Why are Uberti pistol boxes so flimsy?

[CaptainVane]

yup, that is what happens when its cold out ,and people are bored! LOL,

You beat me to it. Nothing else to discuss. Pro Bowl? Really? Boxes are more interesting.

 

[springfield art]

I bought a NIB old stock from Cimmeron (from a member) and the box was perfect. One of the better deals I have got on this forum, NIB Uberti 5 shot .36 and 7boxess of balls and a few extra springs for $350.00. The one I got from Bill was just as nice and came with a holster, now one of my top three favorite guns and may be # on once I get time to work up a load. Traditions box was in great shape. The gun throws a sub 2" group at 25 yds first time out with 18 gr 3f.

As for resale? I only have a few boxes on rifles left. Likely keeping em all but I have em should I sell. I would like the original box on a sale but not a deal breaker at all.

Maybe ship to home VS a retailer matters? My mailman and local fed ex/ups are BRUTES.

I saved any musket sized boxes, and have a small stack. They can be valuable for packing, shipping, even to crate up as extra security.

 

[GYJ]

I have two nice Ruger Old Army. One without the box. The other is in the gray hard box. $800.00 your choice. Which one do you want?

I'm buying the gun, the box isn't even a factor.

 

[Salty Cracker]

One of you fellas need to start a "Show me your boxes" thread. Haha

 

[Old-Duckman]

I'm buying the gun, the box isn't even a factor.

If the price is right and I want the gun, of course a box isn't a factor...but to me, it would be desirable and a plus.

I don't think us "boxers" would pass up a firearm that we want just because it did not have the original box with it but I also think most boxers would prefer that it was part of the deal.

 

[Old-Duckman]

One of you fellas need to start a "Show me your boxes" thread. Haha

Be careful what you ask for...

 

[sportster73hp]

I Have This Box .


Purchased an ASM ( ?) bp revolver and it came with a Colt box and papers no extra cost. Box held a stainless 8 inch .

 

[Marplot]

eBay started with a guy selling an empty cardboard box and it went forward from there.

I am the 88th post.

Jeez, drop a rock in the Muzzleloader pond and see how far the ripples can go.....

 

[Hawk54]

Wow, a thread about boxes has keep people talking for four pages!

I was going to say the same thing. Cheap cardboard boxes to get them from point A to point B with the contents still inside. Nuff said.

 

[Alan Ruuska]

Hawk said: I was going to say the same thing. Cheap cardboard boxes to get them from point A to point B with the contents still inside. Nuff said.

Well, mostly inside. I've received Uberti boxes from Midway with the barrel sticking out the side.

 

[sussexmuzllodr]

5 pages...incredible

 

[Hawk54]

Well, mostly inside. I've received Uberti boxes from Midway with the barrel sticking out the side.

Ok. Agree. Most of the time inside.

 

[CaptainVane]

I have a some empty cap tins, some Rem #10. Will gladly sell to those who trashed theirs and want to reminisce what a cap tin looks like. PM me. First come first served.
I use them to carry BBs when outdoors.

 

[gnappi]

I look at them as a shipping container, and eye candy for a potential buyer, then into the garbage for mine.

 

[springfield art]

Maybe Uberti simply thinks that guys will actually USE their pistols, instead of making "collectible un-fired NIB's" out of them!

 

[springfield art]

I look at them as a shipping container, and eye candy for a potential buyer, then into the garbage for mine.

Guys will pay good money for boxes, just to simply enhance their boxless pistols they may have. In another niche of collecting, classic Colt and S&W boxes for ctg. guns bring huge money. A gun writer once wrote that he never had a "safe queen", all his guns he actually shot; good position to take!

 

[Old-Duckman]

A gun writer once wrote that he never had a "safe queen", all his guns he actually shot; good position to take!

What precludes one from shooting a gun just because they keep the box that it came in? If the writer was trying to make that point, he did a pretty poor job of doing so.

 

[Old-Duckman]

I think that some firearms can definitely be considered an investment and the original cost doesn’t necessarily make them collectible, but a good price and an eye for the future can.

Case in point, I was shooting an SKS at a range one day. A man came up to me and told me his SKS story. Remember that there was a time in the not too distant past that you could buy one for less than $100. He told me that every payday he used to buy a couple. I don’t recall how many he told me that he had but it was a considerable number. Obviously these did not come in factory boxes as they were military surplus but he did tell me that they still were in cosmoline. My point is that you never really know what will become valuable in the future be it boxes or sneakers. This man’s SKS collection is surely worth considerably more than what he paid.

Do I think that Uberti or Piettas will ever become collectors items? No, I sincerely doubt that they will…but one never knows.

 

[Hawk54]

I think that some firearms can definitely be considered an investment and the original cost doesn’t necessarily make them collectible, but a good price and an eye for the future can.

Case in point, I was shooting an SKS at a range one day. A man came up to me and told me his SKS story. Remember that there was a time in the not too distant past that you could buy one for less than $100. He told me that every payday he used to buy a couple. I don’t recall how many he told me that he had but it was a considerable number. Obviously these did not come in factory boxes as they were military surplus but he did tell me that they still were in cosmoline. My point is that you never really know what will become valuable in the future be it boxes or sneakers. This man’s SKS collection is surely worth considerably more than what he paid.

Do I think that Uberti or Piettas will ever become collectors items? No, I sincerely doubt that they will…but one never knows.

The early 60's and 70's hand engraved 1851's and 60's are quite collectable. Don't see them come up for sale very often and when they do they sell for good money. Engraved 1860's appear to be more scarce than the 1851's. I think it is because engraved 51's were produced in small numbers in the early 60's. 1860's didn't come in for a while after the 51's. The hand engraving was pretty much done by 1980. Too costly.

 

[gnappi]

I have a some empty cap tins, some Rem #10. Will gladly sell to those who trashed theirs and want to reminisce what a cap tin looks like. PM me. First come first served.
I use them to carry BBs when outdoors.

What, they aren't in tins anymore? I gotta start a cap tin thread!