Need some help with two 03 Springfield rifles

[Calif-Steve]

I agree with John Beard's comments. If, anything, he may be a little on the high side.(The economy being what it is) They look very nice, however. I wish you the best.

[Griff Murphey]

Just as a philosophical point, from my perspective as a health care provider, my patients racked up over $200K in uncollectable accounts receivable about 20 years ago when it got so depressing I just quit tracking it. As a practical matter, unless you owe money to a hospital that can hire a phalanx of attorneys, there is very little they can do to you to collect. In most cases of serious medical debt, $2,000 in guns being sold is little more than a symbolic gesture, unlikely to impress the entity billing you. And as far as denying you further care, a hospital can't do that. JMHO.

[Legendre]

First, I'd like to thank everyone (and JB specifically ) who chimed in with helpful information after what was more or less a drive-by Frist Psot begging for free appraisals. My father-in-law also sends his sincere thanks on behalf of the whole family.

About the photos - I didn't take them.. this is all a remote control operation with the family down in Georgia and myself up here in Minnesota. I was debating whether or not to crop & resize, but I figured just as well to leave as much detail as possible and keep the big photos out of the thread for the dialup users.

As for hospital bills and defaults.. I only wish it were so simple. Mom in-law is going to be traveling to Korea to receive stem-cell therapy which is currently unavailable in the USA due to the policies of the previous administration. This is essentially a cash-on-the-barrel situation. It seems a bit risky to me, but both she and my father in-law are retried physicians so I will trust their judgment - as if I had any other option.

Also worth mentioning.. the guns in the photos were only the ones that neither he nor I knew how to value. There were a substantial number of others which were sold - but these were generally modern 'commodity' items with fairly straightforward valuations and no potential historical / collector value. Also sold (and probably for sale) was a large amount of ammunition which did very well for him. More than anything, we feared accidentally selling off a diamond as glass (or perhaps worse.. vice-versa) when it could be avoided with a little expert assistance.

Again, thanks for your time and kind assistance. Best to all of you.

-L