RCMP Commemorative Value ?

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Non computer using friend has an opportunity to pick up an unfired, NIB, still in the protective sleeve 1973 Winchester RCMP member purchase commemorative. He says the cardboard box sleeve is curled a bit at the ends. Numbers he gave me are: 946XX, MP 43XX and ? Type 3??. NOT my area of interest and I think the commemoratives market is a bit on the weak side so can any of you advise what a current fair market value is? Sorry, no pics - I haven't even seen it. Kayceel
 
.... They're nice items, but I doubt that there's a high premium paid for them. MP43### is the purchasing Members Regimental Number, and Type 3 was, and I'm not 100% sure on this, was the options / style ordered. ( Stock style,quality, barrel length and what have you. ) .... at the time I really wasn't in a position to be much interested in these, and also in what followed, the Commemorative Swords and Bowie Knives, Annual Prints and the like! Niche Market ? Maybe . .... David K.
 
.... They're nice items, but I doubt that there's a high premium paid for them. MP43### is the purchasing Members Regimental Number, and Type 3 was, and I'm not 100% sure on this, was the options / style ordered. ( Stock style,quality, barrel length and what have you. ) .... at the time I really wasn't in a position to be much interested in these, and also in what followed, the Commemorative Swords and Bowie Knives, Annual Prints and the like! Niche Market ? Maybe . .... David K.

Nope.

MP43XX is the rifle's serial number. It was purchased by a regular member, so it got the special serial number prefix. In 1973 the highest Regimental number would have been in the 30000 to 33000 range I think.

The rifle is worth about $750 or so if everything including the box is perfect, based on gunshow prices.
 
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The rifle is worth about $750 or so if everything including the box is perfect, based on gunshow prices.

The rifle might get that much compared to all the others, but I have a low opinion of special editions of just about everything. These rifles were made to sell - period. There are so many different Winchester commemoratives that their resale value depends on what the market will bear. There are only so many people who "need" (off the top my head hypothetically), a John Wayne memorial, a Nebraska state centennial, a Saskatchewan 75th, or a first talking Hollywood western movie. With inflation, I wonder if many of those models held their purchasing price.

Tell your friend he is buying a rifle that has a very particular Canadian interest, and is likely the only Winchester commemorative worth buying.
 
I bought two of the RCMP 30-30s when they came out. I think they were under $150 each, but one was less, because it was on display at a store where it was handled and even had a mark on the stock. Within ten years I could see they were not a great item to keep so I sold them. Sometime in the 1980s I got $500 for the one without the action having been opened and about $400 for the other.
 
"...if everything including the box is perfect..." And you can find somebody who wants one.
There were 10,442 RCMP non-member's made. 5,100 member's models with the 'MP' prefix on the serial number. Both according to the Roth site.
"full length forearm (musket style), 22 " round barrel". For both flavours.
 
... KyleM ... Your right as to the Regimental Numbers being in the low 3000s. As I posted, it's from memory only, and a long time ago at that I've no doubt you're correct ! ..... David K.
 
Commemorative Winchesters are a lot like modern Hockey or Baseball cards.

Everybody that bought them, tried to keep them in tip top condition, so prices are about on par with a shootable model of similar condition, unless you can find some reason that someone should really want it.

If more kids were clipping hockey cards to their spokes, they might be worth something someday, but probably not.

Cheers
Trev
 
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