Reflection on boxes
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Just went through this with a M53. Paid tidy sum for the top and
bottom of an original 8-3/8" box,then made the interior cutout for
the inserts and my non original nickel finish 6". Waiting in the mail
for a Target Hammer that I got thru WTB on here after 4 months
but looks pretty good IMHO. Pete
bottom of an original 8-3/8" box,then made the interior cutout for
the inserts and my non original nickel finish 6". Waiting in the mail
for a Target Hammer that I got thru WTB on here after 4 months
but looks pretty good IMHO. Pete
Back in the 1960s at the shop, had boxes stacked up behind the counter.
samandglove1
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There was an old timer near me that was closing up his shop and retiring (this was almost 10 years ago). He was getting rid of all his inventory, so I stopped by to see if he had any obscure ammo that I could give my crazy father-in-law (the one with a Thompson Contender and 8 million barrels...). While I was there I saw that the owner had 5-6 empty S&W blue boxes on a shelf. When I told him I would buy them if they were for sale, he told me to hold on because he had more. I walked into his back room and he gave me 50+ dusty old boxes. He said $50 and they were all mine, so I said I'd take them and slipped him $250.
It must have looked like I was arming the insurrection by carrying out (what looked to be) dozens and dozens of guns out to the car.
I can't be cool, I chucked 'em. Still don't care, I've enjoyed shooting so much.
To me it's like baseball cards; I enjoyed playing and trading them with my friends when young. Put a few in bicycle spokes too.
I'm glad other people saved and enjoy them as adults, but I don't think they have as much fun as I did with them. All they have is money, which is darned useful, but rarely brings real joy..
To me it's like baseball cards; I enjoyed playing and trading them with my friends when young. Put a few in bicycle spokes too.
I'm glad other people saved and enjoy them as adults, but I don't think they have as much fun as I did with them. All they have is money, which is darned useful, but rarely brings real joy..
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All my guns have boxes for them. Almost all I own have the factory original box but for the few that didn't come with one, I procured the proper period and appropriate sized box for it. The only three repro boxes I have are for three Colt Series M (1903 & 1908's) pocket pistols from the early 1900's. To get boxes for them in excellent condition and period correct would cost me more than I paid for the guns - if I could even locate one. Tried for a while and gave up!
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I can't be cool, I chucked 'em. Still don't care, I've enjoyed shooting so much.
To me it's like baseball cards; I enjoyed playing and trading them with my friends when young. Put a few in bicycle spokes too.
I'm glad other people saved and enjoy them as adults, but I don't think they have as much fun as I did with them. All they have is money, which is darned useful, but rarely brings real joy..
In the early 80's Van Halen was paid over $1 Million for a one night gig which was the highest paid gig at that time. An interviewer asked the band what they thought about that kind of paycheck and the band boasted about how they were worth every penny. The interviewer kind of got huffy and said,
" You know...all that money can't buy you happiness."
David Lee Roth replied back,
" It may not buy me happiness but it will buy me a big enough yacht to pull up along side it!"
Back in the 70's when I worked for a PD as firearms instructor, we got a shippment of new M66's in..not only threw out the boxes but the cleaning kits as well, never issued them to the officers!! Who knew??
I am on another handgun forums, and from time to time this same question comes up. It seems to me on this forum, that many people have or acquire boxes for their S&W's. But few have original "boxes" for their High Powers and 1911 pistols. When I bought my first pistol, a HP in Germany in '69, I did not keep the box. Sold that pistol later for tuition. About that time, Browning started selling their HP's in green zipper cases. About five years ago, bought a mint '69 T HP at my LGS, for $600, came with the above green case.
Most late striker pistols for some time have come in plastic containers, and the discussion seems to be keep or toss them. Lots of opinions on keeping them or not. Me, I stared keeping any boxes for my rifles and handguns about 25 years ago, and put them aside. Maybe someday, when handguns are shipped in a zip baggie, , the plastic boxes will be sought after. The description "NIB" does seem to add appeal to older firearms.
I have room for them, so have my "boxes" stored away.
I like to buy my wife jewelry, and she tosses the little "boxes" they come in, and puts the jewelry in her jewelry trays.
