basically I need to see pictures to help you out. Send some pictures to my e-mail. jndainov@mtu.edu I have a large collection of winchester/sporting posters/calendars. I should be able to help.
if your winchester model 101 sporting is a current model(made since 2007)its value is between 800dollars for a gun with 60%original finish,up to 1450 dollars for a shotgun with 90% original finish remaining.
You need to contact the Cody Firearms Museum
Your rifle was made by Winchester for Sears Roebuck- it is the Winchester 94. Sears sold firearms under their own brand names, such as JC Higgins. Ted Williams, baseball player, permitted his name to be used as a brand on Sears sporting goods. The Sears branded firearms are typically valued at about 20% less than the original brand guns. They are still a very good buy for the money.
There are 2 types of the Winchester Model 56, the Sporting Rifle and the Fancy Sporting Rifle. The Sporting Rifle has the plain walnut stock and forend. It is worth aprox. $1000 in Very Good condition to $400 in poor condition. The Fancy Sporting Rifle has the fancy checkered walnut stock and forend. It is worth aprox. $2000 in Very Good condition to $750 in poor condition. If it is chambered for .22 Short only then add 50% to the value. ***All this info was in the 2008 Standard Catalog of Firearms page 1365***
your winchester model 1886 rifle was made by winchester in 1898.
With the serial number that you have supplied,your Winchester model 1886 sporting rifle was made during the last 3 months of 1897.
This is probably the same as the "Fancy Sporting Rifle" in the Standard Catalog of Firearms. This guide suggests a retail value of $1800 in NRA Good (80% original finish) plus 20% for the takedown feature. If it happens to have extensive factory engraving, it would be a LOT more.
biggerhammer.net has a large database of schematics and literature on various military and sporting firearms
This gun was made in 1936
Numrich has a free schematics/parts section that covers most popular firearms. Go here and find the Gun Digest Assembly/Disassembly instructions for Sporting Rifles. http://www.krausebooks.com/category/firearms_knives
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