Do you save empty gun boxes?

[Mizzle187]

I save all my plastic cases and if its a cardboard with some kind of mfg marking allthough I did through away my RRA Car box away. No biggie though Im sure Ill buy another!

 

[Foxtrot427]

I think I might have em amound here somewhere. At least for my shotgun. I usually shoot em up.

 

[hksw]

I'm with my friend Mal H on this one, as I always save my
firearms boxes. Reason? Not likely, but if I ever did decide to sell or make
a trade, I just figure the receiving other party would want the box and
doc's. I know that we allow a few dollars more for persons making a
trade that has everything in its entirety~!

That's my standpoint also, unless the gun came in a generic non-fitted plastic case. Then I, on occassion depending on the shape of the case, toss it out. (Had an early P99 that came with a non-gun manufacturer identifyable cheap plastic case that had one hinge ripped across rendering it useless. One other rifle, a PTR, came in a low end Doskocil case with one broken hinge. That will get tossed.)

 

[moewadle]

Saving gun boxes

I bought my first new guns (2) in 20 years recently and am saving the boxes. Here is why and it isn't just resale value/money. Yes, it is resale value and money if I ever sell but is mainly heirloom, historical value. Think about it....If your great grandfather had purchased a brand new Stevens Favorite or Winchester 94 in about 1900 and kept the packing, the store receipt, etc. and passed these down through descendants to you....would it be great to put that on your wall and have all the associate paperwork and container. Even a couple of pages taken from the 1900 Sears catalog that showed these guns. It is history, it is antiques, it is heirlooms, you get the idea!! This is the kind of thing people often leave to the Smithsonian Institution, the Cody museum, etc. It is preserving our heritage and archiving the past.

Oh, and to Esheato (?) above who said living in an apartment cramps him for space so he doesn't keep the boxes. May I suggest...a careful cutting of the tape or adhesive which holds the box together, then carefully flatten it. It can be easily reconstructed later.

 

[esheato]

...who said living in an apartment cramps him for space so he doesn't keep the boxes. May I suggest...a careful cutting of the tape or adhesive which holds the box together, then carefully flatten it. It can be easily reconstructed later.

Very ingenious although I still don't want to keep them.

Oddly enough, the more expensive the gun the more generic the packaging. I've purchased two 3k rifles in the last year and a half and one came in a very plain brown cardboard box and the other in a $15 Doskocil gun case. I didn't bother keeping either.

Ed

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

I have the box to every firearm I own. Even the big cardboard ones that my rifles came in when I bought them. Do not ask me why. I have no idea. I guess it will be nice that they can be passed down in the original boxes when I give them to my heirs.