Winchester 1895 405

[Golfnut]

How much is a Winchester 1895 .405 worth? It has a barrel length from tip to front of magazine of about 23" and has a serial number 47008 (what year was it made?). It is immaculate shape having fired only 1 shot and the original box of shells with 1 300gr missing. Last marking on the side states patents up to 1898.
Original box of shells...Kynock .405" Winchester Cartridges; Nitro-Cellulose Powder; Non-Mercuric, non-corrosive caps; metal covered soft nose bullet 300 grns; quantity 10; manufactured at the Kynoch Factories of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited Metals Division Witton, Birmingham, England (are these worth anything?)(9 shells complete)

 

[Matt74]

Nice find! If it is in that condition, they're not cheap. If you could post pics, it would certainly help determine a rough value though. I have seen Kynoch 405 at shows between $40 and $60 dollars.
Cheers,
Matt

 

[Freyr_255]

Many in really good shape go for $2-3k from what I've seen. I used to have a site that you could get serial numbers off of for year of manufacture of them but have since lost it. Either way yours is early-ish manufacture as mine was made in 1911(according to seller) and has a serial number 79###. If it's in as good of shape as you say it is then it is likely worth a fair amount. It would pay to have it professionally appraised at a few places.

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Found a dating site:
http://www.savage99.com/winchester1895_dates.htm

Says mine was actually made in 1915 and yours in 1904. If indeed in almost NIB condition worth a pretty penny.

 

[Road King]

For pricing check a few of the auction sites, do a search of some of the past auctions and find one that is in condition like yours and use this as an estimate for starting price,

http://www.gregmartinauctions.com/default.aspx
http://www.amoskeagauction.com/
http://jamesdjulia.com/
http://www.rockislandauction.com/
http://www.joesalter.com/
http://www.merzantique.com/index.php
http://www.gunbroker.com/

Your gun is early enough that you can get a letter from Cody confirming it's configuration and DOM.

 

[Matt74]

The OP asked me to upload some photos for him as he was not sure how to do it. Here they are:

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Quite a nice rifle. The receiver does have a fair amount of bluing wear and there is a crack in the wrist, but the barrel and wood finish look quite nice.

Matt

 

[mule]

Looks like a small gold mine in that gun! Don''t try and do a "finish" job on the wood. It's got a higher price as is!

 

[Golfnut]

The receiver looks darker in person (took the pictures under a light) and didn't see it before, had to look, there is a small crack on the top right side of the stock at the hammer. Thanks for uploading them Matt.