Thinking of Selling It All

[jpolfer]

Need to call it an evening friends. Poured myself a couple fingers of some good bourbon, made myself a turkey sammy from leftovers, and I guess I need to give some snacks to my dog who will not stop eyeballing me.

Thank you, JP

[MarikinaMan]

You cant take it with you. Keep what you need and sell what you dont.

Factor in that life isnt about just need. Keep some stuff for yourself.

Good luck!

[Rob454]

Without going on details…is your health like hey I’m just sick but I’ll be fine in 6 months a year etc? Or I’m sick where I got 6 weeks to live and I’m gonna sell everything for hookers and blow?

If it’s the former hold on to it or you’ll regret it. Reloading stuff isn’t getting cheaper or easier to find. If you got six of everything and hundreds of thousands of rounds give some away to sell it. Keep what you need you dont need to give away the Ponderosa Hoss….. If it’s the latter…sell everything and go see BigPimpin to set you up with a nice 40 something that’s built for speed for your last 6 weeks…might as well get her to f you blind.

[USMCM16A2]

JP,


I send best wishes to you, and hope your situation improves. PM anytime if you need to talk, God bless you, A2

[beerman]

Bad but natural situation. I bought the bulk of my reloading equipment from the widow of a lifetime benchrest shooter. She was an elderly waitress at a diner my coworker visited most mornings .He gave her my#. She said she wanted it all gone and told me and my buddy before she showed us the goods she wanted $600 for the lot. We agreed to that sight unseen ( based on what my coworker told me she said she had)and loaded my F150 to the top. After we loaded the truck, we handed her a grand. She gave us $ 400 back and said we gave her what she asked for it. It took me and my buddy 4 hours to sort it out between us. What we didn’t need I sold on eBay for $2k..sell your stuff now while you can and get what it’s worth.I’m turning 67 and having the same thoughts as you.

[Snoopy47]

You cant take it with you. Keep what you need and sell what you dont.

Factor in that life isnt about just need. Keep some stuff for yourself.

Good luck!

EXACTLY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've crested that hill (age) and I look at all my crap and wonder "why". I'm at that age where I'm finding myself exposed to the gun stuff from others who pass and leave behind. I pick through what I want, and then realize, do I need this added to my hoards.

I have calibers I can load I don't even own guns for. I have powders more than half my age, and have been using primers from the 90's.

I let go a few guns in the last year because, why........ why do I need them. If it wasn't for California I'd have WAY FEWER guns. I end up hanging onto everything because I fear not being able to replace it should I change my mind in the future, or maybe my kids might want them at which it would be impossible to get in say 10 years.

I let all my casting stuff go, but not without hanging onto the molds. I figure worst case I can always fashion a melting pot and scrounge up lead, but I held onto those critical molds.

So.............................

Hang onto the minimum. We get older, we can't take it with us, and no one is going to get more money for your stuff than YOU will selling it while you are around.

That became painfully obvious when I helped a family friend divest her deceased husband's guns, knives, and reloading stuff. I bent over backwards trying to get the best $$$ for it, and it took forever. If she did it all by herself in a single batch she'd have gotten pennies on the dollar, and through my efforts I probably got quarters on the dollar.

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Do you enjoy the stuff
Or
Do you enjoy just owning the stuff

[croue]

[jpolfer]

Going to Divvy it Up

First: Thank you for all the thoughts and really good advice.

As titled I'm going to spread it around. I have my son, his friends, and a couple nephews. All are into shooting and some want to get into reloading. I'll also keep some for myself and sell some.

Over the years of reloading I've gathered more than enough. Every time I'd go into a store and saw something at a good price or was on the shelf during one of the many panics I would buy it. For example: My wife was helping me inventory components and ammo on-hand for magnum rifles. At the annual rate I shoot my magnum rifles there is more than 50 years worth of goods. Granted I don't shoot them a lot but that's ridiculous. If I shot them more I would need to carry my shoulder in a bag. So It's time to clear inventory and help some shooters out.

Again thank you. This has been a good thread.

[Supersapper]

First: Thank you for all the thoughts and really good advice.

As titled I'm going to spread it around. I have my son, his friends, and a couple nephews. All are into shooting and some want to get into reloading. I'll also keep some for myself and sell some.

Over the years of reloading I've gathered more than enough. Every time I'd go into a store and saw something at a good price or was on the shelf during one of the many panics I would buy it. For example: My wife was helping me inventory components and ammo on-hand for magnum rifles. At the annual rate I shoot my magnum rifles there is more than 50 years worth of goods. Granted I don't shoot them a lot but that's ridiculous. If I shot them more I would need to carry my shoulder in a bag. So It's time to clear inventory and help some shooters out.

Again thank you. This has been a good thread.

You are a good man, good sir. I wish you the greatest fortune in the world and hope that you beat whatever it is that's gotcha.

[tigerpan]

Since you have plenty ammo, I would just sell some ammo. Since ammo still expensive. 9mm still $300 for 500 rounds.

[QED]

Since you have plenty ammo, I would just sell some ammo. Since ammo still expensive. 9mm still $300 for 500 rounds.

Since the OP implied that he uses handloaded/reloaded ammo other than .22, the sale of ammo is probably not a good option. Powders and primers are going for a premium right now, so sell the reloading stuff and move on, knowing that you have a deep stash of loaded ammo.

[electric7]

When one starts reloading, it begins with one caliber. One caliber, especially if it were pistol, would not require a large reloading setup. But over time, because we already have the reloading setup, we add more calibers. So, at some point, you end up with 6 types of primers and 20 different powders and stacks of different bullets that you wanted to test just for fun. And then, you might start buying guns in odd calibers just because you know you can reload ammo for it. All this stuff is somewhat of an investment. As with any investment, it is never good to sell all at any given time. Legging out is always the best strategy.

So, I say if financial or life reasons are driving some cuts to your reloading investments, cut down on the obscure or low usage calibers. There is always something that doesn't get a lot of range time. Those would be my first cuts to reloading supplies, especially if you already have a large ammo supply in that caliber. As the ammo for that obscure caliber is expended, it's time to let that firearm go or replace with another firearm that will help towards consolidating your calibers. Ultimately, you can trim down to 2-3 calibers that can meet 95% of your shooting needs. I am sure that doing this would achieve both goals, raise cash and maintain the option to reload if needed in the future.