Listed below are recognized as Factory Issues or Special Order and not after-market productions. Interview with a British WACA Member and collector of Winchester Commemoratives on YouTube Even though some of the Commemoratives are extremely rare, Winchester Commemorative issues are an affordable way for beginning collectors to put together a variety of collections of new condition Winchesters to suit individual interests (States, Centennials, Indians, Lawmen, Canadian, etc.). This 94 AE was in the original box new/unfired when I bought it. However, an impressive collection of Winchester Commemoratives can be assembled for a fraction of the cost of the antique models, and all in new to nearly new condition. At the time, along time ago, I was thinking of trying to shoot in the Cow Boy Shoots. Commemorative collectors prefer new unfired guns as issued in their original factory boxes (most of these boxes were highly decorated) and with all paperwork, wooden cases, boxed ammunition, and other artifacts issued with or relating to the Commemorative.Ĭommemoratives were produced in relatively large numbers and consequently the “rarity” generating the collector value is grossly less than the original Winchester models that have become antique collector items today. As with firearms in general, not all commemorative models have achieved collector status, although most enjoy an active market. Manufactured to be instant collectibles, they are pleasing to the eye.
or Canadian history.Ĭommemoratives are generally of very excellent quality and are often embellished with fancy stocks and metal finishes such as silver, nickel, or gold plating.
Each Commemorative was issued as a reproduction of a historically famous gun model or to honor a historically significant person, group, event or institution relating to U.S. Winchester Commemoratives were first introduced in 1964, with the Wyoming Diamond Jubilee.
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