I purchased a piece of inexpensive, but very serviceable, software that is designed for documenting collections. You can easily create fields of your choosing, and it allows you to load photos. I document all of my guns with purchase information and also include photos (including those of my research letters). I log the barrel specifications -- bore size, barrel wall thickness, choke constriction, etc. as well as stock dimensions and assessments of the condition (I also include any dealer or auction catalog description).
My wife knows where this record is and how to use it. If we both "go" at the same time, our will should suffice. We have no close relatives nor anyone of our acquaintance that would do anything but try to make a buck on the guns and books I've collected. I've told my wife to seek help here and have made a list of people I respect for her to seek advice on selling, should that need to happen.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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