[ought-six]

“I picked up a Winchester 1300 new for $187.73 walk out price about 1 year ago.”

That’s because Winchester stopped manufacturing firearms. They are cheap because there is no after market source for any repairs or improvements, unless you want to pay through the nose.

[org.whodat]

Please!!!http://www.winchesterguns.com/prodinfo/model70mediaevent/index.asp

[gundog]

Winchester stopped manufacturing firearms

They stopped production of 3 models and have since started producing one of them again. They were making their upper end shotguns and semi-autos all along.