Charlie Harley, #14153

I’ve been to Phoenix a few times. Each visit I ponder, “What prompted the first settler to stop here and start a city? Even the indigenous were smart enough to not live here.”

Colt barrel on S&W frame? Well executed!

And that is precisely why the favorite hand gun in my safe is a 6 inch Smith & Wesson 686. Under barrel lug. Incredible balance. Beautiful lines. And a Smith & Wesson double action trigger pull.

The Mini-14. Everything about the gun feels awkward to me, and it’s not nearly as versatile or accurate as a good AR-15 platform.

Another vote for a bar of Babbitt metal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(alloy)

BTT

BTT. Dropped again.

BTT. Somebody make me an offer.

Wish I weren’t in a safe cleaning mode myself. Your offer is a good deal on a piece of history.

Btt with price drop.

BTT

Update: Price at $200 plus shipping. Update: Price dropped to $250. Or make an offer. I have a 25 year old side-by-side "cap gun" made for Orvis by Edison Giocattoli, an Italian toy maker who used to make a lot of quality gun replicas. It is new in box and comes with twelve cards of the reloadable toy ammo. Asking $350 plus shipping. I live in East Tennessee and can meet face to face.

My wife and I are doing some estate planning. One of the topics is what will be done with my guns when I pass. My wife has no interest in guns at all and knows nothing about their value or significance. One of our four children shoots clays with me and has a few firearms of his own. The other three have a gun or two for home protection or deer hunting, but none of them have the shooting sports as a major part of their lives. I'll talk with each of them and see if there's a particular gun or two that they want, but I don't expect much interest. My plan is to start selling the safe queens that haven't been used in years. Cash raised will fund a few vacations, which at this stage is more valuable to me than guns sitting in a dark box. That will leave maybe ten guns that I have fun with regularly, or which have some sentimental value. I'm thinking it would be helpful to my wife (or son if we both died together) for me to have researched local auctioneers, estate sales people, or gun stores. I want to see who would best be able to support them in selling the guns and getting maximum market value at the time of my death. Has anyone else done such a thing? Also, what do you do with ammo that your heirs don't want? Should that be included with the guns? I appreciate any insights you all might have.

I wondered the same thing. My knees ached just watching them. You can bet there's a SWOOSH every once in a while in the factory.

Fascinating on so many levels! (And a bit scary on others.) Thank you for sharing.