Ed is of course full of it. In 1926, when the A.H. Fox Gun Co.'s Sterlingworth was $36.50, and the New Ithaca Double Field Grade was $37.50, a Baker Batavia Leader was $35. Ithaca's Lefever Nitro Special was a price point lower at $27.40, while Folsom's Crescent Fire Arms Co. No. 6 Peerless was $24.50.

Those Folsom era Batavia Leaders really had some great case colors that seemed to wear better than many other guns case colors.