*RARE FACTORY GOLD INLAID WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM BUILT DUCK TWO BARREL SET MADE FOR EISENHOWER COMPATRIOT, W. ALTON “PETE” JONES.

SN 30584. Cal. 12 ga. 26″ Bbls marked “Imp Cyl” and “Mod” with 2-3/4″ chambers, and 32″ bbls marked “full” and “full” with 3″ chambers, are both engraved “CUSTOM BUILT BY WINCHESTER” on milled out portion of matted game ribs. Numerals “1” and “2” are gold inlaid at rear portions. (“1″ being 26” bbls.) Engine turned bbl flats are stamped with SNs and gauge information. Bbls are stamped “WINCHESTER PROOF STEEL”. There are 3″ triangles of scroll engraving at breech ends. Blued flat side action features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold) and blued single selective trigger. Action is engraved in 21-6 style with near full coverage of scroll engraving, fences relief carved with oak leaves. This engraving surrounds flush gold inlaid dogs and birds in oval scenes, two on each side of action, both sides with a retriever in rear oval contemplating a flushing duck at front. Bottom of action has circular vignette with gold inlaid Canada goose flying over open marsh. Head of a retriever is on trigger guard bow. “2” is gold inlaid on top lever pivot. (Factory records indicate “gold inlaid ducks, geese, and retriever dogs on frame and retriever dogs head on trigger guard, as per attached sketch”. “J. Kusmit has sketch”.) Beautifully crotch figured American walnut capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/8″ over factory black leather covered pad. Checkering is of 21-A style with broad ribbons through pattern and flourishes into butt. Steel grip cap is scroll engraved with replacement gold oval on toe line engraved “W. R. T. Jr”. Matching beavertail ejector forend has brace and inset ebony tip. “2” is gold inlaid on secondary latch escutcheon. BBL set “1”: Bore diameter: left -.729, right -.729. Bore restrictions: left -.013 (mod), right -.004 (skeet). Minimum wall thickness: left -.032, right -.030. Drop at heel: 2-3/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 7 lbs 6 oz. LOP: 14-1/8″. BBL set “2”: Bore diameter: left -.729, right -.729. Bore restrictions: left -.013 (mod), right -.012 (mod). Minimum wall thickness: left -.032, right -.024. Drop at heel: 2-3/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz. LOP: 14-1/8″. Stock is considerably cast “off”. Factory records indicate 5/8″ changed to 1/2″. PROVENANCE: Accompanied by a copy of a Winchester factory letter confirming the configuration above as ordered on 5-18-1954 by Abercrombie & Fitch as a “Custom Built Duck” for sale to W. Alton “Pete” Jones, President of Cities Service Company (now CITGO), who was a long time friend of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mr. Jones was killed in 1962 in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 from NYC, while on his way to join Ike on a fishing trip. CONDITION: Excellent, as properly refinished, most likely by factory. Bbls retain 95 – 98% fine rust blue, with a few light marks and silvering at muzzles. Action retains nearly all of its re-blue, engraving slightly softened. Forend iron and escutcheon retain most, perhaps as much as 60%, of what appears to be their orig blue, silvered by normal hand wear. Stocks retain over 90% of what appears to be their orig varnish finish with a number of light marks and considerable checking, checkering lightly worn. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Mechanically crisp. An exceptional 1950’s vintage Custom Grade 21, with a great story. 4-55454 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 2526

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	2526	$40,250.00	RARE FACTORY GOLD INLAID WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM BUILT DUCK TWO BARREL SET MADE FOR EISENHOWER COMPATRIOT, W. ALTON “PETE” JONES. SN 30584. Cal. 12 ga. 26″ Bbls marked “Imp Cyl” and “Mod” with 2-3/4″ chambers, and 32″ bbls marked “full” and “full” with 3″ chambers, are both engraved “CUSTOM BUILT BY WINCHESTER” on milled out portion of matted game ribs. Numerals “1” and “2” are gold inlaid at rear portions. (“1″ being 26” bbls.) Engine turned bbl flats are stamped with SNs and gauge information. Bbls are stamped “WINCHESTER PROOF STEEL”. There are 3″ triangles of scroll engraving at breech ends. Blued flat side action features automatic safety (SAFE inlaid in gold) and blued single selective trigger. Action is engraved in 21-6 style with near full coverage of scroll engraving, fences relief carved with oak leaves. This engraving surrounds flush gold inlaid dogs and birds in oval scenes, two on each side of action, both sides with a retriever in rear oval contemplating a flushing duck at front. Bottom of action has circular vignette with gold inlaid Canada goose flying over open marsh. Head of a retriever is on trigger guard bow. “2” is gold inlaid on top lever pivot. (Factory records indicate “gold inlaid ducks, geese, and retriever dogs on frame and retriever dogs head on trigger guard, as per attached sketch”. “J. Kusmit has sketch”.) Beautifully crotch figured American walnut capped pistol grip buttstock measures 14-1/8″ over factory black leather covered pad. Checkering is of 21-A style with broad ribbons through pattern and flourishes into butt. Steel grip cap is scroll engraved with replacement gold oval on toe line engraved “W. R. T. Jr”. Matching beavertail ejector forend has brace and inset ebony tip. “2” is gold inlaid on secondary latch escutcheon. BBL set “1”: Bore diameter: left -.729, right -.729. Bore restrictions: left -.013 (mod), right -.004 (skeet). Minimum wall thickness: left -.032, right -.030. Drop at heel: 2-3/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 7 lbs 6 oz. LOP: 14-1/8″. BBL set “2”: Bore diameter: left -.729, right -.729. Bore restrictions: left -.013 (mod), right -.012 (mod). Minimum wall thickness: left -.032, right -.024. Drop at heel: 2-3/8″, drop at comb: 1-3/4″. Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz. LOP: 14-1/8″. Stock is considerably cast “off”. Factory records indicate 5/8″ changed to 1/2″. PROVENANCE: Accompanied by a copy of a Winchester factory letter confirming the configuration above as ordered on 5-18-1954 by Abercrombie & Fitch as a “Custom Built Duck” for sale to W. Alton “Pete” Jones, President of Cities Service Company (now CITGO), who was a long time friend of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mr. Jones was killed in 1962 in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 from NYC, while on his way to join Ike on a fishing trip. CONDITION: Excellent, as properly refinished, most likely by factory. Bbls retain 95 – 98% fine rust blue, with a few light marks and silvering at muzzles. Action retains nearly all of its re-blue, engraving slightly softened. Forend iron and escutcheon retain most, perhaps as much as 60%, of what appears to be their orig blue, silvered by normal hand wear. Stocks retain over 90% of what appears to be their orig varnish finish with a number of light marks and considerable checking, checkering lightly worn. Bores are excellent. Action is tight. Mechanically crisp. An exceptional 1950’s vintage Custom Grade 21, with a great story. 4-55454 (20,000-30,000) – Lot 2526 Click here to view provenance Auction: Firearms - March 2015 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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*RARE FACTORY GOLD INLAID WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM BUILT DUCK TWO BARREL SET MADE FOR EISENHOWER COMPATRIOT, W. ALTON “PETE” JONES.