The Beretta 84 380 I bought at a pawnshop REEKED of cigarette smoke. It looked brand new, and had never been fired. Since the whole store stunk from it, I didn't notice it, until I got home. I took it completely apart, and got the stink out of it pretty easily, the box and manual were another story. I tried sealing them in a plastic bag with baking soda, and even after a couple months, it was still horrible. I finally called my brother in law, who has all kinds of degrees he never has used to get a job, and he suggested taking about a dozen tea bags, opening them up and sprinkling the tea all over everything, and putting it in the bag and sealing it up. It worked. Smelled like tea, but that's ok! When I stupidly sold it a couple of years later, it still smelled like tea when the box was opened.