Price of browning Citori in 1984
I am sure a few of you guys bought a new Browning Citori in 1984
12 gauge ,30 inch barrel ,3 inch ,fixed chokes , grade 1 (high gloss, gold trigger ,some engraving) How much did you pay for it back then ? Please no guessing . |
My Citori Skeet cost $1400 about then, but it had invector chokes.
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Citori was not made in Belgium
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this one says it right on the barrel.
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Made in Belgium
Is it marked NATIONALE FABRIQUE HERSTAL, MADE IN BELGIUM" if so its more likely a upgraded Browning B27 and consider yourself lucky..... I myself have a Made in Japan Citori which I picked up off a cowboy in the late eighties for 300 dollars ..... consider myself lucky ....... either way you have a nice o/u
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Rifle is not at home but hear is one that i found for sale on the web. except mine is black. i have found many other citors that are made in Belgium
https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/be...hotgun-3221128 |
how about this one
https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-Mi...ation/49288431 |
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Elk is correct.
Citori shotguns are now and have always been made in Japan by Miroku. Folks call many Browning OU guns Citori when they are not. Most Belgian made Brownings are Superposed variants. |
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I have a Browning Citori Skeet, 26" fixed skeet chokes with the Beavertail forearm, It was $549 new on Dec 27, 1977 boxing day sale. Got it from Dot at the W,W, Arcade but I did not record what the full retail price would have been. It was my Christmas present to myself for that year. It would appear from what Elk posted that prices went up a lot between 1977 and 1984.
The guys are right that ALL Citori shotguns were made in Japan. None were ever made in Belgium. |
Had a look at the citori last night. It was made in Japan ,It was the Auto 5 that was made in Belgium .
So back to the original question .How much did the citori sell for in 1984 |
From what I can see online , the MSRP in the USA was $775 for the field model in 1984.
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Price in 1984 is irrelevant today.
A fixed choke Grade 1 Citori 12 gauge in as new condition is worth about $1,000. Signs of wear and dings will drop the price quickly. |
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Relatively speaking guns, especially quality guns, are a whole bunch cheaper today than they were back then. That is true of reloading gear and many other hunting related products. |
Point was, what someone paid originally doesn't relate to current valuation of the shotgun. A Gr. 1 12 gauge Superposed bought in 1984 would have a list price of $4500US, and be worth about what the Citori is now. The market is cruel.
Money isn't worth what it used to be. While some things are much cheaper in current dollars, many are lesser quality too. The disparity in wages has grown worse, so that many families need two incomes just to survive. I find it sad that many young people have no real career opportunity, but just survive on McJobs. |
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A close friend of mine manages an Earl's, he is making over $350,000 a year, at least before Covid hit. The biggest problem we have is finding people with strong enough people skills to be top quality managers, hell, even good team leaders are hard to come by. There are lots of high quality jobs around, but you still need the training, drive, desire and skills to do them. You would be surprised how many people won't take a job at McDonald's because of the perception their friends and family have of working there. |
You and I both know that most McDonald's jobs are minimum wage, as are the great majority of fast food restaurant jobs.. Manager's wage is irrelevant to the discussion.
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Used a word twice. What a crime.
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Personally, I prefer to never type the same word more than once.
That's why my spelling is so poor. |
1977, I was making about 5-6.00/hr, gas was 0.39/ltr, and I paid 8200.00 for a new F250 4x4. I remember looking at BSS's, think it was back then, couldn't quite do it at the time. Think it was up around the 3-400 mark, just remember it was more than I could handle moneywise at the time.
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Even as a young guy, I always tried to buy top quality gear, especially guns. I think if more new shooters started out shooting higher end guns they would be more successful and they would also be more likely to stick with it and become more quickly enamoured with the sport. |
I bought a BSS 12 gauge in Nelson in 1977/78 for about $350 plus tax.
I also found it overweight for a carrying gun. It was great as a target or Duck gun. I lost that gun to a break-in jerk about 1990. Insurance bought me a new Citori since the BSS was discontinued. |
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I have in the back of my mind, can't remember details, but, I believe 77 or so was when gas switched to liters. And I cannot remember the price of a gallon at the time, I do remember buying at 0.39 a "whatever" though, may even have been a gallon. Strange, I do remember coming to AB for a weekend in 74, beer went from .20 to .25 a glass in BC that weekend.
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I started driving in 69 and remember gas at 40 cents a gallon at the time. My buddy and I used to pool our money so we could afford to head out around Veg duck hunting Friday afternoon, sleep in the car and hunt Saturday too. |
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