Winchester Lever Guns from the 1892 From the Clabrough Golcher

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  • indy1919a4

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    Calbrough Golcher & Co Specialized in Firearms and Sporting Goods

    This is from their 1892 Catalog,,

    --2 years before this Catalog, the 7th Cavalry fought the last of the great Indian wars at Wounded Knee
    --At the time of Printing, The Dalton Brothers will ride into Coffeyville
    --And 2 years after this catalog Butch Cassidy will form the Wild Bunch

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    And if you ever wanted a to Ride your Remington to work



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    gregkl

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    And to keep these prices in perspective. Many workers were making under $2.50 a day, for 10 hour shifts, 6 days a week.

    Interesting. So they could buy an 1873 with a little over 5 days of pay. And it would take me 9 days of pay to buy one today. So for me, income has not kept pace with firearm prices. :)

    Cool catalog posting though.
     

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    If only we had pricing like that now, we would all be swimming in cold blued steel..........and maybe some chrome or nickle also.
    One thing hasn't changed today. You can still buy a $100 dollar bicycle today.
    I found it interesting that the bicycle was $100 back then.
     

    gregkl

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    If only we had pricing like that now, we would all be swimming in cold blued steel..........and maybe some chrome or nickle also.
    One thing hasn't changed today. You can still buy a $100 dollar bicycle today.
    I found it interesting that the bicycle was $100 back then.

    You can't buy a bicycle worth riding for $100, lol. But I too was surprised at how much the bike was.
     

    JR Jan

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    Would that catalog happen to show a Winchester 1887 12GA Shotgun? I would love to know what it originally sold for. It's my favorite shotgun!
     

    87iroc

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    So a 13 dollar gun in 1892 is a 350 dollar gun today.

    Wow...I'm guessing cost of labor was a huge factor back then...or they weren't charging for the winchester name back then(by 1892 I would think they would be)
     

    gregkl

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    So a 13 dollar gun in 1892 is a 350 dollar gun today.

    Wow...I'm guessing cost of labor was a huge factor back then...or they weren't charging for the winchester name back then(by 1892 I would think they would be)

    Please show me where I can buy a new winchester 1873 for $350.
     

    87iroc

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    Please show me where I can buy a new winchester 1873 for $350.

    I just did an inflation calculator. Sorry, should have spelled out my calculation. 13 dollars in 1892 has the same buying power as around 350 today according to the calculator I used. I find it interesting doing that when someone talks about something costing 100 dollars in 1900 and what that would buy today.

    I was just saying that cost of labor or something must have changed dramatically considering 350 is off by about a factor of 4 for the same gun today. Even a Win 94 today which is the 'run of the mill lever action' is over a grand I believe.
     

    gregkl

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    I just did an inflation calculator. Sorry, should have spelled out my calculation. 13 dollars in 1892 has the same buying power as around 350 today according to the calculator I used. I find it interesting doing that when someone talks about something costing 100 dollars in 1900 and what that would buy today.

    I was just saying that cost of labor or something must have changed dramatically considering 350 is off by about a factor of 4 for the same gun today. Even a Win 94 today which is the 'run of the mill lever action' is over a grand I believe.

    Ah,I'm with you now. You had me excited for a minute. :)
     

    indy1919a4

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    And the catalog came out 20 years after my house was built. I always wonder what Indianapolis was like back then.

    One of the neatest things I have found about 19th century Indianapolis, Is how small it was compared to today...

    I.E in 1867 you will have William Bonney, AKA Billy the Kid Living with his Mom & brother at 199 N East Street, and just a few Blocks away, The Up and Coming Business man Richard Gatling is living at 44 s Meridian.. That is just a few blocks from each other.
     
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    JR Jan

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    Thank you for taking the time to look up and post the pic for the 1887! I very much appreciate it!
    My father bought an 1887 (12GA) for $50 in an estate sale in the 1950's.
    It is a treat to shoot now (low recoil loads of course) although in the past, my father & brother shot slugs, etc. Thankfully it held up!
     
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