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april.kevin
Was just wondering, my dad has 3 weapons of which all are 185 out of 250 made, all 3 are gold plated. 44 super redhawk w/9.5 inch barrel, 3030 lever action (model 94 I 'think'), and a .22 lever action rifle.
Just going by that info, what do you think they are worth?

Thanks!!

kev
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  • MFI
    Need much more information.. Make , model, when made .. New or used etc ..
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  • april.kevin
    quote:Originally posted by MFI
    Need much more information.. Make , model, when made .. New or used etc ..
    I figured you might have to have a lot more. I'm nowhere near them, but all I can remember is both the 22 and 3030 are Winchesters and the 44 is Ruger. All are brand new, hammer/lever never cocked or anything. He bought them back in the mid 80's. Super Redhawk on the 44 and Model 94(?) on the 3030. 22 I have no clue what model. That's the best I can do. I'm in Iraq right now or I'd have the rest of the info for you. Maybe when I get back home in a few months I can get the rest.
    I was just talking guns with a few people over here and just was wondering.
    Thanks for replying though!!! :-)

    Kev
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  • april.kevin
    quote:Originally posted by MFI
    Need much more information.. Make , model, when made .. New or used etc ..
    by the way, I'm sorry. I believe they are Bicentenial instead of Centenial.
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  • He Dog
    If the Winchesters are centennial that would make them 1994, and there were several grades of centennials offered. Which would have a big effect on the demand and value. Certainly more than he likely paid.
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  • nmyers
    Since they are all "185 out of 250", that suggests that these are "special edition" guns; i.e., they were marketed by America Remembers or US Historical Society or some other commercial outfit. Generally, these are ordered as "plain" versions, then sent to a specialty plating company to be pimped out & packaged.

    Kev, you can use the Gunbroker Advanced Search feature to look at the prices actually bid on completed auctions for the "plain" version of the same guns. We usually figure that special editions will sell for +/- 10% of the market price of the same plain gun.

    Neal
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  • rufe-snow
    I can't find a Montana Centennial in the list of commemoratives that Winchester actually cataloged/made. Because of this it's very likely that these were made up by one of the commercial outfits that Neal mentioned.

    This would limit their collectors value substantially IMHO. Since the original Winchester made levers have been out of production for years, they would still have some collectors value though as long as they remain NIB.
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  • sandwarrior
    quote:Originally posted by rufe-snow
    I can't find a Montana Centennial in the list of commemoratives that Winchester actually cataloged/made. Because of this it's very likely that these were made up by one of the commercial outfits that Neal mentioned.

    This would limit their collectors value substantially IMHO. Since the original Winchester made levers have been out of production for years, they would still have some collectors value though as long as they remain NIB.


    FWIW, the Montana Centennial is 1989. However, I was able to find Winchester 9422's, Browning built Winchester models 1876 and 1886 rifles that were 'Montana Centennials' The latter two came in 45-70 and 38-55.
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