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Running out of room, wife keeps asking do you really have 40 plus rifles because there are 40 plus boxes in the basement. Then i ask do you really have 600 plus purses? Shuts her right up.To her credit they are all vintage items that take up less room than my stuff. Tell her that if she passes before me that selling those purses will provide me with lots of playing options.
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I recently pulled a box and shipping carton for a 1984 vintage Ruger double action from a dumpster. On a lark, I put it on ebay and realized $37. I'll take it.
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I have a corner of my attic filled with all my rifle, shotgun and handgun boxes. I even have a crap load of scope boxes. I've had dealers ask if I have the box when I'm pedaling a gun at the gun shows. Like many others have said, it may or may not add any value but I think it does help to have the box & papers when selling. Good for shipping too.
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I have them going back to 1966.
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I’m a big fan of the boxes!
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I'd save them if I owned a warehouse. Not sold a unit yet, and I won't care when I'm pushing up daisies.
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I think they add to the value. Not all inclusive but having the box etc. can imply ownership from purchase. Personally i like collecting the boxes. Just me
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Some of the boxes, like the gold S&W postwar boxes, were beautiful in their own right, and are a great compliment to a fine gun.
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What is this "Sell a firearm"?
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What is this "Sell a firearm"? I don't know, but it sounds like Sacrilege.....
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all of these local gun shops always tell ya to "save the box!" when
someone purchases a new rifle....
there claim is that when you sell it or trade it in...
that a rifle or shotgun with the box it came in from the factory
is worth $100 to $150 more?
Do you guys find this fact or fiction?
I've got gun boxes that are 30 plus years old now...
Looked at one in the attic, from a Model 70 SA, bought new in the late 80s...
and it is priced $349.00....
another one was for a Ruger 77/22 in 22 Mag... marked for $259.00 new...
kinda nuts on how cheap some great rifles use to be... My local gunshop usually offers about 90% of blue book value on trade, maybe it is 80%. Not sure. They do ok and offer more than pawn shops etc. They do bump the grade of the rifle up by 1 grade if you have the box, which usually gives you a decent amount of money more. If I buy something dirt cheap and it doesnt sell, or trade for enough money, I consider trading it in down there. I usually make a bit on the trade in and it helps me get into something nice at a better price. On the positive side, they can have some pretty good prices on used guns at that shop.
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What is this "Sell a firearm"? I don't know, but it sounds like Sacrilege..... I don't know, I've sold some that I didn't think were that accurate.. and was able to buy something else that was... like my first 260 Rem was a brand new VLS, that someone has ordered and thought he was getting a Model 7 in 260... I horsetraded a Marlin in 44 Mag that shot a pattern at 50 yds....but I got $50 more than I paid for it ( $300.00) and bought that VLS for that $350.00 I got for the Marlin 44 Mag... I had no guilt about that.. I do have guilt about selling an accurate rifle.. I'd rather just give it away than sell it...that offsets the loss, feeling I'm doing something good for someone... and yes, I have that box for the 260 VLS from 1998... in case someone was going to ask...
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