samrothstein01
Master
There are a lot of good ideas in this post, but I think nalees makes a good point, don't count your son out yet. I have always enjoyed firearms and learned at a young age from my father. During my teenage years and into my early twenties, I didn't necessarily lose interest in guns, but I was much too busy chasing girls in fast cars. My father unfortunately passed away at a young age, and I kept/cleaned/and cared for his firearms with great detail, although I shot them rarely. As a matter of fact, there were some items sold such as old tools and things that I would never use in a million years, but I regret they were sold (not my choice). I would love to have that stuff back just for the reverance. I have since settled down, started my own family, stopped chasing girls, and started back with my passion (and his passion) for firearms. I have expanded my collection greatly, but hold the few that came from him with the highest regard, those will never be sold, they will be passed on to my son as a part of the family legacy.
On another note, a very close friend of the family has a grandfather with a large collection that I have been piecing off of him for several years now, one or two at a time. He let his grandkids pick out what they wanted, and the rest he is "keeping" so to speak. He won't sell them to many people (and his grandkids won't let him either), as he wants to know they are going to a "good home" and will be added to a well cared for collection. His granchildren and I are like family, and they are often times the individuals I shoot with, so whats mine is theirs, and vice versa. Aside from my father, their grandfather was a mentor to us kids growing up and taught us a lot about firearms as well. That story being said, I would encourage you to find someone with a reverance for the history of the peices, where they came from, how they got to you, and how to treat them moving forward, even if it is a friend of the family who will hold onto them so he can later "sell" them back to your son when he is ready for them.
On another note, a very close friend of the family has a grandfather with a large collection that I have been piecing off of him for several years now, one or two at a time. He let his grandkids pick out what they wanted, and the rest he is "keeping" so to speak. He won't sell them to many people (and his grandkids won't let him either), as he wants to know they are going to a "good home" and will be added to a well cared for collection. His granchildren and I are like family, and they are often times the individuals I shoot with, so whats mine is theirs, and vice versa. Aside from my father, their grandfather was a mentor to us kids growing up and taught us a lot about firearms as well. That story being said, I would encourage you to find someone with a reverance for the history of the peices, where they came from, how they got to you, and how to treat them moving forward, even if it is a friend of the family who will hold onto them so he can later "sell" them back to your son when he is ready for them.
