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1308
$12,650.00

*CASED WINCHESTER MODEL 21 SKEET GRADE DBL BBL SHOTGUN 2-BBL SET. Cal. 20 ga. & 28 ga. SN 12314. Early ’21’ with 26″ 20 ga. bbls choked FULL/MOD & 26″ 28 ga. bbls choked WS-1/WS-2. Both sets of bbls have ventilated ribs with Bradley red ivory front beads, silver center beads, ejectors & blued sgl selective trigger. Receiver is without decoration & has “SKEET” on floorplate. Mounted with very nicely figured, burled, American walnut with two kidney pattern beavertail forearms & standard checkered pistol grip stock, 13-11/16″ over a Winchester solid red pad. It appears that the 20 ga. bbls & forearm are later additions. Checkering on forearm is of different pattern & lines per inch than that found on stock & 28 ga. forearm. Accompanied by a brown leather, green felt-lined, trunk case compartmented for the shotgun with two bbls & a square oil bottle. It also has two small cleaning kits. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter that does not mention bbls or gage, made for Marshall Field & Co. with regular finish & regular grade wood. It completed second inspection Nov. 5, 1941 & final inspection Nov. 7, 1941. Drop at heel: 2-1/4″, drop at comb: 1-3/8″. Bore restrictions: 20 ga. bbls: left – .028, right – .007; 28 ga. bbls: left – .011, right – .007. Wall thickness: 20 ga. bbls: left – .025, right – .025; unable to gage wall thickness of 28 ga. bbls. Bore diameter: 20 ga. bbls: left – .593, right – .606; 28 ga. bbls: left – .549, right – .560. Weight with 20 ga. bbls: 6 lbs. 13.76 oz. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Retains virtually all of an extremely fine professionally restored finish to both metal & wood with a few minor handling & storage nicks & scratches on buttstock. The 20 ga. forearm is a custom replacement & retains about all of this fine custom finish. Work is factory as it is of that quality. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bores. Case is very fine. 4-55547 JR165 (5,000-8,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006
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