Yup there are small thinkers out there, we all have to/should be honest about our "works". I believe those on this forum are up to that character. Those others are ultimately known. I just remove the box label and state its "correct" & not "original" in my data file. Easy to do and I sleep well.
the Box craze and accessories
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I *really* want original stocks.
And yet back in the day I pulled them off every revolver I bought to replace them, usually with Pachmayrs. Most, if not all, went into the trash.
I don’t understand me, either.
hdfinder47
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Bought an old K frame 22 with box and papers back in the 80's - great shape and a crazy smooth/light action job. Jeweled hammer and trigger. Sold it to a good friend years later and forgot I had the box/papers. Several years after the sale I came across the box but when I called to give it to him he had sold the gun. Oh well, at least I got a nice old K22 blue box!
javbike
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I am guilty of that it’s a hobby within a hobby like others said .
The Mahogany presentation cases used in the shipment of the N frame guns form 1960-1983 is probably the easiest box to portray as "original". There is only one possible way to prove a particular gun was originally sold in the period correct Mahogany case and that is if the original cardboard shipping container is included! A factory letter might state the gun was shipped in a presentation case, however there were 4 different types of interior liners used during that time period and not all models in the N frame series were shipped in a case.
I will proudly state that all of my boxes are original (except for the ones from the wrong year, the ones missing the label, the ones with other serial numbers, the ones the wrong color, the ones with repro inserts, the ones with styrofoam inserts instead of plastic liners, the ones from N frames that fit loose with K frames guns and the ones I made myself).
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