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I save em all. Just in case I move.
Can't freak out the neighborhood walking around with an "arsenal" in daylight...
This is what I mean, $170 for a Colt 1911 cardboard box, with 3 already sold at that price. It really is nothing special, but collectors are willing to pay for them.
Colt BOX Pistol Factory 1911 Case Box Vintage 45 ACP COLT 1911 70 80 NATIONAL | eBay
I'll amend my earlier statement by saying I'd save some boxes. The cardboard from quality firearms: S&W revolvers, Colt handguns, maybe a few (very few) others. Anything else is just junk laying around. A box from a Mossberg 500 or Remington 700 is never going to be worth anything.
If anyone doesn't want their cardboard or plastic boxes, why not offer them up here in the Classifieds? No reason to put them on the curb when you can help someone who is looking for it.
In most, but not all cases, a man who will go out of his way to tenderly keep an original cardboard box in pristine condition...
probably treated the firearm even better.
Lol. Stick in the mud.I should hope so. Storing boxes in a dry corner is much, much easier than caring for a firearm. There's no correlation.
Well, what fun is a thread where we all just post yes or no? Better off with a poll in that case.Lol. Stick in the mud.
The lack of correlation does not imply the lack of causation...
Post hoc ergo prompter hoc
lol, i can relate. a buddy of mine passed away over 12 years ago and gave me his 45 acp colt combat commander before he died. every time i shoot it i piss about how it's a series 80. however i did get the outer cardboard box and plastic case/papers with it so i'm thankful for the small details anyway.I sometimes I wished that my friend who bequeathed me his Colt Python (God rest his soul) had kept the box but I'm not one to kick a gift horse in the mouth. Not that I will ever sell it but....
When I bought my Colt 1911 they were a commodity gun ($200 in 1976). Never gave a thought that it would someday become a "collectible" or that the plain cardboard box would be worth anything at all. But as above, 3 people each paid $170 for those same plain boxes . . . almost as much as I had paid for the gun originally! Go figure what will be collectible some day!No. I don’t care about cardboard. I also don’t have any collectibles or unique guns.
Plastic box that works as a case yes of course.
I prefer to not keep trash in the house in general.
Recycle if you can.
When I bought my Colt 1911 they were a commodity gun ($200 in 1976). Never gave a thought that it would someday become a "collectible" or that the plain cardboard box would be worth anything at all. But as above, 3 people each paid $170 for those same plain boxes . . . almost as much as I had paid for the gun originally! Go figure what will be collectible some day!
Lol when I moved in I had 4 Rifles strapped over my shoulder 2 ammo cans a duffle bag and a gps range finder with 4 guns.... my neighbor wouldn't stop talking to me lmaoI save em all. Just in case I move.
Can't freak out the neighborhood walking around with an "arsenal" in daylight...
Ok I'm done. Ill see myself outI save ‘em. I’ve also taken to keeping a select few shipping boxes that can fit ‘Tupperware’ as well. Even if everything is on the level, handing someone a FedEx box in a grocery store parking lot comes off a little less conspicuous than a black plastic box with an embossed Glock logo on it. Again, legal regardless of a ‘discreet overbox’ (thank you TSUSA) but I’d rather not have to spend 30 minutes explaining everything if I can avoid it by keeping a few extra boxes on hand, JIC.
You move alot? Or are just prepared?I save the boxes but not for resale value. I use them when moving. Firearms go in the boxes, boxes go in the safe (after shelves taken out). Gun cases used for items that don’t have boxes.
Yes.You move alot? Or are just prepared?
Jealous! CongratsYes.
Next move to a free state
It's worthless cardboard. It does nothing except sit in the corner waiting to hand to the next person to have it sit in the corner. On the very rare occasion you have to ship a firearm, you can do better than any box from the manufacturer.