Time for another cup of morning coffee.
All the best, and stay safe... SF VET
Most late striker pistols for some time have come in plastic containers, and the discussion seems to be keep or toss them. Lots of opinions on keeping them or not. Me, I stared keeping any boxes for my rifles and handguns about 25 years ago, and put them aside. Maybe someday, when handguns are shipped in a zip baggie, , the plastic boxes will be sought after. The description "NIB" does seem to add appeal to older firearms.
I have room for them, so have my "boxes" stored away.
I like to buy my wife jewelry, and she tosses the little "boxes" they come in, and puts the jewelry in her jewelry trays.
Time for another cup of morning coffee.
All the best, and stay safe... SF VET
I kept thinking about this after posting. I was around 12 when the first Spiderman comic came out, I wore that thing out.
I am really glad there are mint copies around today for people to see and appreciate. And I'd very much like to have the moola one would bring. But man, I really enjoyed reading them.
I am really glad there are mint copies around today for people to see and appreciate. And I'd very much like to have the moola one would bring. But man, I really enjoyed reading them.
tndrfttom
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In the early 1970s I made weekly trips to the LGS to see what was new in the used gun case. The guy that ran the gun counter most of the time was told to clean out the back room and asked me if I wanted some gun boxes. Sure! Most were new Colt and S&W boxes - most of the new ones had the paperwork and cleaning kits still in them. Apparently many buyers bought a gun rug to protect their new gun and just left the boxes at the store. All of those boxes (approx 20) are long gone and I wish I had had a way of knowing which ones would come in handy in the future to go with used Smiths that I bought thru the years.
I like to have the box. It's not a deal breaker though. I've only got one "old" Smith and Wesson with the box now, and that's my "new" 19-4 Pennsylvania State Police 75th anniversary gun. That one I believe has never been fired outside the factory, and has all the papers, tools and such that came with it. My first handgun was a 19-4, NIB and this one is about as close as I guess I'll ever come to having that one again. I doubt I'll ever shoot it. I've got other guns to shoot.
I just tossed them back in the day,but I think the missus saved every box from anything she ever bought
I do have an old colt I bought ten years ago that came with its box and papers. I was smart enough to save that one lol
I do have an old colt I bought ten years ago that came with its box and papers. I was smart enough to save that one lol
YeshuaIsa53
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You guys quit chuckin' those gun boxes!
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Just about all of the used guns I've bought came sans boxes. On the few occasions I bought a new S&W, I took the two piece box and used the two halves to sort brass while reloading. 
peterdeb
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I'm a box man. All my S&W's sleep in VCI paper in their boxes. Some of the boxes came with the firearm and others are period correct ones added immediately after the purchase.
I find this topic interesting, always.
I wasn't shipped in a box. I seem to have done just fine without one for all these years. I'm not planning to exit this planet in a box, either, and I'll be worth no more or no less without one.
I shunned S&W boxes. Then I met the enablers on this forum.
I long for the days when the safe held Liberty over/under pistol hangers and no boxes.
Now I have to find someplace to store all those bloody boxes, which, when you come right down to it, have nothing to do with any Chiefs Special or any other revolver.
Oh, I sincerely thank those of you who've brought me into your fold. Now I grudgingly store cardboard, plastic, and wood as though it were as valuable as the revolver it housed from the factory. Gad, I do appreciate you. Really, I do.
Yes, there's a wee bit of sarcasm dripping from my chin.
I wasn't shipped in a box. I seem to have done just fine without one for all these years. I'm not planning to exit this planet in a box, either, and I'll be worth no more or no less without one.
I shunned S&W boxes. Then I met the enablers on this forum.
I long for the days when the safe held Liberty over/under pistol hangers and no boxes.
Now I have to find someplace to store all those bloody boxes, which, when you come right down to it, have nothing to do with any Chiefs Special or any other revolver.
Oh, I sincerely thank those of you who've brought me into your fold. Now I grudgingly store cardboard, plastic, and wood as though it were as valuable as the revolver it housed from the factory. Gad, I do appreciate you. Really, I do.
Yes, there's a wee bit of sarcasm dripping from my chin.
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