No one on the staff is a Winchester collector, but the caliber was appealing.
38-55 rifle from a local estate sale at a fair price, so we did. Jump forward 50 years in time and in 2016 Guns and Shooting Online had an opportunity to acquire a NIB Model 94 Legendary Frontiersmen. (This was in 1966, long before such an arrangement became known as a "scout scope" set-up, courtesy of gun writer Jeff Cooper.) I threw the box away and hunted extensively with that rifle, finding it to be very accurate. Having no interest in the rifle's collector's value, I immediately had a local gunsmith modify a Leupold scope base and drill and tap the barrel to accommodate an extended eye relief Leupold 2x scope mounted in front of the receiver in QD rings. 30-30 Rifle when they were introduced, as I thought they were beautiful. Speaking for myself, I purchased a Winchester Centennial '66. Here at Guns and Shooting Online we believe firearms are made to be enjoyed, which to us means used. However, a commemorative that has been fired or shows any wear and lacks its original factory box and papers becomes a "fancy shooter" and commands little, if any, premium over a standard Model 94. For example, according to Fjestad's Blue Book of Gun Values, the current (2016) price of a standard production Model 94 XTR in 100% condition is $650, while a NIB Legendary Frontiersmen is $895. Today, most commemorative Model 94s have little added value over standard Model 94 rifles, unless they are unfired, 100% condition and "new in the box." Even then, the premium is not great. As so often happens when marketing types latch onto a new idea, they ran it into the ground, issuing commemorative after commemorative until these fancy Model 94s became commonplace.
There seemed to be a collectors' market eager to snap-up limited edition Winchesters and Winchester sought to exploit it. Promotional photo showing Winchester Legendary Frontiersmen with box.įollowing the surprising sales of their 100th Anniversary Centennial '66 Model 94 in 1966, which far exceeded expectations, Winchester brass came to see the issuing of commemorative rifles as a way to boost profits. Winchester Model 94 Legendary Frontiersmen.
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