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Section 14: Other Accessories Subject: Locking Case Msg# 1028686
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Right, I've never used it, nor do I use any cases my guns come in--but I don't forget them. They are all stored together where I can put my hands on them immediately, along with every little bit of what I consider detritus that came with the gun and should be included should it ever be resold, but which I would never need or want--cleaning rods, the fired cases from the commie states, etc. I do remove the user manuals as those are all put into a giant three ring binder in vinyl envelopes on a shelf next to my bench. Rarely accessed but there if needed, along with other gun-specific info I've collected over the years.
Sometimes I find myself acccessing the binder when I haven't disassembled a certain gun in 15 years. But I don't know that I ever used "issue" plastic boxes. As you know of course, in previous times guns came in cardboard boxes, with or mostly without a Stryrofoam liner, and these served poorly for carrying to the range. Several companies made nice plastic cases on the aftermarket, MTM and others, I bought--and still own--some, now several. Well, I think I used to take my first Taurus .38 to the "range" in a paper bag, actually. But the plastic cases came soon. By the time guns came in factory issue boxes, I was long past needing to use them. You might be interested to know that according to my son, more and more, companies are no longer including plastic cases, but have reverted to cardboard boxes only. I could speculate but I will leave that to others. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: That is a very nice case, especially for a "freebie"! I would ask how it held up but I suspect that, once the gun migrated from case to safe, the case was just tucked away and forgotten - a sad fate for such a pretty case! Stu Image below from Mark Freburg - Image Title: photos  |
The binder actually got started with mimeographed (or xeroxed) disassembly instructions on the various milsurps I collected over the years, as none of them came with disassembly instructions.