And what you don't understand is that the value of old (Read that as a number of Dis-continued) firearms (especially those in good shape-N.I.B. condition) are steadily going up in value all the time from one year to the next and have been doing so for decades in a number of cases.
I'll post a link to an example.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...=150541769#PIC
The link is to a Winchester Model 1894 30-30 Winchester Center Fire it dates back 1919.