1922 price list from NRA/DCM
Obsolete Ams:
Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45 $1.25
Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45 new $1.50
Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45. cadet model $1.25
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1922 price list from NRA/DCM
Obsolete Ams:
Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45 $1.25
Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45 new $1.50
Springfield Rifle, Caliber .45. cadet model $1.25
I?ll take 1000!Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny P
In seriousness, do we know if ?new? means those wonderful unissued late 1884s (i.e. the pristine 1889 cartouched guns floating around) or something else?
My brother had a 1884 in practically new condition. He traded it for some other gun long ago. He got rid of the 1884 because it would blow the rim off the cartridge case every time it was fired. I guess it may have been one of those new ones that never got issued or never used because of the problem.
I believe the minty 1889-dated stuff represents items put aside, or already in storage, when the rod-bayonet rifles were issued. Some of them might have been sold in the '20s, but even those would have SOME wear by now. Bob Hill told me, many years ago, that brand-new crates were still being opened into the early 1950s. My example is basically as new.