No one out there even knows what the Aristocrat is. The fact that most are not marked "Aristocrat" doesn't help. The Aristocrat sold in the fifties for at least a hundred dollars more than Browning Superposed. It was and is a high quality gun. I just sold a mint, double trigger Aristocrat and, except that I collect Supers, I would never have let it go. The Blue Books that I have examined are silent on the Aristocrat and a gun dealer would have no idea what he has. The absense of significant engraving makes it look like a low grade gun on the surface. The wood on mine was pretty plain also. In the mid fifties, Stoeger priced the base Aristocrat at $396, the reason we don't see them in this country. Mine was for the European trade, not a Stoeger import, since it has sling swivels, straight grip, and double triggers. The fellow who paid the big buck for it is very happy. As I remember, the proof date on mine was about 1955.
