Storing Gun Boxes- or not?

[SideShow Bob]

I save every, single, one. Plastic, cardboard, zip up cases, etc. Literally a closest full of them.. lol.

That was what I was like, til the floods of ‘13.
The plastic cases flowed out the busted windows,The cardboard boxes turned to mush after the basement was pumped out and the last I saw of my safe, it was bobbing down the river headed NE toward Nebraska.

[mb504]

Cardboard or plastic boxes makes it easier to stack more of them in the safe.

A friend of mine used to buy empty factory boxes (as stated above) for outrageous amounts of money. He wanted the box for every gun he had.

I'm guessing he wants an original OEM box. If he just wants boxes, he should talk to a local gun store or home FFL. They will have lots of extra boxes.

[wctriumph]

I keep the boxes and most of my pistols are kept in the case or box, in the safe and for transport/ range use. The exception is older guns in cardboard boxes. I store the boxes on a shelf in a closet and keep the guns in a padded soft case. Older ones that didn?t have a box when acquired live in hard cases that were picked up here and there, mostly those cheap black plastic ones with the sliding latches. Same thing with rifles.

[clodhopper]

I keep one pistol box and one rifle box. These get upgraded if the newest purchase is bigger or better than the current stored box. Havent had the need to use them so far, but felt it prudent to have at least one jic.

[rondog]

My problem is ammo boxes. I find a lot of them at the range when I'm gathering brass, and the ones in pristine condition always seem to come home with me. I have too many, WAY too many, and I don't "need" ANY of them! I'm just a friggin' packrat.

If anybody wants a shitload of factory ammo boxes in just about any cal, hit me up. Don't need 'em, don't want 'em, too damn cheap to throw 'em away. But I'll GIVE them away!

[ray1970]

If anybody wants a shitload of factory ammo boxes in just about any cal, hit me up. Don't need 'em, don't want 'em, too damn cheap to throw 'em away. But I'll GIVE them away!

I?ll help you out by taking them off your hands. What I need you to do is put them in your trash can and set it out by the curb on your normal trash day and I?ll send a guy in a large truck to come pick them up.

[fj605]

I'm probably not keeping any cardboard boxes but will keep most plastic cases.