What year was the Winchester model 140 Ranger shotgun discontinued?

Answer 1

I bought it's brother the model 120 pump in 1986 and never saw another new one for sale. I was told they were only made at the end of 1985 and the beginning of 1986 and there was only 1500 made. They were a cheaper varient of the model 1200 with a hardwood stock. There were plenty sold in the gun stores considering that the reason they were made were to target sales with the military and police departments. In fact the one I bought the store owner told me he had ordered fifty for the local police and only had them pick up forty. He gave me a much better price than the 1300's that were selling for $300 at the time. I got a 28 inch vent ribbed barrel and a slug barrel that was 22 inches with rifled sightsand five different chokes a case allout the door for $219.95 which was dirt cheap.