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Message: <blockquote data-quote="16colt" data-source="post: 4106905" data-attributes="member: 529">When deciding to keep any item inherited from family, I feel you need to fully understand what "sentimental value" means to YOU. For instance, my Dad has several guns, but only a few hold sentimental value to me. One of them is his Browning Light 12 he purchased new in 1967. It is heavily worn from much use and has his social security # etched on the side. We hunted many pheasants together with him holding that shotgun. When/if the time comes that it gets passed down to me, it will never be sold. On the other hand, he has a few handguns that he has purchased for home protection or just because he decided he needed a new gun. These I have never seen him shoot or even know if he has shot them. I would consider selling these guns if no other family member wanted them.All that said, several years ago my FIL sold me a Taurus 38 special revolver that was his dad's (my wife's grandpa) that had recently passed. He (FIL) wanted the money and I had zero use for the revolver so I sold it for what I gave him. My wife came unhinged when she found out that I sold that gun. Just to note, this gun had never been fired. My FIL had purchased it just a few years earlier so his dad would have a gun in his house for home protection. Again, back to sentimental value - I saw none, my wife somehow saw it differently. So... I guess my opening statement should actually say, "fully understand what "sentimental value" means to YOU...and YOUR WIFE".</blockquote>

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