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643
$8,625.00
Revised: 3/9/2008 

(Correction) Small wood repair in bottom of fore end.

*FACTORY ENGRAVED VENT RIB WINCHESTER MAGNUM MODEL 12 PUMP SHOTGUN. SN 1592584. Cal. 12 ga. 30″ Bbl, donut post vent rib with dual silver sighting beads. 3″ chambers and FULL choke. Receiver is engraved in style 12-5 pattern. Mounted with fancy deluxe checkered pistol grip stock with cheek piece and elaborate carving with game motif by Bishop for the Winchester Factory. It should be noted that this firearm was sold in the July, 1992 Butterfield & Butterfield Auction as lot 1634 and noted as being owned by Peter Alcock, President and CEO of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company accompanied with U.S. Repeating Arms letter dated April 5, 1990. Identifying this gun as one of the last pre-1964 vintage factory engraved shotguns to leave the New Haven Plant. The engraving was accomplished in Winchesters Custom Shop prior to 1964 and the gun remained in a factory storage vault until 1989 when it was acquired by G. L. Alcock Jr., CEO of U.S. Repeating Arms Company and signed “C.W. Hummel Director Product Service Department”. Bore diameter: .729 . Bore restrictions: .035. Wall thickness: .060 Drop at heel:2-1/2″. Drop at comb:1-1/2″. Weight:8 lbs 13oz. CONDITION: Extremely Fine. Bbl retains 98-99% original factory blue with just a few light marks in the usual model 12 rubbing from the forend. The fine game scene receiver has nearly all of it’s factory blue with just a couple of rubbed marks from the forend. Stocks are solid with just a few very minor handling marks and retain nearly all of their orig. finish. 4-32111 BDT140 (8,000-10,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2008
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