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  • Davis
    Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 263

    Calgun member passed,family needs advice on his guns

    A fellow Calgunner ..Walzy age 28 , passed away yesterday from a sudden illness
    He has quite a collection of firearms.His parents and wife need some info on how they proceed with transferring and splitting up his collection.

    Any info would be helpful.
    Thanks
    Last edited by Davis; 01-19-2011, 9:16 AM.
  • #2
    USN CHIEF
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Nov 2007
    • 11540

    Man sorry to hear that he passed away, my prayers will go to him and his family.

    Do the parents and wife want to get rid of the guns or keep them?
    Originally posted by tankerman
    I think most folks bubba their AR's because they watch too many action movies, play too many video games and don't understand how to socialize properly, so they fantasize about being 'action hero's'. Kind of like little girls playing dress-up.
    Originally posted by Douglas711
    Is everybody stocking up on guys now? Just curious some gun prices seem to be getting high.

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    • #3
      FEDUPWBS
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2006
      • 2187

      PM sent
      Originally posted by ChrisO
      My solar tac grip wrap just slides off if I pull on it... I can tighten it down as much as I can and it will still slide off. I got it for a regular AK PG and it's on a standard romanian bakelite I think PG... What should I do? I kept the mag lock installed just in case this would happen...

      Originally posted by stphnman20
      What is a FEDUPWBS?

      Originally posted by weezil_boi
      ( Yes, FEDUP... you were right ).Just 1.5 cents

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      • #4
        bwiese
        I need a LIFE!!
        • Oct 2005
        • 27621

        I am sorry for your loss.
        Looks like FedupwBs is getting in touch, but feel free to PM me if any questions.

        Bill Wiese
        San Jose, CA

        CGF Board Member / NRA Benefactor Life Member / CRPA life member
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        legal advice, which can only be given by a lawyer.

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        • #5
          yellowfin
          Calguns Addict
          • Nov 2007
          • 8371

          Keep all of them in the family to keep the tradition going. Destroying your heritage isn't worth any amount of money.
          "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things with insane laws. That's insane!" -- Penn Jillette
          Originally posted by indiandave
          In Pennsylvania Your permit to carry concealed is called a License to carry fire arms. Other states call it a CCW. In New Jersey it's called a crime.
          Discretionary Issue is the new Separate but Equal.

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          • #6
            sorensen440
            Calguns Addict
            • Mar 2007
            • 8611

            sorry to hear about your loss
            Are they looking to keep or sell?
            "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson

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            • #7
              RRangel
              CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
              • Oct 2005
              • 5164

              My condolences to his family. I know it's hard. Maybe you can convince them to be more specific, or even post what aspects about those firearms they have questions with.

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              • #8
                CCWFacts
                Calguns Addict
                • May 2007
                • 6168

                I have a somewhat similar situation coming up. Not a death, but a friend's father is moving into assisted living and he asked me (the one person he knows he trusts to do this) to handle his father's extensive collection.

                I'm going to make a detailed catalog with photos and serial numbers of the whole thing, to record everything. Then I'll evaluate them as best I can, and see what the selling options are.

                I expect there will be some good pieces in there, and also some pieces of no particular value.

                I've told my friend that he and his brother should pick out 2-3 pieces each that are going to have value for them for all their lives, and that they can leave to their children.

                Then, the others need to be liquidating for cash. It's necessary.

                Any suggestions on this?

                My sub-question: I assume he's going to have a bunch of < $100 value pieces. It's not worth the money for DROS and shipping and hassle to even deal with these at all. What to do with them?
                "Weakness is provocative."
                Senator Tom Cotton, president in 2024

                Victoria "Tori" Rose Smith's life mattered.

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                • #9
                  Fantasma
                  Veteran Member
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 3077

                  If he has a son, give them to him. If the son is young tell the mom to keep them and give them to the son when he is older. Thats the best present a son can receive to remember his dad.

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                  • #10
                    scottj
                    Member
                    • Nov 2004
                    • 142

                    "My sub-question: I assume he's going to have a bunch of < $100 value pieces. It's not worth the money for DROS and shipping and hassle to even deal with these at all. What to do with them?"

                    A friend of mine's neighbor wanted to get rid of some really old crappy revolvers and tail end of WWII pre-CZ-52. Basically we went to a Cow Palace gun show and he was able to sell most of them to dealers with no paper work. He got very little for some of the revolvers, maybe $25, and others he couldn't sell. I can't remember how much he sold the pre-CZ-52 for. I could never figure out how the dealers were planning on handling the lack of paper work.

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                    • #11
                      Dirtbiker
                      Veteran Member
                      • Dec 2007
                      • 2810

                      If most of his collection is C&R is shouldnt be much of a problem. Maybe someone in the family can run them through gunbroker or the like.
                      To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.

                      Thomas Jefferson

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                      • #12
                        1911su16b870
                        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                        CGN Contributor
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 7654

                        My condolences to you and Walzy's family. Its very difficult after a loved one leaves. Try to keep the firearms in the family by treating family members to a few range trips. Hopefully they'll enjoy the sport as much as Walzy did and he'ld like that. If the estate wants to cash out, list them in the for sale section with Walzy estate sale in the thread.
                        "Bruen, the Bruen opinion, I believe, discarded the intermediate scrutiny test that I also thought was not very useful; and has, instead, replaced it with a text history and tradition test." Judge Benitez 12-12-2022

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                        • #13
                          tiki
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2006
                          • 1441

                          Wait on the ones that aren't worth much for the next gun turn in. They can turn them all in one at a time for some Best Buy gift certificates.
                          "The problem with quotes found on the Internet is you have no way of confirming their authenticity."
                          -Abraham Lincoln

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                          • #14
                            Two Shots
                            Senior Member
                            • Mar 2007
                            • 2022

                            Codolences to you and the Family for this loss.
                            "I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun."
                            - Arnold Schwarzenegger

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                            • #15
                              brassburnz
                              Veteran Member
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 3553

                              Sorry to hear about Walzy. Hopefully the family will keep his collection intact. Although my kids are still young, they know which part of my collection has sentimental as well as monetary value. I guess it's never too early to start thinking about these things.
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                              CRPA Life Member

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