As far as the young man goes, look at it from his perspective. On the one hand you've got an 'old man' he rarely sees, and on the other you've got his girlfriend and her family, which he probably spends a lot of time with. I'm sure if you put yourself in his shoes, at his age, the decision as to who to spend the holiday with would be an easy one....especially if he's a hunter, and that invitation was in the mix from the other side also.
In other words, he made an obvious choice, especially for a boy his age, I wouldn't hold it against him.
Heck, I'm 46, and my family and I get several invites every year to go various places, but ultimately we can only be one place at a time. Bad as I hate to say it, the criteria for the choice includes the same thought process described above that I'm sure your nephew used---Who do we see the most, or spend the most time with---Who are we the most comfortable with----Who do we share the most in common with----Who only asks us over once in a blue moon, on a special occasion, and basically 'ignores' us the rest of the time-------and so forth. It may sound somewhat cruel, but I'm sure you get the idea, as it's the same things everyone thinks about when confronted with such a decision, whether they admit it or not.
As far as who to get your stuff I offer this. I've only got a daughter, that I hope to get adopted after 6 years of dealing with the biological father, but that's a whole 'nother story..... Point is, she will be the only child I will ever have, and she'd technically not even blood, but that doesn't matter to me one iota, she is still MINE. In any regard, as far as the branch of the family tree I am on, I am the tip of the branch. I am the only son, of an only son, therefore the only one to pass on the family name....I do have two sisters, and Dad has at least one half brother that he knows of (and possibly others)but ultimately the end of the branch is me, so the last name ends with me....But who cares?
That said, what's wrong with passing on the guns to your daughters? I don't know your situation exactly, but I know my daughter loves to shoot, and loves guns in general. So all mine are going to her when I pass. I do have two younger nephews, and they might turn out to be young men worthy of some of my collection, but right now my plans are my daughter gets everything.
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