Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Winchester Collectors Mod36-ammo worth more than the weapon?

I have a mod36 in 9mm. A couple guys said the 2 boxes of ammo that I have is worth more than the gun. Is this true?

Just guessing here. Was the Mod36 briefly chambered in the 9mm Federal? If so I'd think the ammo was collectable (no idea of value). Probably the gun too. If not , wouldn't difficult to put a 38 Special cylinder in it.

The model 36 was made 1920-1927 and was termed a garden gun. It could shoot a rimfire long, about 1.8" long with a 1/4 ounce shot load. It could also shoot a 9mm rimfire short or rimfire ball. If your 2 boxes of ammo are original Winchester manufacture from the 1920's and in good shape with original boxes they could have a high value from an ammo collector. The rimfire short and ball may be a bit more scarce than the rimfire long. Whether this ammo value is greater than the gun itself, I doubt, but condition affects the value of a collector gun alot. I believe Fiocchi still makes the little 9mm shotshells. There were a few other foreign gun makers who chambered their guns for the 9mm also. The model 36 is seldom seen, they only made just over 20,000. I have shot a model 36 and it did a number on English sparrows with the #9 shot rimfire long.

Obviously we are speaking of two different guns. I assumed the Mod36 referred to was the S&W Mod36 introduced in 1950 and still in production. Was the Mod36 you refer to also made by S&W?

Winchester 9mm shotgun.

Ahhh. Should have known. Was going through Active topics without looking at the forum name.

Condition tells all, on the gun and shells, I would not be shooting them. They would be iffy going off. The shells come up for sale usually at some outrageous price, that only a collector might pay. Those guys are real picky. The best value is in keeping them w/ the gun.