Gun Boxes

[BobABQ]

I save the boxes for my firearms as well.

 

[Bob Willman]

I have the box and manual for the High Standard Sentinel Imperial revolver that I bought in 1962. Also the box and receipt for the Ruger Super Redhawk purchased almost 30 years ago. I am the fifth owner of an original Remington 1875 revolver. The third owner still had the box in the late 30s or early 40s but apparently disposed of it before my father-in-law bought it. I wish that I still had that box.

NRA Benefactor Golden Eagle

 

[tubeshooter]

I save them. Even the cheap cardboard ones.
Don't plan on selling, but I consider it worth the trouble.

I remember my LGS said to me once "If you have 2 guns of the same make, model and condition, one with box, one without, the gun with the box will sell first every time" (I am paraphrasing here).


If I get a gun used, I normally don't worry about it. The one exception is going to be for a S&W model 25-5 that I bought last year. Going to the mothership to see what they will charge; I hope it is not too much...

 

[SwampWolf]

I'll save them if the logo or something is on it. But most of mine been plain brown boxes. So in the trash they went

Interesting, but it's not been my experience at all. Lord knows, over the past several decades I've purchased well over a hundred new firearms and I don't ever recall any of them ever being sold in a "plain brown box." All had/have logos and other identifying brand/type/caliber-gauge/model, etc. information on them. I do know that some winos prefer drinking from bottles packaged in plain brown wrappers.

 

[Mullo98]

Interesting, but it's not been my experience at all. Lord knows, over the past several decades I've purchased well over a hundred new firearms and I don't ever recall any of them ever being sold in a "plain brown box." All had/have logos and other identifying brand/type/caliber-gauge/model, etc. information on them. I do know that some winos prefer drinking from bottles packaged in plain brown wrappers.

Most of mine been second hand, surplus, or came in hard cases. I actually can't think of any other than my colt, Glock, or RIA 1911 that came in with a logo marker cases!

 

[gunlaw]

I see a lot of vintage firearms with the box. Very questionable. The old timers didn’t care about the box.

 

[22250Rem]

Back in 2014 I picked up a Harrington & Richardson Model 676 22 cal. convertible revolver. Came with both cylinders, ( 22 Mag. & 22 LR), the original box, and every piece of paper it came with except for the original sales slip. I felt the price was right for the excellent condition gun alone so I jumped on it. Serial number on the gun puts it at a 1978 production date. Thinking of letting a local auction house sell it this year at one of their sportsman's auctions because I'm still slowly downsizing and I rarely fire it since getting a used Ruger Single Six Convertible 2 years later. Hoping that the original box & papers will drive up the bidding a little but you never know when it comes to auctions. Time will tell... .. .. Also, in 2015, I picked up a vintage magazine ad for that very gun, framed it and will also see what ( if any) this does for the final sale price at auction. . A real package deal.

 

[ACES&8S]

Keep all the boxes for revolvers of course, if new or had original with older ones.
Keep all paper rifle boxes in one corner up top of the barn.
other quality cases go in a corner in top of my work shed.
Yea I guess I do keep the boxes, mostly wood revolver boxes and CMP cases.

 

[SchmidtRubin]

Most of what I own was shipped in crates when it was new...
But I like to have the box when possible. My belief is it's less likely to have been stolen if it has the box.

 

[P5 Guy]

 

[Gun4Fun90]

Cheap cardboard box trash. nicer cardboard box maybe keep. Nice plastic case definitely keep.

Also I might keep the cheap cardboard box on a new gun for a limited time at least until I know I don’t need to ship it in for any warranty issues.

 

[Jimbo80]

Back in the old days I never saved the cardboard boxes. Nowadays I save them even though I don't need or use them. For some old boxes tossing them would be like throwing away money.

 

[Styx]

I save them. The boxes i didnt save I regretted throwing out. It is like throwing away money.

 

[peeplwtchr]

I did until they started to take too much space.

 

[lightman]

Interesting, but it's not been my experience at all. Lord knows, over the past several decades I've purchased well over a hundred new firearms and I don't ever recall any of them ever being sold in a "plain brown box." All had/have logos and other identifying brand/type/caliber-gauge/model, etc. information on them. I do know that some winos prefer drinking from bottles packaged in plain brown wrappers.

I've had some that the box came in a box, kind of like a sleeve.

 

[Sniper66]

I not only save the gun boxes, but the scope boxes too. I've sold lots of guns and shipped a couple of scopes. The scope boxes are perfect for shipping and most of the gun boxes are too. Once I sell the gun/scope I ditch the box if the buyer doesn't want them.

 

[tarosean]

Many moons ago I did not.. Butttttt they affect used prices, so I have an attic full of boxes taking up storage space.

 

[Valkman]

I keep all cases and boxes my guns came in. When we move they move too, it's not a problem.

 

[welldoya]

I keep them. All of them.

 

[Pew-Pew]

I keep the boxes

 

[Axis II]

I keep mine because I had to send one rifle and one muzzleloader back for repair. It was easier using the original box than buying or finding something to fit it in. Most of my stuff is cheap other than my deer rifle and shotgun so I doubt an extra $50 could be added on. One day I will throw them all away because other than 1 gun I don't plan on selling anything.

 

[bannockburn]

lightman

I've had some that the box came in a box, kind of like a sleeve.

Ruger use to have cardboard sleeves over their black and yellow gun boxes. My Mk.II came that way, as well as a Beretta Stampede I got around ten years ago.

I also had an early model of a Ruger Super Blackhawk where the gun's serial number was penciled in on the box lid.
That brought some extra money when I sold it.

 

[AK Hunter]

I save all of my pistol boxes but the rifle boxes I only keep them until the gun starts to show wear.
It won't do anything for the resale price if you have the original box if the gun inside shows a lot of wear.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I buy and trade guns a fair amount, but don't maintian a huge collection, so I keep my boxes in all instances. I have the room, and when a gun or two lose appeal to me, I tend to trade them for an upgrade.

So I expand slowly and then downsize periodically. Boxes get saved and included with the gun.

But we are talking 4 rifles, and like 14 handguns I use. I do have three I keep behind glass, but they are old enough I have no boxes for them.

If I had several dozen guns I might change my attitude.

 

[tark]

I was always told you throw away $50 with the box,

With some of the older S&W boxes you throw away a lot more than that. Some of them bring hundreds of dollars, if in good shape, as stand alone items.