Guns & Outdoors Forum

With the passing of my mother in law the end of June; and helping my wife deal with her estate, I’ve realized it’s passed (past?) time that I start cataloging my guns. We’re also about to update our 30 yo wills.

I have begun to write down each gun and serial # in a notebook listing who gets each one. I’m also writing a brief description of each gun and where, when, price and any other information pertinent to each gun. I’ll include this in my will once it’s completed.

The pistols weren’t too bad. I laid them out on the dining room table and just sat there and picked one up and started writing. I’m not looking forward to the long guns. They’re hard to get in and out of the safe. Particularly since we’ve now added my father in law’s gun to my safe for safekeeping.

I also need to use this to update the gun rider Inhave on my homeowners policy. I KNOW that list is not up to date.

Same here, never fun, but one of those things that needs to be done.

I’ve been through that excessive a few times and I’m about to do it again. I use a spreadsheet on my iPad backed up to iCloud for safe keeping. That way I can share it with my wife and kids.

Does your insurance require your guns to be appraised by a “professional”? Some do. It’s a PIA but I’ve always had a friend with an FFl willing to sign my “appraisal”when I’ve needed it.

I just go to my lgs. We finished school together