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WINCHESTER MODEL 21 CUSTOM GRADE, 12 GA, FACTORY 21-4 Engraved
Guns International #: 101244730 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Winchester Shotguns - Model 21 Grand American - Winchester Shotguns - Model 21
Seller's Information
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Seller: Joe Graziano
Member Since: 5/28/18
First Name: Joe
Last Name: Graziano
State: Alabama
Zip: 36532
Country: United States
Phone: (251) 223-0038
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 16
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Certified funds or check (will need to clear before shipping)
Description:
SOLD. LOWER PRICE, $10,500.
ATTENTION WINCHESTER COLLECTORS. For Sale is a spectacular Model 21 with condition and provenance. According to the accompanying Cody Firearms Museum letter, this Winchester Model 21, “Custom build Skeet gun”, SN 28267, was built for Henry Uihlein II of Heaven Hill Farm, Lake Placid, NY in 1952.
The shotgun features 26 inch barrels, 2 3/4 chambers, choked WS-1 and WS-2, factory ventilated rib with a Bradley red front bead and Winchester white middle bead. It has a single, selective trigger and non-automatic safety, selective ejectors.
The stock is simply magnificent. The Cody letter descibes it as a “Hand-made, Pistol grip stock”. The feather crotch walnut is the finest I have seen. “The fancy walnut for this gun to be especially selected by Pat Sherer” [sic] then-director of the Gun Division. The stock’s dimensions are: LOP 14 1/4, DAH 2 1/4, DOC 1 5/8, cast off at heel 1/4 inch, cast off at toe 3/8 inch, grip circumference 4 1/4 inches, 21-4 carving, Winchester leather-covered recoil pad, style 2. Engraved steel grip cap. There are scratches in the finish, particularly near the butt. The gold stock oval is engraved with his initials, “HU”. The forearm is beautiful to match, in Skeet style #2, with ebony tip.
The engraving is 21-4 pattern. The finish on barrels and frame is excellent. They likely have been refinished but I do not know this for certain. Bores are outstanding, as are muzzles. Weight is 7 lb, 6 oz.
Price is $10,500, shipped and insured. Galazan leather 2-barrel case with label not included but will sell for $250 with gun. There is a 3-day, non-firing inspection period, after which a return will be accepted, minus shipping charges, if the gun is not as described. That said, I’m confident you will be pleased.
Henry Uihlein II (1896-1997) was a scion of the family who owned and directed Schlitz Breweries for over 100 years, and a director himself at Schlitz. Henry’s grandfather and brothers inhereted the brewery from their uncle, Joseph Schlitz, who died in a shipwreck on his way to visit their Bavarian home.
Henry, however, is better known for his connection to Lake Placid, his long-time home. It was Henry, through his love of speed skating, who brought winter sports to the sleepy New York village in the early 20th century. And it was Henry who played a key role in bringing the Winter Olympics to Lake Placid in 1932, and in 1980, served on theanizing committee.
Henry Uihlein was also involved in such vaired endeavors as potato cultivation and maple syrup production, and raised prize-winning jersey cows. As would be expected, he and wife, Mildred, were also great philanthropists, donating much land, including their Heaven Hill Farm and much money to variousanizations, many of which still bear the Uihlein name. And of course, Henry was a skeet shooter. Much information is readily available on his long, remarkable life.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Barrel Type: Vent rib
Triggers: Single selective
Gauge Info: 12 gauge
Butt Pad: Leather covered Winchester pad
Manufacture Date: 1952
Item Location: Virginia