How do you store gun boxes?

[MarkL_01]

Many years ago, I worked part time at a gun shop to feed my habit. The owner didn't keep boxes, except for presentation ones; said he didn't have room to store them. Also, it seems like the first thing anyone did after buying a new revolver was to replace the grips. I guess that's why originals are so expensive now.
-Mark

 

[Targets Guy]

Stacked on top of each other in rows. Climate controlled.

 

[ken158]

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

Guess by now you know that you are burning money…

 

[diyj98]

Many years ago, I worked part time at a gun shop to feed my habit. The owner didn't keep boxes, except for presentation ones; said he didn't have room to store them. Also, it seems like the first thing anyone did after buying a new revolver was to replace the grips. I guess that's why originals are so expensive now.
-Mark

I can believe it. About five years ago I helped a family sell off the inventory from a closed gun shop. The vast majority of the new guns had no box. The owner said they took up to much room so tossed them. I told them the boxes would have helped the sales, but it was too late to do anything about it.

 

[375hh1973]

Guess by now you know that you are burning money…

Yeah maybe a little bit

Guns are all tools to me and I don't sell any.

Don't have kids to worry about them inheriting anything of value so meh, I don't really care about that aspect.

I do totally understand those that collect, buy and sell, how the box adds value.

Just not for me

 

[seldon14]

I place them in the trash.

 

[hittman77]

My plastic boxes (darn few!) are in a cabinet in the garage.

The cardboard type are in large ammo cans …... they’re the large metal military surplus type that held belts of 7.62. If I set the boxes on end I can get about 6 or 8 in one ammo can.

These are the size boxes that revolvers like K frame Smiths and Ruger double actions came in. Now the boxes don’t get squished or covered in dust or wet, etc.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Mostly stored in large cardboard box in garage.
Others like the mentioned Glock and other similar Plastic boxes are on the closet shelf in my home office - Gun room.

 

[Truckman]

We each have our ways......Ben

 

[rockquarry]

In plastic containers in my attic...no ritualistic procedures.

 

[Model52guy]

Carefully in the closet

 

[moosedog]

I wrap mine in Saran wrap and store them on a shelf out of the light in my gun room which has a dehumidifier.

 

[Beemer-mark]

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

Years ago I had a good friend that I worked with who was originally from SD. His father, an avid handgun collector, had passed away and Lloyd would always mention the fabulous collection his father had and which he inherited. The guns were on peg boards inside floor to ceiling glass cases at his mother's ranch. The boxes were stored in an adjoining large walk in closet. One weekend Llyod went home and his mother wanted that closet cleaned out so Lloyd started to move the boxes. To his amazement the boxes were not empty. Evidently his father bought two of everything, put one firearm in the display cabinet and threw the box way. The duplicate was put with box in the closet.

BTW, my father left me a Mossberg 22 rifle.

 

[boykinlp]

I see a few are storing boxes in the attic. Be careful, it depends on where you live of course, but with wild temperature/humidity changes, it can cause damage. Also, roof leaks can cause damage to stored items, before they are noticed in the living areas.
Larry

 

[Boudiepitbull]

Hard side pistol cases, boxes, and long gun boxes all reside in a dedicated nook inside a storage closet in my basement where they reside out of sight and out of mind. I came to same conclusion as many others here that keeping them around the safe or even in the gun room just acts as a check list of what's inside the safe...and I'd rather avoid that.

 

[mtgianni]

Very few of my gun boxes are from highly collectible guns. They are on plywood between the garage rafters.

 

[Grayfox]

I'll tell ya what not to do. For years I stored boxes in the bottom of a storage cabinet out in my garage. Lots of cardboard blue S&W boxes ranging from the 1950s up to about the 1980s.
Quite a few years ago we had a massive rain storm. The drainage ditches got overwhelmed and two feet of water backed up into my garage.
Did I mention that the boxes were in the bottom of that cabinet?
I now keep them in the closet of my spare room.

 

[BigBill]

Stored in there orginal s&w cases wrapped in s&w parchment paper. Oiled up. In a safe it’s the law to be locked up.

 

[johnnywitt]

Take Gun Box, particularly Pre War Walther Boxes & Colt Python boxes & I generally use them to start my BBQ pit so that I can cook my favorite meat- Bald Eagle.

 

[vinn]

I save the wood boxes and burn the rest. if the winter is too bad, they go into the stove with my rocking chair, Merry Chiristmas and a happy new year.,.