thinning out my collection, again...

Slugo · June 29, 2011, 05:57 PM

over the past six months I've sold four of my shotguns. The last one, my Stevens 311/5100 20ga SxS. That one found a good home with our brother Mike Irwin.

Now comes the very difficult decision, whether to sell my 70's vintage first generation Remington 1100, or not. I picked this gun up last fall at another estate sale. It's definitely a closet queen. 95% NRA condition with two barrels. The original 28" mod and a 26" skeet. Both fixed choke. I'm a real 1100 freak, owned a half dozen of them over the years. I was on the hunt for another one and this beauty came to me.

As much as I cherish the 1100's, I will never use this one. It now has become my closet queen. Too easy just to pull out my favorite flavor of the day O/U and run with it. I'm fretting over this one and hope I don't regret doing something stupid. Help!!

Take a look, this one has some of the nicest wood I've seen on a 1100...

here it is with the 26" skeet barrel...

Drummer101 · June 29, 2011, 06:07 PM

Shame it looks like it was never used

Eghad · June 29, 2011, 06:09 PM

Does it have an serious collector value?

You never use it

if it doens't have any serious collector value...

thin the herd

hogdogs · June 29, 2011, 06:11 PM

YOU WILL REGRET PARTING WITH IT!!!

I will give you a hundred dollar bill fresh out of the printer for it though...

Brent

BigJimP · June 29, 2011, 06:28 PM

Put a high price on it ...and if you sell it / then you won't regret it.

But personally, I have a hard time even selling guns I don't shoot ....I'd rather pass them down to one of the kids or grandkids when the time is right.

Cowboy_mo · June 29, 2011, 09:37 PM

I feel your pain.

I picked up a like nib 11-87 a few years ago and I think it has been out of the gun cabinet about 3 times. It probably wouldn't have exited then but I picked up a camo sock to protect it.

Like you, I have the same argument with myself about sell/not sell.

Until I find something else I really have to have, it will probably remain in the gun cabinet.

shortwave · June 29, 2011, 10:10 PM

Quote:

I'm a real 1100 freak...

With three in the safe, one being a magnum, I know the feeling.

Had four and gave one to my brother.

Thats a true beauty and yes, some of the nicest furniture. Would be truely hard to part with.

Don't know your situation but that would be a great specimen to pass down to a well deserving family member.

P.S. I'm up for adoption and would give you visitation rights.

PJR · June 30, 2011, 08:34 AM

Why are you selling? Do you need money, more space in the vault, want to buy something else? If you don't NEED to sell it then why are you thinking about it? A closet queen doesn't cost you anything. If it gives you joy simply to pick it up and hold it then that's all the justification you need.

An acquaintance of mine has a selection of high-grade Model 12s but doesn't shoot them. When I asked him why keep them if they weren't being shot he said, "Sometimes you just need to have nice things." Made sense to me.

Slugo · June 30, 2011, 09:40 AM

PJR, the last thing I need is the money. Comfortably retired, unless Obama mess's it all up! Just thinning all my stuff out, including photography equipment, Lionel O scale collection, etc. If I don't use it, it's gone...

markj · June 30, 2011, 04:30 PM

Well if you decide to let it go, I would sure like it to give to my son. They just sont make em like that these days.

jaguarxk120 · June 30, 2011, 04:33 PM

There are times in our lifetimes we become caretakers of very nice things. Things we want to pass on to our children, or someone else, this Remington may be one of those things. It doesn't eat and you enjoy holding it. KEEP IT!!

June 29, 2011, 05:57 PM	#1
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	thinning out my collection, again... over the past six months I've sold four of my shotguns. The last one, my Stevens 311/5100 20ga SxS. That one found a good home with our brother Mike Irwin. Now comes the very difficult decision, whether to sell my 70's vintage first generation Remington 1100, or not. I picked this gun up last fall at another estate sale. It's definitely a closet queen. 95% NRA condition with two barrels. The original 28" mod and a 26" skeet. Both fixed choke. I'm a real 1100 freak, owned a half dozen of them over the years. I was on the hunt for another one and this beauty came to me. As much as I cherish the 1100's, I will never use this one. It now has become my closet queen. Too easy just to pull out my favorite flavor of the day O/U and run with it. I'm fretting over this one and hope I don't regret doing something stupid. Help!! Take a look, this one has some of the nicest wood I've seen on a 1100... here it is with the 26" skeet barrel...

June 29, 2011, 06:07 PM	#2
Drummer101 Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2009 Location: DFW Posts: 943	Shame it looks like it was never used __________________ "I would say that we have to make up criteria." OK, which is better for 2 Bantu, 5 Hottentots, and 3 pygmies playing a war march on a calliope at 3 a.m. during a monsoon? Show your work and round to the nearest decimal. -Mike Irwin

June 29, 2011, 06:09 PM	#3
Eghad Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 6,231	Does it have an serious collector value? You never use it if it doens't have any serious collector value... thin the herd __________________ Have a nice day at the range NRA Life Member

June 29, 2011, 06:11 PM	#4
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	YOU WILL REGRET PARTING WITH IT!!! I will give you a hundred dollar bill fresh out of the printer for it though... Brent

June 29, 2011, 06:28 PM	#5
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Put a high price on it ...and if you sell it / then you won't regret it. But personally, I have a hard time even selling guns I don't shoot ....I'd rather pass them down to one of the kids or grandkids when the time is right.

June 29, 2011, 09:37 PM	#6
Cowboy_mo Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2010 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,039	I feel your pain. I picked up a like nib 11-87 a few years ago and I think it has been out of the gun cabinet about 3 times. It probably wouldn't have exited then but I picked up a camo sock to protect it. Like you, I have the same argument with myself about sell/not sell. Until I find something else I really have to have, it will probably remain in the gun cabinet.

June 30, 2011, 08:34 AM	#8
PJR Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2000 Posts: 1,127	Why are you selling? Do you need money, more space in the vault, want to buy something else? If you don't NEED to sell it then why are you thinking about it? A closet queen doesn't cost you anything. If it gives you joy simply to pick it up and hold it then that's all the justification you need. An acquaintance of mine has a selection of high-grade Model 12s but doesn't shoot them. When I asked him why keep them if they weren't being shot he said, "Sometimes you just need to have nice things." Made sense to me.

June 30, 2011, 09:40 AM	#9
Slugo Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2001 Location: Central PA Posts: 1,007	PJR, the last thing I need is the money. Comfortably retired, unless Obama mess's it all up! Just thinning all my stuff out, including photography equipment, Lionel O scale collection, etc. If I don't use it, it's gone...

June 30, 2011, 04:30 PM	#10
markj Senior Member Join Date: October 27, 2005 Location: Crescent Iowa Posts: 2,971	Well if you decide to let it go, I would sure like it to give to my son. They just sont make em like that these days.

June 30, 2011, 04:33 PM	#11
jaguarxk120 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,619	There are times in our lifetimes we become caretakers of very nice things. Things we want to pass on to our children, or someone else, this Remington may be one of those things. It doesn't eat and you enjoy holding it. KEEP IT!!