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Category - Winchester Shotguns - Model 21 - Shotguns - Skeet

Category
Winchester Shotguns - Model 21
Shotguns - Skeet

Winchester Model 21 20 Gauge – TRAP GRADE, PRE-WAR, CODY LETTER, vintage firearms inc

Description:
General Specs: Winchester, Year 1937, 20 Gauge, 6lbs 9oz, Chokes WS1/WS2, LOP 14 1/8", DAH 2 9/16", DAC 1 5/8"
Serial Number: 11029

Most are aware of the Winchester Model 21, a gun of superior strength. If you like heavy loads for tough birds like pheasants or ducks, or high volume shooting, this is your gun.  You can shoot the heaviest magnum 2 ¾” shells in a Model 21 with no concerns.  With the chokes on this gun, you can shoot steel or other, MORE EFFECTIVE, hard non-toxic shot like tungsten or Hevi-Shot without damage to the barrels.  From 1930 to 1943 they only made 1900 20-gauge guns in all grades, most of them Standard Grades or Skeet Grades.  The Trap-Skeet Grade was only produced from 1933 to 1939, making this Trap-Skeet 20ga. a real find, with likely less than 200 ever made.  This gun, sn11029 built in 1937, is a highly desirable Trap Grade stocked with nicely figured feather-crotch walnut and checkered side panels that were characteristic of the Trap Grade Model 21.  THE BARRELS AND ACTION ON THIS GUN RETAINS FACTORY ORIGINAL BLUE, something you just don’t see with Model 21’s any longer.  Most have been refinished in that black, dark finish on the action that just isn’t right for a pre-war Model 21.  This pre-war gun has about 85% of the charcoal blue still intact on the action, 99% factory blue on the barrels, about 90% charcoal blue on the trigger guard.  The factory original wood has been restored with a hand rubbed Truoil finish and is gorgeous.  She is a nice handling little shotgun weighing just 6lbs. 9oz (at least a ¼ pound lighter than most M21 twenty-gauge guns) that would be awesome for upland birds over dogs or in the thick stuff, or for clays games at your favorite gun club.  The 26” barrels are choked WS1 and WS2.  The “Skeet 1” choke is ideal for 25-yard shots.  Many are not aware that the WS2 chokes are a little tighter than Improved Cylinder at 10 thousandths constriction…ideal for your upland game.  The Trap Grade was said to have special attention to boring, chokes, and finish with highly figured wood, and checkered side panels.  The "Trap/Skeet" was a skeet choked Trap Grade.  At 85 years old this Model 21 is in remarkable condition having been well cared for, with perfect mechanics (this is a VFI CERTIFIED GUN, the action and forend iron having been stripped to their smallest part, Ultrasonic cleaned and scrubbed to shiny metal, all parts inspected for function and integrity, lubricated, and reassembled, a $325 service in our shop and carrying a 90 day mechanical warranty), mirror bores, tight ribs, barrels tight on face and hinge pin like a new gun, perfect screws…just a little carry wear on the bottom of the receiver as one would expect.  The wood-to-metal fit is superb, no cracks or repairs, and the checkered butt is still intact from the factory...all the characteristics that set it apart from the others offered for sale.  This is a hard to find, high condition, mostly original, Model 21 that matches the Cody Firearms Museum info sheet to the “T” (included with the sale), so don’t miss out!  Buy the gun now!  Thanks for looking.    
 
Barrels

Barrel Length:  26"
Chokes:  .013+/ .010  WS1/WS2
Bores:  mirror
Bore Diameter:  .616/ .615
Wall Thickness:  .030/ .029
% Blue:  99% factory
Chambers:  2 3/4"
Ribs:  tight
Sights:  Front red bead, Rear silver bead

Action

Action:  tight
Ejectors or Extractors:  Ejectors- timed
Receiver Condition:  80% factory
Screws:  excellent
Trigger Type:  single select
Trigger Guard Color:  90% charcoal blue

Stock

Type:  Pistol Grip/ Beavertail forend
LOP:  14 1/8"
LOP To End Of Wood:  14 1/8"
DAH:  2 9/16"
DAC:  1 5/8"
Cast:  neutral
Checkering Condition:  perfect
Butt Treatment:   checkered wood

There is a 90 day mechanical warranty on this gun. Call us for full details, or to purchase #616-292-6240. If you have any questions please call or email us. Thanks! Vintage Firearms Inc

Payment Methods: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax: Collected in AR, IL, KS, MI, PA, TN
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $155.00 within the continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK. We ship internationally with additional fees!
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. Just open one of my ads and click on the line that says “see all items from this seller” and a very nice list of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. We have many more sxs shotguns, o/u shotguns, rifles and handguns not yet listed, check back or email us for a preview. We are a Wilson Combat dealer! Thanks for looking!

We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs "tweaked", let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns "as found" and others want them "just so". We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.

SOLD

Shotgun Gauge: 20 Gauge