Ok heres a topic nobody talks about

[Rob454]

Death.

Say I kick the bucket. i have guns. My wife has no clue what to do with them. I left a piece of paper ( well its really directions in the living trust) with the pics and serial # of the guns and the value that I feel is a fair price that she can sell without any problems. She is not a gun person so she would have no use for them. i rather she get the money out of them than to have them rot but under NO circumstances is she to sell them for less. Same goes for my truck and tools.
granted family has first dibs on buying what i once owned.

I also gave her instructions to post on here in the event i croak. basically told her to get in touch with one of themods to give her a idea on what she needs to do. Not sure who else to ut down in the how to info.

Can the mods maybe make a sticky on what to do in case someone died and left guns in the house etc?
just curious does your family know what do do in the event of your death?

[1*mike]

great topic...

[Shiloh13]

+1
That's a great idea.

[El Gato]

a friend died recently... he had priced everything ahead of time...but he KNEW he was going sooner rather than later...
My wife is a gun nut... and knows what to do...
we recently did inventory of my Dad's guns...and now have a list...
The big thing is an inventory...of serial numbers and pictures etc...we used New Mexico gun collectors computer stuff...

[Librarian]

Planning ahead is always good.

Question: how often will you revise your suggested values? They do fluctuate over time.

I would suggest that you make an arrangement with a local FFL, and suggest that the guns go there on consignment.

But I'm still considering what to do with mine in that circumstance...

[BigDogatPlay]

I keep a complete inventory, including a brief history of each one. My wife knows what they all are and likes to shoot some of them. We have full trust docs and directions for all our personal stuff. We have no kids, so for the most part there probably isn't a lot of people out there who'll be coming up interested in our stuff.

My dad's guns go to my nephew, the only grandson. Her dad's guns go to one of her male cousins who is a hunter. A couple of others I've directed to specific friends of mine. The balance I have directed that they go to one of the local FFLs I do business with for sale, proceeds to NRA and CGF.

Although I have been thinking I might have the first featured OLL I built come here as an auction fundraiser. By the time I am gone an OLL AR with a bullet button ought to be a true museum piece.

[challenger]

I had a similar conversation with my wife but this involved our registered assualt rifles. I have one brother that lives out of state but he has no interest in guns. My choice was to have them stripped down so my in-state friends and relatives can have the parts then sell the other stuff out of state. Since I'll be dead, how do I sell RAW receivers? Won't my wife have to sign them off as if she were the owner?

[Librarian]

Since I'll be dead, how do I sell RAW receivers? Won't my wife have to sign them off as if she were the owner?

Yes. Executors/beneficiaries have 90 days to dispose of them. PC 12285(b)(1).

[PatriotnMore]

My wife will keep hers, and I have asked that she not sell any of the other ones, and either give them to the boys, or keep them so they can use/borrow them when they want.