Passing down a gun collection- Now or Then?

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What does the OB think? Have any of yall done this

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Well dad it’s been a while nice to talk to you again!!
JK both my kids son and daughter have laid claimed to various guns as I bought them or as they used them for significant events (first duck or first deer).
If it was me and I had a pile of them I would book a trip or hunt with my son or grandkids and start giving them out a lil bit at a time so that they have some history with them.
I just recently received a gun tbat I killed my first deer with that was my uncles and I killed a deer with it, very emotional experience and not bragging but I’m not very emotional.

Your son would probably think it's cool, especially if he's an outdoorsman and you have nicer stuff. Heck, even if his stuff is nicer, it's cool to have anything from your dad.

Might be cool to slowly pass them down, like one at Christmas, one for a birthday, etc.

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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.

My son is 20 and I have given him multiple rifles, shotguns and a handgun.

He enjoys them.

Killed a deer with the 270 I gave him, shot squirrels with the 22's, killed ducks with the 12 ga, and decided the Beretta 9mm isn't the gun for him.

He bought his own 45-70 CVA for primitive season and loaded his own ammo for that.

I put a rebuild kit in the A5 and he is taking that as well.

The coolest one I gave him is and old 870 magnum with an 18.5 inch barrel. Added a 3.5" Carlton rifled choke tube along with a rail mount and aimpoint.

It's a deer killer within 75 yards.

He is shooting guns I haven't used in 30+ years.

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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.

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Good point.. Most of these are guns I've sought and purchased throughout the years with no intentions other than adding them to my collection.. So his emotional attachment would probably be nothing more than they belonged to me...Good food for thought..

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My dad gave me his guns a month before he died from cancer.
Do that.
We looked like we were crying over the sentimental guns and each story he told me about those guns.
In reality, it was a good excuse to cry over him getting ready to pass.

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My grandfather let me borrow his favorite rifle to go on a hog hunt when I was younger. When I brought it back, he told me it was mine, provided that I’d never sell it. Definitely a fond memory I’ll never forget.

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Are yall TRYING to make my eyes sweat?? Damn!!

I know what you mean though.. He wanted one of those Henry Golden Boys when they we re-introduced about a decade ago.. I opened my safe and pulled out a SA-22 and handed it to him and said this is for you.. He started tearing up then I started tearing up because he was tearing up..

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Any other siblings other than the son? Sometimes these things create friction and have unintended consequences when inherences are concerned.

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Valid concern.. I have a daughter that has showed no interest in them, although that doesn't mean she wouldn't like a few.

Mine wanted to do that but he died first and then it all went to shite. We ended up with most of them but it got ugly with his widow. Don't leave that till later. There may not be one.

IDK, you might have like $12k in guns there

Do it now