*EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, UNIQUE & IMPORTANT BENCH MODEL OR TEST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 42 PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN.

*EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, UNIQUE & IMPORTANT BENCH MODEL OR TEST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 42 PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. Cal. 410. Prototype or bench test model shotgun with 26″ plain full choke bbl, sgl brass bead with typical first model bbl markings and Winchester “WP” proofs on bbl and top of receiver. It has the early style checkered safety through the front web of the trigger guard with long curved trigger and a matted sighting groove in the top of the receiver. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, slab-sawed American walnut with first type corn cob round forearm with 18 grooves and a pistol grip stock with flat, round bottom grip, fluted comb, 13-3/4″ over a Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Dimensionally and visually this is the first Model 42. The Model 42 was designed under the patents of William Roemer who had assigned his patents to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. apparently having developed them while he was an employee at the company. Copies of the patent papers, which accompany this shotgun, are for Patent No. 1,912,403, dated June 6, 1933, having been filed Aug. 19, 1932, under the name W.C. Roemer for a slide action firearm. The patent is three pages of drawings and several pages of narrative. Copies of the patent drawings and narrative accompany this shotgun. Also accompanying this shotgun is a signed, notarized affidavit of Elizabeth V. Sullivan (nee Roemer) wherein she states that this shotgun, SN “0” was presented to “my father by Winchester Repeating Arms Company on the occasion of his retirement on March 1, 1951”. She also states that “William Roemer was a firearms designer for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company for many years and was involved in the design of the Model 42 shotgun and held patents for some of its design features.” She continues “I have been the owner and custodian of the above mentioned shotgun since my father’s death on June 23, 1953.” Signed & dated 19 March 1992. A copy of an article printed in Volume II No. 1 1988 Edition of Armax, The Journal of the Winchester Arms Museum, Cody Firearms Museum. On pp. 78-91, discusses the development of the M1 carbine and relates some of Mr. Roemer’s involvement in the development of that famous military carbine. So not only was Mr. Roemer a shotgun designer he also, apparently, was also a brilliant firearms designer in general. PROVENANCE: William C. Roemer Family 1951-Present; Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 1933-1951. CONDITION: Very fine. Overall retains 95-96% strong orig blue with sharp edge and slide wear. Stock has a hairline at receiver, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish with some minor oil staining at the receiver. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-39678 JR154 (65,000-95,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

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.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1229	$69,000.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, UNIQUE & IMPORTANT BENCH MODEL OR TEST MODEL WINCHESTER MODEL 42 PUMP ACTION SHOTGUN. Cal. 410. Prototype or bench test model shotgun with 26″ plain full choke bbl, sgl brass bead with typical first model bbl markings and Winchester “WP” proofs on bbl and top of receiver. It has the early style checkered safety through the front web of the trigger guard with long curved trigger and a matted sighting groove in the top of the receiver. Mounted with uncheckered, nicely figured, slab-sawed American walnut with first type corn cob round forearm with 18 grooves and a pistol grip stock with flat, round bottom grip, fluted comb, 13-3/4″ over a Winchester embossed hard rubber buttplate. Dimensionally and visually this is the first Model 42. The Model 42 was designed under the patents of William Roemer who had assigned his patents to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. apparently having developed them while he was an employee at the company. Copies of the patent papers, which accompany this shotgun, are for Patent No. 1,912,403, dated June 6, 1933, having been filed Aug. 19, 1932, under the name W.C. Roemer for a slide action firearm. The patent is three pages of drawings and several pages of narrative. Copies of the patent drawings and narrative accompany this shotgun. Also accompanying this shotgun is a signed, notarized affidavit of Elizabeth V. Sullivan (nee Roemer) wherein she states that this shotgun, SN “0” was presented to “my father by Winchester Repeating Arms Company on the occasion of his retirement on March 1, 1951”. She also states that “William Roemer was a firearms designer for the Winchester Repeating Arms Company for many years and was involved in the design of the Model 42 shotgun and held patents for some of its design features.” She continues “I have been the owner and custodian of the above mentioned shotgun since my father’s death on June 23, 1953.” Signed & dated 19 March 1992. A copy of an article printed in Volume II No. 1 1988 Edition of Armax, The Journal of the Winchester Arms Museum, Cody Firearms Museum. On pp. 78-91, discusses the development of the M1 carbine and relates some of Mr. Roemer’s involvement in the development of that famous military carbine. So not only was Mr. Roemer a shotgun designer he also, apparently, was also a brilliant firearms designer in general. PROVENANCE: William C. Roemer Family 1951-Present; Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 1933-1951. CONDITION: Very fine. Overall retains 95-96% strong orig blue with sharp edge and slide wear. Stock has a hairline at receiver, otherwise wood is sound with light nicks & scratches and retains most of its orig varnish with some minor oil staining at the receiver. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bore. 4-39678 JR154 (65,000-95,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 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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