I do not intend to question your decision to return it to the vet's family.
However I think it would be a wise move trying to know the Vet's grandson feelings about the gun and his granpa service.
The question is: would he really care? I mean, will he give the same value for the gun's story as you or a collector?
It seems stupid to ask this, but if your browse through this forum (or other militaria related forum) you'll find plenty of stories of relatives selling vets belongings, souvenirs, medals, uniforms and bringbacks of all sorts in garage sales. Sometimes they just throw it in the garbage can. Simple like that as they just don't care... I'm sure others here in the Forum can confirm that.
Just my two cents.
Douglas.
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