Firearms Packaging

[Howland937]

Handguns in plastic clamshell boxes preferably. I've never bought a new long gun in anything but a cardboard box. Most times I offered the box to the dealer the gun came from in case they needed to ship one out.

For some weird reason, I don't like handguns hanging or laying on shelves with no box. If I didn't get a box with it I'll find one for it.

 

[.455_Hunter]

Miroku Winchester's utilize an underperforming cardboard box / styrofoam insert that is completely unacceptable for the price point of the rifles so contained. All of them have been "protruding" in one form or another by the time they are riding home from the LGS in my vehicle.

 

[Skinny Pete]

I want whatever is cheapest, and I certainly don't want any of the stickers, patches, or other "free swag" BS that I'm actually paying for in the price of the firearm. If it has a nice finish and/or some wood just use a bit of foam to wrap it in and slap it in a $1.99 box.

 

[kwb377]

They could hand it to me in a paper sac for all I care...if it would reduce the price accordingly. But it wouldn't...they'd still charge the same amount.

But they have to package it to look good in the FacrGramTok pics and vids nowadays.

 

[jmorris]

I would prefer them to come in a fitted hard case, that needed a vacuum release before one could open it.

However, If the guns were just handed to me and the case was used over and over by the MFG and they reduced the price accordingly, I would buy all of my firearms that way.

 

[dogtown tom]

Miroku Winchester's utilize an underperforming cardboard box / styrofoam insert that is completely unacceptable for the price point of the rifles so contained. All of them have been "protruding" in one form or another by the time they are riding home from the LGS in my vehicle.

Absolutely spot on.
Any manufacturer that still uses styrofoam needs to stop. It's not eco friendly, offers darn little protection and shows how little that company thinks of their product.
I have no problem with quality corrugated cardboard , but styrofoam is cutting edge 1970's packing material.

 

[Otto]

Factory cases left to right:

Springfield …definitely the nicest …discontinued?
Glock….cheap, cramped and non-lockable.
Tisas….fitted foam, good latches, 2nd best.
CZ….fitted foam, spacious but non-lockable 3rd place.

 

[dogtown tom]

Factory cases left to right:

Springfield …definitely the nicest …discontinued? Thats the one I refer to above that is too large for most gun safes. Should be a fine case for a laptop computer.
Glock….cheap, cramped and non-lockable. EASILY lockable. Padlock right around the handle works perfectly.
Tisas….fitted foam, good latches, 2nd best.
CZ….fitted foam, spacious but non-lockable 3rd place. EASILY lockable. Padlock right around the handle works perfectly.

 

[Otto]

^^^^ your suggestion didn’t work. Should I dig out the chains?

 

[dogtown tom]

^^^^ your suggestion didn’t work. Should I dig out the chains?

Huh.
Maybe its a Texas thing but here they make different sized locks for different purposes.

 

[stillquietvoice]

I would prefer a tsa rated hard case, but all of the new guns I've bought were in cardboard. I however rarely buy brand new guns, I get pre-owned without cases and get cases later.

 

[stonebuster]

I want whatever is cheapest, and I certainly don't want any of the stickers, patches, or other "free swag" BS that I'm actually paying for in the price of the firearm. If it has a nice finish and/or some wood just use a bit of foam to wrap it in and slap it in a $1.99 box.

After negotiating free shipping from a Gunbroker seller my FFL received my revolver wrapped in nothing but bubble wrap and tape. It arrived undamaged after a trip from Oklahoma to the northeast coast with no box.

 

[SDDAVE56]

All my handguns are boxed or cased. I have bought a couple of these boxes for guns that didn't have one,

http://www.protecta-gun.com

My carry guns hang on the door for quick access.

 

[guyfromohio]

I stopped keeping boxes long ago.

 

[Mars5l]

Would be kinda nice if they standardized box sizes and shapes

 

[captain awesome]

I have a whole bunch of cheap plastic clamshell boxes that I never get rid of. safe space is too valuable and limited to accommodate such things so the pistols go inside in socks or small soft cases in the safe, and the plastic clam shells accumulate elsewhere. I usually throw cardboard rifle and shotgun cases away, but typically keep pistol cardboard boxes. I might change that policy as space runs out.

So in answer to your question, I prefere either super high pelican-like quality or the cheapest thing that will get it to me undamaged.

 

[Reloadron]

I have a whole bunch of cheap plastic clamshell boxes that I never get rid of. safe space is too valuable and limited to accommodate such things so the pistols go inside in socks or small soft cases in the safe, and the plastic clam shells accumulate elsewhere. I usually throw cardboard rifle and shotgun cases away, but typically keep pistol cardboard boxes. I might change that policy as space runs out.

So in answer to your question, I prefere either super high pelican-like quality or the cheapest thing that will get it to me undamaged.

I have been using these things in the holds 8 size. Pretty common and available about anywhere. They just sit on the top two shelves of the safe. Kind of keeps my handguns close to vertical.

Ron

 

[citizenconn]

Huh.
Maybe its a Texas thing but here they make different sized locks for different purposes.

Yea, he definitely needs a bigger lock. Like Houston sized big. I rate the one he has as Lubbock/Longview size appropriate.

 

[dogtown tom]

Yea, he definitely needs a bigger lock. Like Houston sized big. I rate the one he has as Lubbock/Longview size appropriate.

Lock body isn't the issue, its the size of the shackle.
A Glock box can easily be padlocked with any padlock having a 1" x1.5" shackle
Or one of these:

 

[herrwalther]

Gun in Plastic Bags! that would make the best Avatar photo !

That purchase was an H&R 940 that sat in the gun cabinet of my fiancé's (at the time) father. He was a skeet shooting state champion but paid very little to other aspects of shooting sports. He wasn't even sure if the gun would fire so he let me buy that and 1400 rounds of ammo. For 40 bucks. Gun was in a grocery bag from when he bought it from K-mart sometime in the 70s or 80s. I bought it in 2009 or so. It had a few rust pits but nothing I couldn't get out.

 

[sparkyv]

I've never used any case or box that cane with a new firearm. Save me some money, cardboard is good enough.

Personally, I’d rather pay less and the gun come in a cardboard box as even if the manufacturer provided a nicer case, it may not suit my preferences.

 

[LoonWulf]

Cheapest thing that keeps it "safe" from getting smashed or banged around during shipping, so fairly rigid cardboard. Pretty much every plastic gun case I have that came with a gun wouldnt stop me from cutting thru it with my normal pocket knife in short order.

 

[CraigC]

Don't care one way or another, whatever is the cheapest. I'm not gonna use it. I'm probably not gonna keep it. I used to keep the boxes for everything. Then after a few years of heavy trading, I never found any profit in a box, so I dumped most of them. If I paid several grand for a high grade rifle, I might appreciate a fitted Pelican case. Otherwise, if I want one, I'll buy one. I already have several I don't even use.

 

[Cayle]

I could care less. I have a stack of boxes and cases on top of my safe I never use. All of my pistols go into a large pelican type case when I go to the range. However it is a little distrubing when you order an $8000.00 custom Wilson Combat 1911 and it comes in a triange cardboard box. Especially when you order a $800.00 Fusion 1911 and it comes with a darn nice range bag.

 

[AK Hunter]

My pistols normally come in a plastic case but most of my rifles come in as parts I did buy one that came in a gun sock.
And a lot of my surplus guns came covered in cosmoline in a wood crate.