Do you save the box?

Only pistol hard cases and scope boxes. Anything else, there's no point. Why save a 10/22 box?

Pistol hard cases, in case of resale. Scope boxes, in case of resale and needing to ship, tough to find boxes like that.
 
If it came in a box I keep it. My parents attic is about half full of long gun boxes. When I get something I new I carry the box to their house and add it to the collection. Most of the handguns live in their boxes
 
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Man I am a notorious box-saver. Firearms for sure, but for stuff like scopes too and other box-worthy stuff.
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Apropos of nothing, the guy whose likeness you use worked for my grandfather before he became Friday.
 
Jerzsubbie said:
Only pistol hard cases and scope boxes. Anything else, there's no point. Why save a 10/22 box?

Pistol hard cases, in case of resale. Scope boxes, in case of resale and needing to ship, tough to find boxes like that.
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Iā€™ve sold guns and mailed them in the carboard boxes they came in
 
I keep pretty much all boxes. I have totes full of boxes and my wife thinks I'm a loony person.
 
amnesia said:
I keep pretty much all boxes. I have totes full of boxes and my wife thinks I'm a loony person.
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She's right, when you factor in an imputed rent for those boxes. Put another way, would you pay monthly rent for a small storage unit to store those boxes? Almost none of us would, because we implicitly understand that any small resale differentials from including the boxes on resale wouldn't even come close to paying for the ongoing storage unit rental.

I always flat pack the boxes I decide to keep to try and minimize the imputed rent.
 
You can probably just imagine the number of boxes I have... guns, accessories, electronics and pretty much anything that has a pretty box made for it.

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I have a friend who's dad bought a M1 Carbine back when they were $20 he still has the box and the receipt for it.
And it's a Winchester to boot.

I keep boxes and all the paperwork for any new gun I get, but most of mine are older used when I get them.
 
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Long guns: I was storing all of them for last few years, but recycled all of them a couple months ago except a Molot Vepr, I sold that box with the converted ak (along with all the original parts and docs etc...) last night.

Pistols: I keep the cases unless it's the cheaper than Glock cardboard boxes

Accessories: Keep most like trijicon/holosun boxes etc..., any clamshell ones that don't snap shut goes in trash

Edit: that box was a Saiga box not a Vepr
 
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11B CIB said:
Iā€™ve sold guns and mailed them in the carboard boxes they came in
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I don't really sell long guns. Think I've only sold one, and that was local. Shipping long guns is a hassle without the original box but I also find it not worth taking up all of that space with boxes given the slim chance of selling. I guess it just depends on your personal tendencies.

At least pistol cases are all pretty uniform in size so I can easily stack them somewhere.
 
I only save the nice plastic cases - Ruger, Glock, etc. But, no, I have never kept a long gun box. Ran across one in the attic a few months ago that my Savage .17 came in. Looked it over, thought about it, then decided to toss it. I figured that if I did not remember keeping it in the first place, there is no need to keep it now. Dont judge me....
 
I used to keep EVERY box. I recently just went through and dumped the majority. I needed a tote... All accessories boxes were dumped. Stocks, grips, barrels, etc. all gone.. But knives, scopes, handguns, all kept their boxes for storage and such.

I cleaned out several totes lol. Immediately filled them with other junk but still.

Never liked the idea of keeping long gun boxes. Thief breaks in. Stumbles across room with 5,10,20 long gun boxes. Hmm jackpot, time to search harder!
 
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Thief breaks in. Stumbles across room with 5,10,20 long gun boxes.
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I keep all the boxes in the attic. I have to.
And a thief can go up there if he wants, but he's gonna have to deal with the gremlin that lives there. He keeps demanding boxes for 'attic maintenance'..whatever that is.
 
I keep some scope box's but no gun box's. I have 2 Glock cases but that's because I haven't thrown them out yet.
 
Yup, I keep the boxes to everything.
 
Depends if the wife knows what I purchased or if it was a oh I had this in the safe purchase.
 
Keep the gun and scope boxes. If the cops raided my house they would swear I was a drug dealer because of the collection of small plastic bags from all of the gun parts. I've got bags, inside of bags, inside of bags, inside of bags, inside of one big bag! Not sure what I'll do with all of them but there they are!

Also have a heck of a sticker collection!
 
I keep a lot of boxes. Every gun box and some accessories. For example, I buy a lot of classic revolver grips and holsters and keep the boxes when possible. Seriously, I've got too much crap laying around.
 
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I still have boxes for things I donā€™t have anymore.


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I am dead set on keeping the box......for about 6 months and then I throw it out. Because past me is a lazy douche nozzle and future me don't give a crap about past me's boxes when they're in his way.
 
Sorry, I don't keep boxes...although my wife has about 2,000 shoe boxes in the attic and various closets...I couldn't keep a box if I wanted to.
 
I only keep the boxes for guns. I found out most people want the original box when buying a gun. It also makes it easier to mail them out for the FFL if the gun is in a box.
 
Having the original box or case seems to help with a gun sale. Not sure why, just a cardboard box, but I keep almost all scope and gun boxes. And I hardly ever sell anything, so my point is kind of moot.
 
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