What do you do...

[InkEd]

What do you do with the plastic cases that come with all your handguns?

I've got like a dozen of them just sitting around the house. I don't ever use them BUT can't bring myself to toss them.

 

[rcmodel]

I have a stack of Win, Marlin, & Browning rifle & shotgun boxes in the basement.
I have a stack of S&W, Colt, and SIG paper boxes on top of the gun cabinet.
I have a stack of plastic "other brands" boxes in the gun room closet.

In actual fact, unless the box goes with a very collectible older Colt, Winchester, S&W, or other?
I could toss them all and never live long enough to miss them, or see any value on a trade or sale.

A recent example really gets my panties in a wad though!!

The plastic case my SIG P232SL came in is plenty big enough to have housed an 8 3/8" S&W .44 Mag!
And two or three boxes of ammo for it.
And a holster or two

WTH were they thinking??
It's a little .380 pocket pistol!

It should come with a "little pocket pistol" plastic case!

rc

 

[hogshead]

I wish I would burn them but there they sit .Taking up room that I could use to pile other junk in.

 

[exavid]

I keep 'em with the gunlocks, brochures and manuals that came with the guns. It always helps on resale or trade to have all that junk for some reason.

 

[Twiki357]

I keep them. Just stack them up in the attic. I don't really have any use for them, but I figure they might be handy if I ever need to send a gun back to the factory for repair.

 

[JTQ]

All my handguns came in cardboard boxes.

They are in the garage in a RubberMade tub.

 

[ultradoc]

recycle? Personally I would keep them incase you want to trade or resell your guns. It might just be that might sweatn the deal.

 

[MTD]

As there're pistols' SN and Manufactures' info on the cases, they're kept in cardboard boxes like JTQ has indicated; they keep the gun value up when there's a need to trade/resale the pistols.

 

[bigfatdave]

Mine are in a bin in the closet

and on the bookshelf
... and in the other closet

but the handgun boxes are supposed to be in the bin (soon to be bins)

Rifle boxes are on top of a bookshelf

I do have an actual use for them other than cluttering up the home - if I find a type of ammunition a gun doesn't work right with, I rip off the endflap of the box with the most info, write what doesn't work (feed, extraction, whatever) on the back, and toss it in with the factory box. I do the same with defensive ammo that DOES work as well, because I can't remember every single guns' ammo preference.
Luckily, Gold Dots seem to work in everything that takes them, so when in doubt I just buy Speer GDHP in the LE 50x boxes, anything else I have to think about.

 

[swiftak]

Mine are everywhere. I feel like I'm buried in them, but I can't throw them away.

 

[InkEd]

I'm think about starting to use to non-Ruger ones for storing various things around the house. One of the blue S&W ones would be good for a lunchbox, if you work in gun friendly enviroment.

 

[bigfatdave]

the little Kel Tec boxes would be good for small gun parts or souviner trinkets

 

[Pyro]

Put it in the wash, after you can fill it with salad and carry it to work.

 

[Onward Allusion]

Keep 'em and stash 'em somewhere. In the unlikely event that I do sell one, I have the box and it does add a little value to the transaction (albeit very little unless it is a collectible piece).

 

[holdencm9]

I'd keep the plastic cases that handguns come in....they are useful for transport and whatnot. The Beretta, Browning, Kimber, and S&W cases are all pretty nice.

I throw away the cardboard boxes that my shotgun and rifle(s) were in, and have separate cases for transporting them.

 

[Super Sneaky Steve]

Keep a few and toss the rest. I just purged myself of a bunch recently.

 

[Dnaltrop]

I look at them in the corner and wish I had more of them.

 

[matrem]

You just reminded me why I don't like it when the wife looks on the shelf of my ammo/ reloading closet.
Just can't bring myself to dispose of them.
Guess it's part of the gun "disease"?

 

[signalzero]

I'd say keep them if you have the space. If I'm looking to buy a used gun, I'm more likely to buy the one that includes the plastic box and any factory accessories.

 

[Certaindeaf]

You could make a fort out of them and frolick.

 

[Cop Bob]

Keep them,, they add a LOT to the value years down the road when and if they are sold...

 

[bigfatdave]

maybe the footrest to my ammocan throne?

 

[Sniper66]

I keep mine for later sale or trade. It may not add much value, but buyers tend to treat it like it is new if it comes in the box.

 

[Pud]

I keep them also....as someone already said, I keep the sales receipt, manual, and whatever else came with the firearm, in it's plastic case.
And if I DO need to send one in for service, or even sell it, all the "important stuff" is in the case.

Pud

 

[ChCx2744]

Just keep them in case you end up selling some guns later or sending them somewhere for repair or something.