The Grade CD is first in catalog No 15 from about 1905, it was $27 with octagon or half-octagon barrel and $25.50 with a round barrel. Pistol grip and checkering on plain walnut was standard for the grade, the checkering pictures is 3 point. Catalog No 16 shows the same 3 point, No 17 has two point and No 24 shows 4 point.... but catalog pictures are often not accurate. All later catalogs picture the gun with 4 point checkering, they later added the options of a 22" round barrel, and takedown with either the 22" or 26" round barrel (catalog No's 55 & 57). In the last pre-WWI catalog, No 60, a featherweight 20" round barrel takedown option is added. No higher grade rifles are listed in catalog No 61 which was after WWI.
Almost all of the cataloged grades of rifles were made from a group of options that could be ordered separately, so any of them could be duplicated by just combining the options, but it would cost more that way (<-- WRONG, it almost always cost the same! see Calhoun's post below). The first combination seems to be the Leader that is in the 1904 pocket catalog, it combined the options of a 26" octagon barrel, select American walnut stock, checkering, pistol grip, rifle butt, and grade B engraving for $47. This seems not to be a bargain, I added up all the option as priced in the catalog and came out with the same $47. These options could also be ordered on the Model 1903 22.
Last edited by GeneB; 05/02/23. Reason: made a correction
