good day to go and my first estate sale. Went early this morning to look at an appliance. Wound up buying a total of 36,350 rounds (so far) of ammo in various calibers. Total cost was (cheap)
It was all packed in cardboard boxes and taped. Just said assorted ammo on boxes so I really didn't even know what I was buying but considering when I popped open the first box and is was full of assorted boxes of pistol/rifle ammo i figured it was hard to go wrong.
I asked the lady what she would take for the ammo. She looked at the first box marked $$$$ and must have thought it was for all the boxes. Bottom line, carried out 19 - 8.5 x 14 Xerox paper boxes and 4- 1000 rd cases of factory sealed Fed XM 193, 6 -1000 rd sealed cases of XM885 along with 15 other sealed cases of various other ammo. she even helped put the boxes on my 2 wheeler.
Happy to have Taken the trailer for the garage fridge I went after and that I had cash. And forgot to even ask about the fridge.
I believe her 2 sons were arriving and giving her hugs when I left. Some guys are probably going to be very pi**ed when they realize what mom just did. Do I feel bad. Only after I opened all the remaining boxes and found the following.
Breakdown so far- still have 9 Xerox boxes to go.
20 boxes of 9 mm (400) original Black Talon
25 boxes of Fed BPLE (1,250) 115+p+
50 boxes of mil ball .45. (2,500)
10 - 1,000 round sealed cases of 5.56
400 in 20 round boxes of Winchester 150 gr 3030
4 -sealed cases of Fed 7.62 (4000)
4 sealed 500 round cases of Corbon 115+p 9mm
40 - 20 round boxes of 7mm Rem Mag
1 case of 1000 - .40 S&W Black Talon
2 cases of CCI Stinger .22 (10,000)
2 cases of Fed .38 (2000)
2 cases of Fed .357 hp (2000)
Note to self; make certain that my will specifies the person, in my family, responsible for selling off my firearms and accessories, upon my death, knows the true worth of said weapons. I've heard of similar situations, where a family member sells off valuable firearms for pennies on the dollar just because they had no knowledge whatsoever about firearms. I think I'v going to start going to estate sales as well.
My buddy's father left him all his firearms and ammo before he died, and made out a list with his signature. His mother (who's a little loopy) says the paper is not notarized so not worth the paper it's written on. I told him a notary isn't responsible for the content or validity of what's written, only the identity of the people signing the paper.
She wants all the proceeds from the sale of his father's firearms.
My mother after I said I wanted them sol the decorative wall hanging spears that had my grandfathers war ribbons on it for $200. The spears alone were worth 3 grand, and they were family heirlooms. She said they were mine I was busy helping load/sell flowerpots into a ladys van and a guy walked past me holding the spears.... I stopped trusting my mom after that. I was 12.
Considering the very serious financial and nearly getting us killed blunders she's done since I think it was a good lesson to learn.
good day to go and my first estate sale. Went early this morning to look at an appliance. Wound up buying a total of 36,350 rounds (so far) of ammo in various calibers. Total cost was (cheap)
It was all packed in cardboard boxes and taped. Just said assorted ammo on boxes so I really didn't even know what I was buying but considering when I popped open the first box and is was full of assorted boxes of pistol/rifle ammo i figured it was hard to go wrong.
I asked the lady what she would take for the ammo. She looked at the first box marked $$$$ and must have thought it was for all the boxes. Bottom line, carried out 19 - 8.5 x 14 Xerox paper boxes and 4- 1000 rd cases of factory sealed Fed XM 193, 6 -1000 rd sealed cases of XM885 along with 15 other sealed cases of various other ammo. she even helped put the boxes on my 2 wheeler.
Happy to have Taken the trailer for the garage fridge I went after and that I had cash. And forgot to even ask about the fridge.
I believe her 2 sons were arriving and giving her hugs when I left. Some guys are probably going to be very pi**ed when they realize what mom just did. Do I feel bad. Only after I opened all the remaining boxes and found the following.
Breakdown so far- still have 9 Xerox boxes to go.
20 boxes of 9 mm (400) original Black T
4 -sealed cases of Fed 7.62 (4000)
4 sealed 500 round cases of Corbon 115+p 9mm
40 - 20 round boxes of 7mm Rem Mag
1 case of 1000 - .40 S&W Black Talon
2 cases of CCI Stinger .22 (10,000)
2 cases of Fed .38 (2000)
2 cases of Fed .357 hp (2000)
This is hard for me to believe because 36000 rounds of live ammo would weigh over 1500 pounds. A little heavy for mom to be helping to load.
Would an old man have accumulated 36000 rounds of ammo?
She didn't help at the trailer, just in the house and mostly just getting other things away so I could get a stack on my 2 wheeler. And YES, IT WAS A LOT OF WEIGHT!
Concerning what I paid, was asked privately not to post.
As soon as I get everything sorted and into my basement gun room and into a display, I will add a pic- if I'm allowed.
As far as old men collecting, I already have more than I just got and I guess you would call me old too.
It actually came up while we were closing on our house that I could go purchase an equally priced car and only have to sign about 8 pieces of paper instead of 40, or however many it was for the house.
This makes my auction find seem worthless. I picked up 100 live rounds rounds of .223 and 200 pieces of new, unfired Winchester brass in their bag for $30
Guys, I am currently traveling on business thru end of next week but I promise I will get it all sorted real nice and put up a couple pics when finished.
While ethically she's not right, legally she is. A notary is worthless in a case like this in just about, if not every, state in the US. A document with testamentary intent requires at least 2 witnesses in most states, and others (like Florida) take 3. Nowhere is a single notary and only a notary enough.
Yup. Wills are cheap - get a will! Not having a will is several thousands of dollars more expensive, because your heirs get to go through probate court to inherit your stuff. Even if you only have one heir.
Somewhat agree - I'm an estate planning/probate attorney.
But, wills don't keep stuff out of probate in every state. But they do clarify who gets what. They are cheap and you MUST have one. Don't trust legal zoom. One wrong checked box will screw everything up. Talk to a professional. It's good insurance. (and when I say professional, I mean a good professional. don't go to a jack of all trades lawyer that does it all. find one that limits their practice to estate planning/probate)
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