Want your opinion on gun boxes

[TriggerHappy]

So almost all of my guns I have the boxes for. Does anyone find that it provides more value? I?m tired of moving and storing boxes. Are they worth keeping?

[OneGuy67]

I keep all mine, to the chagrin of my firefighter brother who says they are a fire hazard.

[ray1970]

I keep the majority of mine. Mostly because I?m prone to selling things from time to time and the next owner will likely appreciate having all of the original goodies.

That being said, if the firearm isn?t of particularly great value and the factory packaging is pretty much a cardboard box I?ll usually toss it.

[Irving]

I keep mine, but I don't like it either. I can't imagine owning a gun where having the box would make it more valuable.

[whitewalrus]

If the gun is going to be collector type, having the box is a good thing. Selling to newer gun owners the boxes may be nice for storage, but anyone with a safe and a gun habit the box or case isn't really worth much. We will just throw it in the basement with the rest of them never to be used again :)

[beast556]

I toss them, unless its a collector's peice.

[OtterbatHellcat]

This has popped up a few times I remember.

I used to keep the original boxes, not anymore. pita.

[Skip]

Keep!

Box and paperwork says you take care of it. Even if given as heirlooms, nice to have the boxes.

[DOC]

I keep them. Even if its just cardboard box.

[UncleDave]

Colt, old S&W revolvers, or high end guns yes. Everything else, no

[Great-Kazoo]

I kept all mine till we moved. Now. .. they're about to become kindling

[blacklabel]

I have no use for them and they'd really hold no value for me as a buyer.

[MrPrena]

Another vote for KEEP.

[Irving]

I don't want my boxes anymore. Do any of you KEEP guys want them?

[UncleDave]

You have any old Colt boxes?

[Irving]

No sir, all modern, popular, completely non-collectable stuff.

[copfish]

I have boxes from guns I no longer have... decided to get rid of them... old Glock Tupperware, H&K, cardboard Smith boxes... But if I have the gun and it came with a box, I’ll keep it. Sure takes up a lot of room though.

[TriggerHappy]

Thanks everyone!

[TriggerHappy]

Looks like I’ll keep for certain guns.

[SAnd]

If you get rid of the boxes you might consider keeping just the labels. Or at least a copy.

[.455_Hunter]

Currently, Winchester Miroku is shipping $1,000 - $1500 firearms in $.50 worth of styrofoam and cardboard. I strongly in the keep the end label, recycle or trash the rest, unless it's actually a nice box. Handgun boxes are a bit easier to keep for resell, as needed.

[wctriumph]

Who knew? Waaaayyyyy back when, all guns pretty much came in cardboard boxes and I tossed them and put my guns in soft cases. I still put my guns in soft and hard cases for storage and transport. Because some buyers place importance on having original cardboard boxes, I now keep them. I stack them up on a shelf in the garage. I don't have a lot and they take up little room so not a hassle for me.
The important thing is to make sure that the box goes with the gun when it is sold or passed on so that they do not build up. I have a couple of collectors with original boxes and paperwork but I don't store the guns in the boxes as I do occasionally shoot them (what are guns for if not ton shoot?) so I keep the guns in padded hard cases so the boxes don't get chewed up for handling.

[Bailey Guns]

For some guns (obviously collector types...but not exotic or anything) the original boxes and/or paperwork can add hundreds of dollars to the value of a gun. And, like Skip pointed out, when you resell the gun and have everything it came with when new, it does seem to add some perceived value to the buyer, in my experience.

As a buyer, if I find identical guns, I'm usually willing to pay more for a gun with the original box.

I just ran into this yesterday. There are two pretty much identical Heritage Rough Rider revolvers for sale on Armslist here...mine and another. I priced mine at $125, the other is priced at $100 but the model/condition appears to be identical. A guy called me from CDA and is coming down today to buy my gun. Nevermind the fact I wouldn't drive 220 miles roundtrip for a $100 gun, but whatever... He said he saw the other one but thought mine was the better deal because it had the box and paperwork.

[rondog]

Wow, people can buy NEW guns? What a concept.....

[waffles]

Anything old enough to have additional value from the correct box has it kept. In the off chance I buy something new if it's interesting enough to get additional value from the case (see something like a M9A3), the case gets kept. If it's generic ruger whatever it gets tossed.

[Little Dutch]

Original packaging has no value. If you try to sell an old box you’ll come to a similar conclusion.

It’s nice to have the original package with a sub gun, but it makes no difference to the sale price.

[Gman]

I don't have a huge inventory, so I keep them.

[Ridge]

I tossed the box for my Scorpion recently, but still have the box for my AUG, Savage and the hard cases for the AR and M1.

[encorehunter]

I still have my 1951 Colt Huntsman stored in its box, along with several 1960s-70s Smith and wessons stored in their boxes. The only box I wish I had was for the 1878 Smith. Most of the new boxes are thrown away, other than a few plastic pistol cases. They dont take up near as much room.

[Bailey Guns]

Original packaging has no value. If you try to sell an old box you’ll come to a similar conclusion.

It’s nice to have the original package with a sub gun, but it makes no difference to the sale price.

Really?

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/804929429

That's just one example of hundreds on GunBroker. Original packaging has value to some people, obviously.

[MrPrena]

About 6 years back,I sold the old Beretta 687 silver pigeon. During the 90s, it came with cardboard box.
Then i bought the beretta hard shotgun case and listed the shotgun. It sold fast by having both, but shipping costed much more.
It is crazy that the 1400 shotgun back then cost more than 3000 now.

[Blockhead]

Keep in case I sell, even for the cheaper guns. Bane of my wife's existence. She has accused me of being a gun and cardboard collector.