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Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? #6467102 09/25/16 11:15 AM
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Although I'm not a gun collector, I make it a point to keep the box and all original paperwork whenever I purchase a new firearm. It's something I wish I had always done, not because I plan to sell any of them, but because I believe it helps them keep their nostalgia value, if not their true value for family who may own them after you're dead and gone. Also, the graphics on many firearm boxes can be very attractive.

How cool would it be to have the box that came with that old shotgun your grandfather bought 60 years ago, the one with branding and logos the manufacturer stopped using 40 years ago. Or what about the box that came with your first deer rifle that you got for Christmas when you were a kid.


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Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467115 09/25/16 12:25 PM
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I keep all rifle boxes and pistol hard cases. I have a Colt Scout .22 revolver my g'dad gave me in his will. It was purchased in the 50's and he kept it in the original box, so I have that as well.


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Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467119 09/25/16 12:32 PM
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I always keep them.


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I keep them. I have found that on a re-sale, being able to include the original box is sometimes worth a few bucks!

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467132 09/25/16 12:50 PM
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I do on my high end guns but normally I toss them. If I keep a bunch of boxes my wife will know I bought a new gun.

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467143 09/25/16 01:00 PM
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I keep them

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467172 09/25/16 01:34 PM
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I always keep them.

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467176 09/25/16 01:38 PM
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Unless it were a high end gun i trash them. Dont have room for storing that many empty boxes



Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467207 09/25/16 02:05 PM
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if only buying a few, finally had to discard, the storage was to full


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Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467222 09/25/16 02:18 PM
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No, I don't keep any boxes from the guns I buy unless I think I'll sell them quickly.

It would also make no difference to me if I had the box to every firearm I've inherited from family. If they had come with a bunch of old boxes I'd have thrown the boxes away or sold them if they had any value.

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467430 09/25/16 06:03 PM
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I generally keep the pistols in the box and those boxes in the safe.

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467629 09/25/16 09:16 PM
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Man, I thought I was just a hoarder I keep them all lol. Glad the new house extra room for gun boxes


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Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467637 09/25/16 09:21 PM
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Yep I keep them , never needed to get rid of them . I got a big storage wink .

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467672 09/25/16 09:48 PM
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I use them to start a fire

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6467770 09/25/16 10:58 PM
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I keep them cause "almost" every gun I own is for sale


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Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6468652 09/26/16 02:37 PM
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Ill keep them as long as I have room

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6468689 09/26/16 02:57 PM
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I keep them until my wife throws them out.


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Yes, I keep them. If I decide to sell I think it helps, IMO.

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I throw them all, no sense in keeping cardboard to me at least. I don't sell anything I buy though, so who knows.

Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6469167 09/26/16 07:40 PM
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Always!


Yep, always!!


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Re: Do you keep the box whenever you purchase a new firearm? [Re: Texas Dan] #6469290 09/26/16 08:44 PM
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Thinking back this has also helped me with a stolen gun before too. I got a Glock in a trade and hadn't put the serial number in my notes yet and it was stolen. Wouldn't have known the serial had it not been for me keeping my box. Gun was never recovered, but at least there is a police report with the correct serial number.


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I keep them for about the five minutes it takes me to stop looking at the gun and walk to the trash can. I don't collect junk and a gun is a tool. I don't like having my boxes junk up my house or even attic, just like I wouldn't keep the box for a drill or the price tag off a hammer. None of my guns are for sale or ever will be. Don't see the point in keeping a piece of cardboard and styrofoam.

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