1890 22 short value.

[pandog]

Where can I find a real world value for my 1890 short 22? I want to trade it but as I found out with my Nagant, I don't know much.
Thanks in advance

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[Joe13]

Pics would help

 

[titsonritz]

Pics would help

This, condition plays a major role.

 

[pandog]

It's in kinda rough shape.

 

[DeanMk]

LOL!...I thought he was talking about ammo.

Pandog,

Does the gun shoot straight and operate like it should?


Dean

 

[jbett98]

Looks like the rear sight elevator is missing. What's the inside of bore look like?

 

[Brian Vedack]

Looks just like the one I have hanging on the wall. Was my grandfather's.

 

[deadeye]

Depends on barrel condition and if it has been replaced. If barrel is original and rifling is good I would say somewhere around $500. Missing the site elevator, possible pitting on left side, and bluing condition along with over 800 thousand produced limits the value.

 

[jbett98]

I looked at a few pictures online and the sight elevator is a top mounted screw and the OP's pics don't show that detail.

 

[EPP]

Check gunbrokers their completed auctions give a good idea of what guns in a similar condition to yours are recently bringing:

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[pandog]

Thanks for all of your help. Yes, the title could have been a little more specific.
This rifle fires, but I don't recall the accuracy. My boy was going to town with another 22 on the same target. The first time I fired this rifle I held it away from myself because I had no idea what kind of shape it was in. I heard the hammer fall, but was unsure if it fired. Both my wife and boy said it did and there was a hole in the target. It's a pretty quiet shooter.
I haven't stripped it all the way down yet, but I can see it's also missing one of the screws for the firing pin retainer.
It's pretty cool and given it's poor shape, I'm starting to rethink getting rid of it.

 

[DeanMk]

Have it checked by a gunsmith and have any repairs that are mandatory for safety performed.
If you do end up selling it, you can recoup your cost by stating that it was safety checked by a competent gunsmith.
....however, if it were me, and it shot well, I'd keep it.
Those are neat little pieces of history that not everyone has....plus you have the original (as there were later variants; the 1906 and the 62A).

Dean

 

[slingshot1943]

A really nice bore is rare in 1890's, it was still black powder days when they came out.

 

[deadeye]

I haven't stripped it all the way down yet, but I can see it's also missing one of the screws for the firing pin retainer.
It's pretty cool and given it's poor shape, I'm starting to rethink getting rid of it.

Firing Pin Stop Screw, New Reproduction 1890, 1906 WINCHESTER

Firing Pin Stop Screw, New Reproduction 1890, 1906 WINCHESTER

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