*SPECTACULAR RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM GRADE SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN.

*SPECTACULAR RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM GRADE SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN. SN W32959. Cal. 20 ga. 28″ vent rib bbls with dual ivory sighting beads, 2-3/4″ chambers, WS1/WS2 choke, ejectors, and gold single selective trigger. Top of vent rib marked “Custom Built By Winchester for Ernie Simmons”. Left bbl is marked “Model 21 – Winchester – 20 Gauge – 2 3/4 Cham. / Made in New Haven, Conn. U.S.A.” The non-engraved custom shop receiver has gold inlay of pointing setter on left and right side and a sitting gold Labrador on bottom. Mounted with highly figured flame grain walnut with checkered straight grip, leather covered pad, gold initial oval, fully checkered beavertail forend with ebony tip insert. Accompanied with Cody Firearm Museum letter identifying gun as 20 gauge, Custom Grade, with 28″ bbls, 2-3/4″ chambers, vented rib, choked WS1/WS2, with ivory bead front sight, ivory bead middle sight, non-automatic safety, straight grip, pitch of 1-1/2″, pull 14-1/4″, drop at heel 1-3/4″, drop at comb 1-1/2″, no engraving, gold inlays, gold inlay setter dog on left side, gold inlay setter dog on right side, gold inlay Labrador dog on bottom of receiver, built for Ernie Simmons, order number 15-392-31A, started inspection December 26, 1968, completed April 3, 1969. Also with gun is orig box, including orig end label with SN, order number, and Ernie Simmons. Ernie Simmons, founder of Simmons Gun Specialties, was a friend of John Olin. Mr. Simmons developed the “raised rib” for Winchester’s Model 21, 410 by joining a pair of Winchester Model 37, 410 bbls and attaching them to a Model 21 bore frame. The “Model 21” 410 created by Mr. Simmons was used in a skeet tournament in Dallas, TX in 1950. This Model 21 may have been a presentation to Mr. Simmons from Mr. John Olin or Winchester, but factory records do not show it. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Gun is original with bbls and receiver retaining nearly all of their fine blue with a minor scratch on pivot of top lever. Wood is solid with crisp checkering, a few minor handling marks, and retains most of its fine hand rubbed oil finish. Leather cover pad is like new. Sound forend with crisp checkering, a couple minor handling marks, and virtually all of its fine hand rubbed oil finish. Mechanics are crisp with strong ejectors, non-automatic safety, and bright shiny bores, as should be expected from a gun that has seen very little use. Box is in very good shape with some minor scuffing and a few dents. 4-33465 BDT175 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1473	$21,850.00	SPECTACULAR RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM GRADE SIDE-BY-SIDE SHOTGUN. SN W32959. Cal. 20 ga. 28″ vent rib bbls with dual ivory sighting beads, 2-3/4″ chambers, WS1/WS2 choke, ejectors, and gold single selective trigger. Top of vent rib marked “Custom Built By Winchester for Ernie Simmons”. Left bbl is marked “Model 21 – Winchester – 20 Gauge – 2 3/4 Cham. / Made in New Haven, Conn. U.S.A.” The non-engraved custom shop receiver has gold inlay of pointing setter on left and right side and a sitting gold Labrador on bottom. Mounted with highly figured flame grain walnut with checkered straight grip, leather covered pad, gold initial oval, fully checkered beavertail forend with ebony tip insert. Accompanied with Cody Firearm Museum letter identifying gun as 20 gauge, Custom Grade, with 28″ bbls, 2-3/4″ chambers, vented rib, choked WS1/WS2, with ivory bead front sight, ivory bead middle sight, non-automatic safety, straight grip, pitch of 1-1/2″, pull 14-1/4″, drop at heel 1-3/4″, drop at comb 1-1/2″, no engraving, gold inlays, gold inlay setter dog on left side, gold inlay setter dog on right side, gold inlay Labrador dog on bottom of receiver, built for Ernie Simmons, order number 15-392-31A, started inspection December 26, 1968, completed April 3, 1969. Also with gun is orig box, including orig end label with SN, order number, and Ernie Simmons. Ernie Simmons, founder of Simmons Gun Specialties, was a friend of John Olin. Mr. Simmons developed the “raised rib” for Winchester’s Model 21, 410 by joining a pair of Winchester Model 37, 410 bbls and attaching them to a Model 21 bore frame. The “Model 21” 410 created by Mr. Simmons was used in a skeet tournament in Dallas, TX in 1950. This Model 21 may have been a presentation to Mr. Simmons from Mr. John Olin or Winchester, but factory records do not show it. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Gun is original with bbls and receiver retaining nearly all of their fine blue with a minor scratch on pivot of top lever. Wood is solid with crisp checkering, a few minor handling marks, and retains most of its fine hand rubbed oil finish. Leather cover pad is like new. Sound forend with crisp checkering, a couple minor handling marks, and virtually all of its fine hand rubbed oil finish. Mechanics are crisp with strong ejectors, non-automatic safety, and bright shiny bores, as should be expected from a gun that has seen very little use. Box is in very good shape with some minor scuffing and a few dents. 4-33465 BDT175 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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