Has anyone ever seen or know of a crate like this?
Cardboard in some form started to come of age in the U.S. ~1895-1905 +/-.
Wooden crates probably went down the road shortly thereafter.

Now, that's cool.

Man cave treasure for sure!

Google up A.L Skerk in Chambersburg Pa. It was a really cool hardware/sporting goods store!

Is that yours?

Nope. Just something I'd like to know more about.
Is this a Savage rifle shipping box?
Anybody seen one or have one?
Time period?
Is it original or re-purposed?
Or did it contain truck parts during WWI?

I don’t know what it is, but if it would fit a rifle, it’s cool!

Outside dimensions are 3.5" x 7" x 52". Overall length of an 1899 was about 47". So it'd have been snug, but probably would fit.

Crate is stamped "A L SHIRK", there is or was a Ron Shirks Shooters supply id Pa. Likely from the age of the crate Ron is likely a grandson of A L Shirk.

Savage must have shipped a lot of single rifles to distributors over the years, so,.... could be.
In addition to a foundry, mills, drills and the tons of other heavy equipment Savage must have had a lumber yard too.

Claims are that it was found in the basement of an old hardware store called "A L SHERK". And there was one, I can find several records related to it.