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model 56 winchester

wsdgumpwsdgump Member Posts: 9 ✭✭
edited February 2008 in Ask the Experts
does anyone have knowledge about amodel 56 wincheste.I cannot find one on any any auction sites.
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not a whole lot of them were made is the reason you do not see many for sale. What is your question(s)[?]

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • wsdgumpwsdgump Member Posts: 9 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    Not a whole lot of them were made is the reason you do not see many for sale. What is your question(s)[?]
    Since I can't find anything online, where would I find the current value without looking in the gun traders guide?
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by wsdgump
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    Not a whole lot of them were made is the reason you do not see many for sale. What is your question(s)[?]
    Since I can't find anything online, where would I find the current value without looking in the gun traders guide?


    The Gun Traders Guide, the Blue Book, and/or just about any other reference you care to mention is not going to be close to on the value for a Winchester Model 56. You are extremely unlikely to find a "current" value listed anywhere in a book.

    To give you a better understanding of the Model 56, Winchester began production in January of 1926, and discontinued production at the end of 1929... just (4) scant years, and with a total production of just 8,597 total rifles. These facts make it one of the rarest Winchester .22 caliber rifle models ever produced. If your rifle is 100% factory original. it will have considerable collector interest. Collectors are often times very odd people, and they will typically pay way more $$$ for something that is rare or hard to come by than your average gun show table kicker. So with all of that said, there are several questions that need to be answered;

    The first question that must be answered is this... is it 100% factory original (no alterations, and no refinish work)?

    Second question... what is the actual graded condition?

    Third question... which .22 cartridge is it chambered for (22 Short or 22 Long R.)?

    Fourth question... Sporting Rifle or Fancy Sporting Rifle?

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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can find some information on the model 56 and 57s at rimfire central. The 56 and 57 were serial #rd together and both were offered in .22 short only. Quite a few of the .22 short models have been reamed out to accept .22 LRs. I don't think you will find enough examples on the auction sites to get a value estimate. I have a pretty decent 57 that I got at Tulsa for $500.00 and a 56 short that has been sanded, that I got at a garage sale for $300.00. A nice 56, especially a .22 short, would command a very nice price.
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  • AngelBAngelB Member Posts: 4 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just completed a search and found a nice Win 56 on {elsewhere}
    listed at $1,100.00. It took me 2 years to find mine. AngelB
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