Family Heirlooms and firearms

[sttho]

I am new to NFOA and just thought I would ask if some of you have firearms you plan to pass to posterity and if you make it special in anyway. I bought a Henry rifle for my son and had it engraved by 1-Shot Laser Engraving in Omaha. He did nice work (Not sure how to add an image). I have 4 kids and I am looking for other ideas. I'd like to know what others might be doing. Thanks!

[OnTheFly]

Yes...some of my guns have been in the family for over 100 years.  One has been in the family for nearly 200 years.  No special pomp and stance in passing them down.  Though I did tell my son, who will be the likely recipient of most of my guns, that I will come back and haunt him if he ever sells the more treasured family gun heirlooms.   

Fly

[Dan W]

Yes, I plan to hand down at least a .22  rifle to each of my grandkids and AR15's to my adult children.

And I don't mean just a firearm, but optics, magazines and suitable ammo and the knowledge to put them to good use 

[OnTheFly]

...and the knowledge to put them to good use 

Ah yes...Zombie training.

Fly

[Waltherfan]

My Dad had his name engraved on the bolt of his deer rifle. Now that I've inherited it, having his name on it makes it even more special to me.

[metaldoc]

I'm in the process of repairing my son-in-law's Remington 572, given to him by his parents as a gift.  They had his name and the date engraved on the side of the receiver.  That made it an heirloom worth trying to save so my son-in-law can pass it on to his son.

The first gun I had was a hardware store special .410 break action shotgun.  The stock broke eons ago so I'm now carving a new one from home grown walnut.  It will be passed on to a grandson with my hope the handmade stock will make it special to them as well as it having been my first gun.

[Husker_Fan]

Dan,
Would you mind adopting me? I'm the quintessential adult child.

[sttho]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. It sounds like I am not the only one making this type of effort. Assuming our kids get to keep our firearms, I imagine they will hold great value to them. It sounds like it might be a good idea to add a name for posterity. 1-Shot Laser Engraving makes that easy, though I have 4 kids and they all might want it!