do what he will with the rest after you are gone. He may even tell you he doesn't have the space to store your collection at the moment. Make sure you aren't putting a burden on him that he isn't ready for.