How do you store gun boxes?

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My guns, with few exceptions, are unboxed and locked in safes. Boxes stacked up in the gun room until we moved a couple years ago. Packed the boxes in large, opaque, Rubbermade containers for the move. That is where they remain, in a climate-controlled room. It is efficient but not pretty. It also conceals, to a degree, the safes' contents. I may not see those boxes again unless we sell something (not likely).

The box and docs, tools, etc., add value to even well-used guns. What do YOU do with them, store them, etc.?
 
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Handgun boxes are all stacked up in the back of our
food shelves. (basement) They take up little room that way.

Long gun boxes are put up between the floor joists. A simple piece of furring nailed to the joists easily holds the boxes out of the way.
 
375hh1973 said:
I know I will get crucified for this but here goes...

This is what I do-

1. Buy a gun
2. Bring gun home
3. Remove gun from box along with any papers
4. Toss box in burn pile
5. Burn box
6. Enjoy not having a bunch of boxes
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Thanks for making me curl up in fetal position and chant "The horror, the horror".

Long gun boxes are stored under the basement stairs (climate and temperature controlled).

Handguns are stored in their boxes in the safes, the exception being the 3 N-frames with presentation cases. They are in gun rugs. The safes all have dehumidifiers in them.
 
I keep all my handgun boxes in those plastic storage totes, in an upstairs walk in closet. My long gun boxes are stored stacked in the same closet.

Larry
 
Garbage bags in the attic. Not the best but I have no room anywhere else. They do stay dry and clean.
 
The long gun boxes are shoved up in the rafters of my garage. The empty handgun boxes are all stored in an extra gun safe. If I didn't have room in the safe, I'd hide them someplace. I know a thief can see the safes, but there's not use advertising what's in them. It might give added incentive to spend the extra effort breaking in them.
 
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I’m not really a box collector. I know $$$ but I used to keep them till the ants decided that they like to eat the glue and nest in them.
I have a few that survived but they’re not very high on my important list.
As mentioned above, they need storage space and I’m flat out of that.
 
robertrwalsh said:
More are piled up on top of the gun safes.
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The long gun boxes are stashed along the walls in the basement, which is climate controlled. The handgun boxes are stacked on top of the particular safe the corresponding gun is stored in.

There must be a substantial number of persons who don't save factory handgun boxes. I was at a gun shop in Gettysburg and near the front door was a big bin full of factory handgun boxes. I made the owner a deal for the whole bin and took them to the Ohio Gun Collectors Show. We had a table and I was able to sell a bunch of the handgun boxes there.
 
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