Do you keep your cardboard gun boxes?

[usmarine0352_2005]

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This pertains to all guns.




1.) Do you keep your rifle/muzzleloader boxes?



2.) Do you keep your pistol boxes?



3.) Why or why not?

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[CTPhil]

Pistol boxes yes, long guns no. Long gun boxes take up too much space.

 

[Inebriated]

I keep the bit of the box with serial number and model info, but the rest is trashed.

 

[Tim the student]

Nope, they just take up space for me, and they don't stay in "LNIB" condition anyway.

 

[Nugilum]

Pistols: yes
Rifles: no
Space as well.
I'm not selling any of them, so why keep them? I keep the pistol boxes for storage.

 

[retDAC]

I keep all mine and any others in good shape I can get for possible shipping needs. Also good to have in case I ever have to sell or trade a gun.

 

[Tim the student]

Also good to have in case I ever have to sell or trade a gun.

I agree, and I forgot that I do actually keep one, just in case I need to ship it.

 

[Texas Gun Person]

I keep all boxes.

In my attic is every box from any major appliance, major purchase, semi-major purchase or electrical appliance that I can actually fit up the ladder.


Not sure why I keep them all.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

I keep them. If you need to ship the handgun to the factory for warranty work, it provides ready-made padding. If you send it back without one, you typically get a new one back, resulting in duplicates, so you might as well keep the original. If you sell the handgun, retention of the box definitely adds to the value.

 

[MICHAEL T]

They make good targets then dump them.

 

[seanie!]

I keep all boxes.

This. I also have no idea why I keep them all either, I just kind of do.

 

[D-Day]

I rarely get one in the box, so if I do...yes.

 

[dallascj]

I keep them all, but it is mostly for resale. If I decide to get rid of a gun later, it raises the sale price if you have the original box. When buying use, I always offer less for no box.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I keep all that stuff along with magazine articles about them.

I'll never sell any of my guns nor will the wife sell any of hers. I keep all that stuff for future generations when our guns get handed down. It's about that provenance thing.

Woody

 

[WSM MAGNUM]

I used to keep the cardboard boxes. But, then I realized that they were taking up too much space and saving them served me no purpose to keep them. So I trashed them.
Now, I only keep the plastic cases that handguns are shipped in.

 

[montanaoffroader]

I hang on to the boxes when I get them, which isn't very often. Most of my guns were "pre-owned". It's cheaper that way........

 

[Ala Dan]

Yes

Cuz, if I ever decided to sell one (doubtful) the next owner probably would
want the original box~!

 

[MikeLD]

Yep keep them all and everything that came with the gun in the box.

 

[JoeMal]

I'll echo the majority...rifles, no, pistols, yes

Rifles usually just come in cardboard boxes, and those don't make for very good storage so I will buy an appropriate case. Pistols usually come with a plastic box, so it's convenient for storage and travel purposes

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

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How much more valuable is a gun with it's cardboard box? Plastic box?
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[JoeMal]

How much more valuable is a gun with it's cardboard box? Plastic box?

Just depends on the person. Some people won't care at all, some people it means a great deal to. I would think an older firearm would have more value having the orig. box but once again, that depends on person to person.

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

I just stack them on top of the safe---if it came in a box.

Things like my home built AR and second hand muzzleloader didn't come with boxes and my finished AR wouldn't fit back in the parts boxes anyway.

 

[22-rimfire]

I try to save all gun boxes, but in the past when I have moved I have discarded the long gun boxes due to space concerns.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Box and original manual are useful to have with a used gun. Given a choice, I would want the manual over the box, but the original box is sometimes a good thing to have. A 1892 Puma made by Rossi for Legacy Sports is often valued more than a run of the mill Rossi.

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

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My friend said, "If it's a valuable gun like a Pre-'64 Winchester then the box makes it more valuable. If it's a new run of the mill Remington 870 then having the box will not really affect the value positively."




Doesn't that sound about right?




So if it's a new Remington 870 then no point in keeping the box?
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