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Dad hit 84, he had a good run. Retired at 73 so he beat the odds for living past retirement, I understand most men don't make it very long.
I was just saying at work that "someday I will inherit a very nice S&W 686 no dash in stainless, 8.375" barrel, but I hope it is not soon" and then it happened. Id give them all back and then some if I could just have some more time with him but at least we had pretty much made the most of what we had.
He had his burial 100% prepaid, except for the funeral home stuff. Finding no life insurance, but we have 2 joint accounts amd the rest was covered by a savings account, rather handily. He was always a Planner.
I had wanted to do an interview with him about his time in the Army, he was on a boat headed home when the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. He said "they told us, 'Boys, we may be headed to Cuba' " but of course it did not happen
If it had, little baby Moley may have never happened 
Sadly, dad did not really think it was worth talking about very much. He'd rather talk about coal mining or his electrical career.
Dad had some old guns, a nice little cache of ammo and left these all to me. A few are left at my BIL's place, there was a Marlin 336 [30-30] and a nice old H&R 22 Revolver, 9(?) shots with the pop out cylinder. I also have to locate an H&R 20g shotty, that one needs a firing pin and/or spring, I think I will just do both and call it a day.
The 2 S&W 357 magnums are great. The smaller one is a 4" blued model 13-1 which is in very nice condition. Excellent lock up and minimal cylinder ring and the bluing is still very nice. The smallest one is a Beretta MINX which is 22s and he had REAPER re-blue it several years ago, it looks very nice now compared to before. It looks good even if one thought it was left in the drawer all it's life but it was a truck gun, left under the seat of Dad's company coal mine truck!
A pair of rifles that I had bought for Dad are also in the mix, the Mossberg 640T 24" 22mag and a modern M1 knockoff in 22lr which I bought for dad's 76th birthday. Plus I got dad's original Savage single shot bolty, it's older than me and maybe older than him! Not sure where he got it but he was a kid, either that one or the H&R Revolver were used and he was unsure of the age. The Savage is a 24" barrel but a smaller stock than the Mossberg. So it looks smaller with the same barrel. I love the idea of getting all the velocity from a combo, this old Savage is definitely a keeper
Dad had it forever and my son will get it too. 
I'm rambling on but there will be more later, provided I feel the urge to get it out there. Dad was quite a guy, I've had lots of people tell me things, good things, that he meant to them. The older he got, the more generous he was. He had a wife and 4 kids, the 2 middle children passed before he did but now they are all together, Donald, Don 2 and Dawn.
My Brother went first, August 2014 about a week before Dad's birthday. Sis was next, before Christmas in 19 and Dad just joined them. 🥲 It is bittersweet but I know Dad was ready to go. He spent the last 2+ years preparing and preparing me to take over. Mom is coping pretty well, and thru her dementia I can tell she is finally realizing how much Dad had prepared for her and set aside. I often have to remind her, but that seems to be sinking in.
These are the birthday cakes I had made, and the pic of them both was 3 years ago, before dad's heart got too bad and mom's dementia.
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I was just saying at work that "someday I will inherit a very nice S&W 686 no dash in stainless, 8.375" barrel, but I hope it is not soon" and then it happened. Id give them all back and then some if I could just have some more time with him but at least we had pretty much made the most of what we had.
He had his burial 100% prepaid, except for the funeral home stuff. Finding no life insurance, but we have 2 joint accounts amd the rest was covered by a savings account, rather handily. He was always a Planner.
I had wanted to do an interview with him about his time in the Army, he was on a boat headed home when the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. He said "they told us, 'Boys, we may be headed to Cuba' " but of course it did not happen
If it had, little baby Moley may have never happened 
Sadly, dad did not really think it was worth talking about very much. He'd rather talk about coal mining or his electrical career.
Dad had some old guns, a nice little cache of ammo and left these all to me. A few are left at my BIL's place, there was a Marlin 336 [30-30] and a nice old H&R 22 Revolver, 9(?) shots with the pop out cylinder. I also have to locate an H&R 20g shotty, that one needs a firing pin and/or spring, I think I will just do both and call it a day.
The 2 S&W 357 magnums are great. The smaller one is a 4" blued model 13-1 which is in very nice condition. Excellent lock up and minimal cylinder ring and the bluing is still very nice. The smallest one is a Beretta MINX which is 22s and he had REAPER re-blue it several years ago, it looks very nice now compared to before. It looks good even if one thought it was left in the drawer all it's life but it was a truck gun, left under the seat of Dad's company coal mine truck!
A pair of rifles that I had bought for Dad are also in the mix, the Mossberg 640T 24" 22mag and a modern M1 knockoff in 22lr which I bought for dad's 76th birthday. Plus I got dad's original Savage single shot bolty, it's older than me and maybe older than him! Not sure where he got it but he was a kid, either that one or the H&R Revolver were used and he was unsure of the age. The Savage is a 24" barrel but a smaller stock than the Mossberg. So it looks smaller with the same barrel. I love the idea of getting all the velocity from a combo, this old Savage is definitely a keeper
Dad had it forever and my son will get it too. 
I'm rambling on but there will be more later, provided I feel the urge to get it out there. Dad was quite a guy, I've had lots of people tell me things, good things, that he meant to them. The older he got, the more generous he was. He had a wife and 4 kids, the 2 middle children passed before he did but now they are all together, Donald, Don 2 and Dawn.
My Brother went first, August 2014 about a week before Dad's birthday. Sis was next, before Christmas in 19 and Dad just joined them. 🥲 It is bittersweet but I know Dad was ready to go. He spent the last 2+ years preparing and preparing me to take over. Mom is coping pretty well, and thru her dementia I can tell she is finally realizing how much Dad had prepared for her and set aside. I often have to remind her, but that seems to be sinking in.
These are the birthday cakes I had made, and the pic of them both was 3 years ago, before dad's heart got too bad and mom's dementia.
