*EXTRAORDINARY 20 GAUGE WINCHESTER MODEL 21 “PIGEON GRADE” FACTORY ORDERED FOUR BARREL SET.

SN W33053. Cal. 20 ga. 3″ Chambers. Four sets of ventilated rib bbls, marked with numbers 1 – 4 on loops and forend irons. Set no.”1″ 26″ Skeet 1 and Skeet 2, set “2” 26″ Imp-Cyl and Mod, set “3” 28″ Mod and Full, and “Set “4” 30″ Full and Full. Milled out portions of ribs are engraved “CUSTOM BUILT BY WINCHESTER”. There are 3″ triangles of medium scroll at breech ends. Flat sided action featuring engine turned water table, non-automatic safety, and gold-plated single selective trigger is engraved in “21-6” style (by Nick Kusmit, per factory letter) with medium scroll outlining dogs on sides of action; a setter on left and pointing pointer on right. Trigger plate is special order engraved with raised gold inlaid Winchester horse and rider. Top lever pivot is engraved with facsimile of shot shell base marked “20 GA WINCHESTER”. Trigger guard bow has portrait of setter. “PIGEON GRADE” is engraved on trigger guard tang. Fences are relief carved with oak leaves. Exceptional blazing feather crotch figured “full fancy” American walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14″ over checkered wood butt. Stock is checkered in “21-A” style with ribbons through pattern. A vacant gold oval is on toe line. Matching beavertail forends, one for each bbl set, have black wood inset tips, and engine turned internals. Drop at heel: 2-1/4″. Drop at comb: 1-1/2″. Weight with 30″ bbls set “4”: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 14″. This unique gun has been stored in three red and white Winchester boxes with correctly SNed end labels. PROVENANCE: Factory letter stating “this is indeed a special Model 21, first, standard information on the basic gun is that the piece is a four bbl set” “Special information” “is that it is the last 20 ga. manufactured under the old Olin Winchester”. “It is also the last Pigeon Grade manufactured by the Olin owned Winchester”. “While it is impossible to research completely, to my knowledge, there were only two guns manufactured with four or more sets of bbls. This is one of them, the other was manufactured for John Olin”. “This particular piece” “is the first Model 21 that I know of which has a raised gold inlay horse and rider on the trigger plate”. “This is also the first Model 21 engraved with the head of a shot shell in the center of the top lever.” “The engraver, Nick Kusmit”. Final test report. Winchester instruction booklet. The Bill Phifer Collection. CONDITION: Essentially as new. Does not appear to have ever been assembled since factory proof and pattern firing (before assembly here for display and photographic purposes). It is difficult to find even the tiniest flaw in wood or metal finishes. Boxes are very slightly soiled and creased. Labels are excellent. 4-51815 MGM174 (40,000-70,000) – Lot 2332

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	2332	$48,875.00	EXTRAORDINARY 20 GAUGE WINCHESTER MODEL 21 “PIGEON GRADE” FACTORY ORDERED FOUR BARREL SET. SN W33053. Cal. 20 ga. 3″ Chambers. Four sets of ventilated rib bbls, marked with numbers 1 – 4 on loops and forend irons. Set no.”1″ 26″ Skeet 1 and Skeet 2, set “2” 26″ Imp-Cyl and Mod, set “3” 28″ Mod and Full, and “Set “4” 30″ Full and Full. Milled out portions of ribs are engraved “CUSTOM BUILT BY WINCHESTER”. There are 3″ triangles of medium scroll at breech ends. Flat sided action featuring engine turned water table, non-automatic safety, and gold-plated single selective trigger is engraved in “21-6” style (by Nick Kusmit, per factory letter) with medium scroll outlining dogs on sides of action; a setter on left and pointing pointer on right. Trigger plate is special order engraved with raised gold inlaid Winchester horse and rider. Top lever pivot is engraved with facsimile of shot shell base marked “20 GA WINCHESTER”. Trigger guard bow has portrait of setter. “PIGEON GRADE” is engraved on trigger guard tang. Fences are relief carved with oak leaves. Exceptional blazing feather crotch figured “full fancy” American walnut straight grip buttstock measures 14″ over checkered wood butt. Stock is checkered in “21-A” style with ribbons through pattern. A vacant gold oval is on toe line. Matching beavertail forends, one for each bbl set, have black wood inset tips, and engine turned internals. Drop at heel: 2-1/4″. Drop at comb: 1-1/2″. Weight with 30″ bbls set “4”: 6 lbs. 14 oz. LOP: 14″. This unique gun has been stored in three red and white Winchester boxes with correctly SNed end labels. PROVENANCE: Factory letter stating “this is indeed a special Model 21, first, standard information on the basic gun is that the piece is a four bbl set” “Special information” “is that it is the last 20 ga. manufactured under the old Olin Winchester”. “It is also the last Pigeon Grade manufactured by the Olin owned Winchester”. “While it is impossible to research completely, to my knowledge, there were only two guns manufactured with four or more sets of bbls. This is one of them, the other was manufactured for John Olin”. “This particular piece” “is the first Model 21 that I know of which has a raised gold inlay horse and rider on the trigger plate”. “This is also the first Model 21 engraved with the head of a shot shell in the center of the top lever.” “The engraver, Nick Kusmit”. Final test report. Winchester instruction booklet. The Bill Phifer Collection. CONDITION: Essentially as new. Does not appear to have ever been assembled since factory proof and pattern firing (before assembly here for display and photographic purposes). It is difficult to find even the tiniest flaw in wood or metal finishes. Boxes are very slightly soiled and creased. Labels are excellent. 4-51815 MGM174 (40,000-70,000) – Lot 2332 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - Fall 2014 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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*EXTRAORDINARY 20 GAUGE WINCHESTER MODEL 21 “PIGEON GRADE” FACTORY ORDERED FOUR BARREL SET.