Posted on 09/15/2014 2:10:37 PM PDT by John Robinson
Helping my girlfriend clean out her grandparent's home, we found a couple long guns (a Winchester Model 840 IIRC, and some hunting rifle, I assume, because it has a scope—I didn't catch the branding) and there should be a few handguns as well (haven't found them yet.) I don't know the first thing about guns, except to assume they're loaded.
Is there any generic instruction to be given for these types of guns to ensure they're properly unloaded and safe for transport and [temporary] storage? I'll try to compile more detail later this evening. The plan is to sell them to put toward grandma's medical care.
Thanks!
Not yet, if we can get there this evening we’ll have pictures. The two long guns appear to be well-cared for instruments. The handguns haven’t yet been located.
People on this thread joking about a boating mishap are nearly so right. While the old woman was in the hospital, the sewer line had backed up into her house— for nearly two weeks, every flush in the neighborhood found itself in her home. No imagination in this world can properly conceive the absolute horror of this mess upon discovery. Two inches of everyone else’s sewage everywhere. Insurance hired a service to come out and box everything up and store it in two large shipping containers, so to say that her property is in great disarray could be the understatement of the year.
If you truly don’t know how to make sure they are unloaded, I know a woman who called the police and had them come and clear all her dead husband’s weapons for her.
The grandparents were poor common folk, we don’t expect to find anything of substantial value, but as you say, there’s always the possibility of a “ringer.”
I’d be pleased to be of assistance in doing any research. Once you find out what you have, feel free to FReepmail me details and I’ll get you info. I have a bit of experience in the gun collecting field, but I’m a terrible canoeist.
Send them to me i’ll take car of them
You’ll also want a map of which states to NOT drive through.
Be sure to keep the bill of sale for each gun - keep it long after any money or family disputes are settled. It’s unlikely a gun you sell through a dealer will be used in a crime. But if such a thing happens and the police question who owns the guns and they knock on your door, you can prove you don’t own them.
A gun-buy-back in your area will net the gran $1.98.///sarc
IMHO, this is the *last* info/thing I’d want out in a public forum ... jes sayin’.
Good luck.
Or, an auctioneer who specializes in gun sales.
There is one here at the Lake of the Ozarks who resells 100-200-300 guns every month.
Transport them in an unstable boat across a deep lake. Worked for me. Well, except for that little incident in the middle of the lake where the boat tipped over.
D’Oh!
Live and learn.
California will be at the top of that list. Since you're already there, that presents some challenges.
:^)
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