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Never Toss The Box!

Bruzilla

Bruzilla

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I recently bought a Pennsylvania State Police 75th Anniversary S&W Model 19. These come in a fancy wood case for display. When the gun came to my FFL holder, it came in two boxes. One box had the wood case, and the other had the revolver in the original S&W box with all the original paperwork from 1979. My dealer put the revolver in the wood case and asked if I wanted him to toss the cardboard box as it wasn't in great shape after 30+ years, but I said I would keep it just in case.

I put it up on ebay and just sold it for $70 plus shipping! Who knew there was a market for old used boxes. :)
 
I have a closet full of boxes for very firearm I've ever bought. Can add significant value to the firearm.
 
69 GTX said:
I have a closet full of boxes for very firearm I've ever bought. Can add significant value to the firearm.
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Most guns that I buy are 10-70 years old and I rarely get an original box. I had no idea guys were paying $$$ to get them.
 
Yes, same way with grips, particularly on S&W & Colt handguns. I could probably pitch 90% of my boxes. Save the Weatherby, S&W, Colt, & Dan Wesson.
 
If you guys ever get a firearm from CMP, save that box & all paperwork. ( odcmp.org )
 
69 GTX said:
Yes, same way with grips, particularly on S&W & Colt handguns. I could probably pitch 90% of my boxes. Save the Weatherby, S&W, Colt, & Dan Wesson.
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I have a set of target grips from my first Model 19 and I put them on the new one I just got. I looked up what original wood presentation grips are selling for... $240! Wow.
 
I never knew. Thanks for the tip. Makes me glad that I kept the box for my M1 Garand from Springfield Armory.
 
Whoops- thecmp.org. Sorry bout that.
 
By the title, I thought this was going to be a public service warning about HPV/throat cancer...:p
 
Kept all my Garand paperwork from the CMP.

I never really get original boxes, but have picked up a few nice things with some purchases along the way. Things like bayonets, ammo pouches, cleaning rods etc... I like collecting that kind of stuff I guess.

I was talking to a gun store owner and people collect old boxes from ammo from the 1800's. Fetches a ton of money for just the box! Let alone all those old style rounds.

Now if I could find a .30 carbine for a decent price, that would be nice.
 
Zeppelin264 said:
Now if I could find a .30 carbine for a decent price, that would be nice.
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I think that's going to be an easy thing to do here shortly. H.R. 1137 is making its way through Congress and once it passes we'll see close to a million firearms coming back from South Korea including 90,000+ Garands, a ton of M-1 Carbines, and a ton of M1911A1s. :)

Century Arms already penned a deal with the Koreans back before Obama banned the reimportation in 2014/2015, so we just need the ban overturned and we'll be swimming in these guns. The last time we got these in, Garands were about $225 and carbines were $125.
 
I may have to get 1 of each if that is the case!
 
Agree with 69 GTX, I've always wanted to get an M1 so I can put it with my Grandpa's other WWII items I have.
 
69 GTX said:
I may have to get 1 of each if that is the case!
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The last time these were imported, I bought a Garand and a Carbine. I wanted the Garand and got the carbine for my Dad who had always wanted one. I gave it to him, then inherited it when he passed away.

When I got it back, I took it apart to clean it all up before displaying it, and I finally got around to looking at the receiver marks. I saw "UNI" engraved on the receiver, and thought it meant it was one of those Universal M-1 Carbines that were made in the 60s through the 80s, but I knew we've never sent those to Korea. I looked into the code and found out UNI was Union Switch & Signal and they had made carbines in Pittsburgh during the war. These were the only guns ever made in Pittsburgh and some of the rarest carbines there is, so it turned out I paid $125 for a carbine that's worth well over $1,000. :)
 
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