Jason Conley and I went to Beech Grove Firearms yesterday. When we walked in, there was a customer dealing with the staff concerning some estate guns he had that belonged to his late father. He was interested in selling some and finding the value of others.
Since Jason and I are both S&W fans we were looking at the shops nice selection of Smiths in the display case. While looking at the display case, one of the clerks held up a nice looking S&W Model 15 (from the other customers estate collection) and asked if we would be interested in it. Jason answered in the affirmative and they handed him the M15. Jason examined it, aimed it and tried out the double action. He said he was interested in it and how much.
The "Estate" customer then said "Oh, that's a family heirloom, I don't want to get rid of it since that's the gun my dad used to kill himself".
The whole store instantly went quiet and weird looks appeared on everyone but the "Estate" customer's face. Jason couldn't give it back to him fast enough.
When we left, we discussed the situation in the truck and thought that was macabre. Who in the hell considers the gun his father killed himself with to be a family heirloom? Both Jason and I both said we would never want to ever see it after an act like that.
Are we alone in this thinking? We also discussed that both of us own surplus military guns and are sure some of them were in battle, but that didn't bother us. Someone considering his fathers suicide gun a family heirloom was too over the top for us.
Since Jason and I are both S&W fans we were looking at the shops nice selection of Smiths in the display case. While looking at the display case, one of the clerks held up a nice looking S&W Model 15 (from the other customers estate collection) and asked if we would be interested in it. Jason answered in the affirmative and they handed him the M15. Jason examined it, aimed it and tried out the double action. He said he was interested in it and how much.
The "Estate" customer then said "Oh, that's a family heirloom, I don't want to get rid of it since that's the gun my dad used to kill himself".
The whole store instantly went quiet and weird looks appeared on everyone but the "Estate" customer's face. Jason couldn't give it back to him fast enough.
When we left, we discussed the situation in the truck and thought that was macabre. Who in the hell considers the gun his father killed himself with to be a family heirloom? Both Jason and I both said we would never want to ever see it after an act like that.
Are we alone in this thinking? We also discussed that both of us own surplus military guns and are sure some of them were in battle, but that didn't bother us. Someone considering his fathers suicide gun a family heirloom was too over the top for us.