Inheritance
Aug. 19th, 2008 10:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stickmakerIt's interesting the things which turn out to be hereditary. I have a tendency to buy several holsters for a particular handgun, never being quite satisfied and also wanting different types for different functions. When I inherited a couple of my paternal grandfather's revolvers, I also received several holsters for each.
Neither of his sons - my father and his younger brother, through whom I got the guns - were much into firearms, and neither had many holsters they hadn't themselves inherited from my grandfather. He died when I was just a kid, so I didn't learn this from him. I have to think it's at least partially genetic. :-)
One more interest thing. The revolvers are Smith & Wesson Terriers with sequential serial numbers, manufactured in the very early Forties. They are collectors' pieces, though they'll never be sold as long as I have any say in the matter. However, some of the holsters are worth more than either of the revolvers!
Neither of his sons - my father and his younger brother, through whom I got the guns - were much into firearms, and neither had many holsters they hadn't themselves inherited from my grandfather. He died when I was just a kid, so I didn't learn this from him. I have to think it's at least partially genetic. :-)
One more interest thing. The revolvers are Smith & Wesson Terriers with sequential serial numbers, manufactured in the very early Forties. They are collectors' pieces, though they'll never be sold as long as I have any say in the matter. However, some of the holsters are worth more than either of the revolvers!
