Box question

[cold blue steel]

Ok, so I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and finding 40 yr old plus guns in original box is sometimes, in fact a lot of times difficult to find, but finding the correct box is fairly easy to do on eBay. So. Since I buy say a 15-3. Then find a 15-3 box later, what is correct protocol IF I ever do sell any guns/boxes together. Also is it taboo to put replacement labels on said box with my firearms information on it? Just asking, like I said I'm kinda anal and want correct boxes with my guns, but finding them together is not always the case. Thanks

 

[dant]

box........

there is nothing wrong with putting YOUR gun into any box that YOU may choose, if its to be one of the proper vintage ( era) then go for it...best thing to do is simply remove the end label, a bit of lighter fluid or Goo gone and the job is done......better to have a 'proper' box with NO label, than the wrong one....it is when some folks will try and alter, add to, or make a bit of "historical revisionism" ( my quote), to perpetrate a fraud, pass it off as "original", make MORE money on it (scam) then that is wrong.............

 

[cold blue steel]

Ok, but if it is correct era box for a particular gun, is replacing the old label with a new one and putting my guns info on it ok, or is it bad? Not buying repro boxes btw, I do use correct vintage boxes for them. Mainly the two piece blue boxes. Plastics don't count. Lol