Is there a need for old gun boxes?? I have an old leftover Browning Hi-Power cardboard box.

[ksjayhawk]

I have an old Hi-Power cardboard box from from the late 80's early 90's. It's leftover from a small lot of Argentinian Police guns My father purchased. It's nothing amazing, and not one of the classic purple Hi-Power boxes. I didn't want to throw it away Since Pack-Ratting is in my ancestral DNA.

thoughts??
ebay???
thanks. Eric

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[orygun]

Don't throw it away. If someone here doesn't bite, I'm sure it would sell on ebay. I have no idea of value.

 

[oremike]

You could put stuff in it and then put it on a shelf, you know like a box.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Collectors like boxes...even if it don't match their firearm..if it is the same model and era...they often seek 'em out.
That said...don't expect to be able to make a living or retire by selling gun boxes.
Gun collectors are also very often cheap....
Andy

 

[orygun]

I about crapped when Dad said he threw away the box for the Standard! I mean, hell, we'd kept it for years! The one in this pic isn't the correct one, but it's close. I bought it off of ebay.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Some of the boxes are pretty spendy the old Smith boxes wow don't toss it defiantly has value !!!!

 

[ksjayhawk]

I did some eBay and other site research. I've found a single old school browning "Purple" box listed for 83$. So yes they seem to have some value. I kept 2 of the old Hi-powers with their respective boxes. I have no idea how I ended up with a 3rd box With NO Hi-Power in it. Or anything else in it for that matter.

 

[Knobgoblin]

I did some eBay and other site research. I've found a single old school browning "Purple" box listed for 83$. So yes they seem to have some value. I kept 2 of the old Hi-powers with their respective boxes. I have no idea how I ended up with a 3rd box With NO Hi-Power in it. Or anything else in it for that matter.

Check all the glove boxes in any old cars .
I have a Smith 49 who was living the glove box life for an unknown amount of time.

 

[ksjayhawk]

Uh yes for sure. You would have dropped your jaw at what my dad kept in the seat tray of his walker.

 

[CountryGent]

Did someone say Argentinian Hi-Powers?

Oh, we're talking about boxes. Yah, maybe eBay or Gunbroker them. There is a market for such out there. For these, specifically, no idea. (As to keeping boxes in general, I chuck them as I abhor clutter of any kind.)

 

[Deavis]

I would take it off your hands. PM with price

 

[p230]

I would not be able to resist buying a HP to put in it. I have a box exactly like that....with a HP in it.

 

[1776er]

I might be a buyer as well

 

[dangerranger60]

After an old hardware store closed I was helping clear it out. in the attic were hundreds of empty Ruger boxes. I kept a pickup full to use as storage boxes.
When I was unloading them at home a neighbor came by and wanted one to fit his gun. when I found one he offered $20 for it.
about an hour later he was back with a list of others that wanted them. after a little research on prices I made over a thousand dollars selling boxes. DR

 

[ksjayhawk]

I went the eBay route. It ended up selling for 50$

 

[ksjayhawk]

It was weird shipping a empty box in a box