[rem870hunter]

hawg , i am sorry for your losses. i hope that the times you had with them were all good ones.

dairy, i am hoping that the years have been good to you. may you have many more good years to come, and that whatever happens to your possesions when you pass will be put to good use (not that you haven't). and those that get them will care for them well as you have while you had them.

while what my father has sits in cabinets pretty much doing nothing. they hold value to me. some are for my boys and brother in laws boys. for in the future if they want to hunt and that when i pass they would get certain ones. so says my will when i write it, as long as they keep clean.

his father (my grandad) passed 4 years ago. before his alzheimers advanced he sat him and his sister and brothers down and planned on what to do. my dad was told to take back what firearms he (my dad) bought and gave to him. and some that were to go to him. there was a few that were supposed to and didn't. one of the brothers got the house and inside was the few he didn't get. they are still in there, along with another brothers browning auto5. they haven't spoken since grandad died. but i am staying out of that decision.

they are not collectors items, they were bought for the purpose of hunting and some for plinking. when he bought the marlins he bought 2 at one time, 1 for him and 1 for me. a week later bought 1 for his father. i wasn't old enough to hunt with it yet so he sold it to a relative that was going hunting with him. then bought another years later for me. he made sure that with the rifles, he had atleast 2 of one action type and of the same caliber. one for me and one for him. until a few years after my first son was born. he started buying more so that when he started hunting he had one to use. the pistols, not really sure why other than hunting. although i wouldn't shoot an animal with a .380 auto unless i really really needed to. the .38 spl,.357 mag,9mm,.45 acp. i would use for hunting. if legal where i would be hunting.