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2527
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$6,325.00
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*WINCHESTER MODEL 21 TOURNAMENT SKEET GUN. SN 8223. Cal. 12 ga. 2-3/4″ Chambers. 26″ Bbls have concave, matted rib fitted with bright steel mid, and red dot front, beads, and are stamped with Winchester information on tops. Bbl flats are stamped with SN and proofs. Bottoms of bbls are stamped with “WINCHESTER PROOF STEEL” and “WS – 1” and “WS – 2″. Standard blued action has second type markings on water table, unmarked floorplate, and is fitted with non-automatic safety, single selective blued trigger, and automatic ejectors. Slightly flame figured American walnut straight grip buttstock with standard checkering, measures 14-1/16″ over checkered wood butt. Braced beavertail ejector forend has point pattern checkering and typical Winchester latch. Bore diameter: left -.729, right -.729. Bore restrictions: left -.005, right -.005. Wall thickness: left -.035, right -.034. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-1/2″. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz, LOP 14-1/16”. PROVENANCE: Buffalo Bill Historical Center letter with copy of final inspection report indicating that this was a Tournament model, choke skeet one and two, with single trigger and beavertail forend. Copy of page from Ned Schwings book WINCHESTER’S FINEST showing Model 21 skeet gun with owners notes. A Model 21 catalog. Randy S. Shuman list of guns for sale listing this gun. List of Model 21 symbols. CONDITION: Excellent. Bbls retain 95% of what appears to be orig blue, slightly thinned toward breech, with some minor marks. Action retains 95 – 98% of its blue, silvering on bottom and sharp edges. Trigger plate retains nearly all of its blue. Buttstock retains nearly all of its orig finish with numerous minor marks, darkened where worn through at side panels. Checkering is slightly worn. Factory replaced beavertail forend retains essentially all of its finish, with a few very minor marks. (Gun was originally specified with beavertail.) 4-46508 MGM102 (5,000-7,000)
Auction: Firearms - Fall 2012 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. |