New Revolvers in Cardboard Boxes?

[Bhfromme]

Long live the two piece cardboard boxes!

 

[Furrball]

The last few S&W's I've bought have been in cardboard boxes. The Model 69 44 Magnum was in a blue plastic box.

 

[Benchrest1]

My Performance Center 629 Hunter came in a rather big, foam lined cardboard box.

 

[riverrat38]

I just bought a new M60 Pro made in July of this year. It came in a blue plastic box.
Two years ago I bought a 442 and a 43C, and one came in a cardboard box and the other in a plastic box. Seems random.

73,
Rick

 

[boykinlp]

The vintage cardboard boxes have become collectible, valuable and sought after and therefore the less common ones are selling for a premium in good to excellent condition. I always try and get the most pristine and complete guns I can and that includes the original box, paper work and cleaning kit. there have been several Revolvers I've bought over the years without boxes and accoutrements, and I have since found the correct model and period box for them. While maybe not the original box at least it would have been what the gun came in originally.

I also collect Lionel Electric Trains and for pristine examples of vintage (1930's, 40's and 50's) boxes, the sky's the limit. I have seen pristine empty boxes sell for more than the Locomotives that originally came in them. It was common for Boys to throw away the boxes after they ripped them opened on Christmas morning. While the Lionel Trains easily survived our childhoods, many times the boxes didn't - making them sometimes rare and valuable.

Complete packages are always going to bring more than guns with missing boxes and accoutrements.

You are right. Blue Steel/Nickel/Stainless Steel definitely lasts longer than cardboard. I have seen a decent number of handgun boxes for $1000+.
Larry

 

[cmj8591]

I think the plastic boxes were the original lock. The idea being that you could put your gun in the box and then lock it with a pad lock. The last couple of M&P's that I bought came in cardboard. I'm sure that it cost less to use a piece of cardboard and a plastic bag to hold a handgun than that plastic case.

 

[MetalMan]

My 2021 example of the 640-1 Pro Series came in plastic case….

 

[scruffy]

My M640 came in a cardboard box. Made in June, 2022.

 

[murphydog]

I don't think current handguns are being shipped in "old school" cardboard, two piece, metal reinforced corner boxes. The ones I have seen are black, one piece, hinged at the top rear with two tabs holding it closed on the front edges.

 

[kamloops67]

I almost wish they didn't come in boxes ,
I have a pretty big stack of blue and grey boxes taking up space in my gun room
Don't use them but can't bring myself to toss them out

 

[Benchrest1]

If all of the old cardboard boxes are worth so much I may need to buy another safe to keep them in.