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Fellow Collectors,
Would anyone have 1903 Winchester catalog pricing info which could be shared? I just purchased a 1903 vintage model 1895 sporting rifle (ser #41296) in 30-40 and would like to have an idea of the original price when compared to a Model 1892 of the same year along with the prices for the various common options offered (calibers, grade of wood, barrel lengths, sites etc).
Thank you,
Ricardo
Don’t have the ’03, but a standard 95 cost $25 vs $19.50 for a 92 in 1899. Inflation then was not the financial disease it is now, so by 1916, the price of the 95 had only increased by $5, & even that small amount might be partly attributable to the increased industrial production brought about by WWI.
Buy some cheap reprint catalog from that general time period, such as the many sold by Cornell Pub., & you’ll find every conceivable option listed–most at what now seem ridiculously low prices.
Foxdoublegunner said
Fellow Collectors,Would anyone have 1903 Winchester catalog pricing info which could be shared? I just purchased a 1903 vintage model 1895 sporting rifle (ser #41296) in 30-40 and would like to have an idea of the original price when compared to a Model 1892 of the same year along with the prices for the various common options offered (calibers, grade of wood, barrel lengths, sites etc).
Thank you,
Ricardo
The original price was $30 for the standard 1895 rifle in 30 Army (30-40). The same gun but with fancy walnut checked stock and forearm was $40. You could get a carbine for $30 or a musket with the bayonet, scabbard and sling for $32. Prices for other calibers are different.
The 1892 was $19.50 for a standard sporting rifle with an octagon barrel or $18 for a round barrel. The Fancy sporting rifle with octagon or half octagon barrel, full magazine, plain trigger, fancy walnut checked pistol grip stock with either a crescent or shotgun butt (metal or hard rubber) was $34.50. Carbines were $17.50, a half magazine carbine was the same price. A musket was $19.
Get the reproduction catalog. There are pages of pictures and lists of additional options. They are $19 from Cornell but sometimes you can find them on ebay for less. Make note of shipping costs.
Chuck said
They are $19 from Cornell but sometimes you can find them on ebay for less. Make note of shipping costs.
Cornell’s so called shipping costs are in effect disguised service charges, though that’s not unusual among mail-order operations. Also, the only Cornells I’ve bought were very cheaply printed, but they’re better than nothing when there’s nothing else available. Many very high quality repros were published during the ’70s & ’80s and as Chuck said show up often on ebay, but not necessarily when you need them.
Thank you all for the detailed pricing info. I didn’t realize that there was such a large discrepancy in price between the 1892 and the 1895.
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