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The Sell off is Complete

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Just a few months ago I opened up the safe and looked at the firearms in it along with others that were not in it.  Made a determination that I had firearms I hadn't shot in yrs. Took a deep breath and decided they were going to find new homes. And so it began, the sell off. Yesterday I sold the last rifle I didn't want to keep.  I sold a lot of Shotguns, deer rifles, handguns and my SMG all finding new owners. Sold at a peak market and done very well. Wife still says I have too many deer rifles, shotguns and handguns... My reply not as many. :)
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  • nononsense
    Wife still says I have too many deer rifles, shotguns and handguns...

    This an impossible statement by your wife. It is a proven fact that a man can NEVER have too many firearms! ;):D

    Best.



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  • select-fire
    Well when I moved some into her office and put them in a closet she cleaned out from her teaching..... that is when the discussion took a turn . She knows what the UPS truck means.... Ammo.
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  • select-fire
    I also ask her if all that shiny stuff on her degrees hanging on the walls was gold... if it was that could buy more guns and ammo.
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  • hillbille
    now that she is retired she will have time to go shooting with you, so you will need twice as much ammo!!!
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  • BobJudy
    Well done! I can't seem to get off my butt and do the same thing. When I finally do I am sure my timing will suck price wise, unlike you hitting it right this year.  Bob
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  • hillbille
    I did that a year or so ago, had some older military stuff I knew the kids would never shoot or even care about, bayonets ect, so sold them at a few shows to some WWII guys I knew would enjoy them, took the money and bought a few guns I knew the kids/grandkids would use......
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  • bambihunter
    Probably 85% of my collection never gets shot. Unless a gun is older and NIB/LNIB then it will get shot, at least a little. But, some I have countless copies of, just in different formats (different barrel lengths, stocks type, finishes, etc). So, after that initial shooting and cleaning, most just stay in the safe.If I were smart, I'd sell my Benelli M4 H2O (the real NP3 version) for an absolute mint right now but it was the one I always wanted. So, it sits in the same in NIB condition while I shoot the black version that is modified to be the same (with the obligatory 922r parts).
    I'm in a harder spot than you though SelectFire. My old safe was getting too small back about a decade ago. So, my wife bought me a custom made to fit safe that was ~3x bigger than my previous one. Now it is full. I can't get her to give me any more real estate after that. LOL So, now I have mostly been "upgrading" my guns. Like recently I bought a Remington 700 Titanium to replace a "regular" one in the same caliber which I now am going to sell.
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  • KenK/84Bravo

    I congratulate you Sir.

    If I had someone like Ricci (5-6) hours away or Kasey/Locust Fork (9 hrs away easy) closer, I would have liked to divest myself of a few firearms that have been residing in the safe for a while.

    Now is the perfect time to do so.

    Smart move and timing.

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  • Smitty500mag
    Did you use some of the money to buy your 4th star?
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  • select-fire
    Did you use some of the money to buy your 4th star?

    WTHeck... I wanted throwing stars.
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  • Grunt2
    I need to sell of too...But man it's going to be hard... :(
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  • NeoBlackdog
    And all done without a single shameless plug!
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  • savage170
    I came close while I was furloughed it was actually the wife that talked me out of it realizing that after I got back to work I would have to fill those empty spots in the safes
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  • select-fire
    And all done without a single shameless plug!

    Gunbroker had only 3 sales , 2 long guns and a scope mount. Man in charge of local gun range came to my house...I hunted with him., and purchased a pistol . Spread the word of the rest of my collection. He purchased a nice Model 65 4".
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  • buddyb
    I sold off about 30 humpback shotguns in the last couple of years.
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  • Butchdog2
    Warning, when you sell a gun in a short while you will have no gun and the money will be shot.
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  • select-fire
    Butchdog2 said:
    Warning, when you sell a gun in a short while you will have no gun and the money will be shot.

    We have enough of each, still undecided which 10mm to buy.
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