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LOT 521
Presentation Inscribed Pachmayr
Upgraded Engraved and Gold Game
Scene Inlaid Winchester Model 21
Double Barrel Shotgun with Factory
Letter - Serial no. 13507, 12 gauge, 26
inch solid rib bbl., blue/gold finish, walnut
stock. This gun was originally ordered by
H & D Folsom Arms Company of New York
and finished on November 9, 1940 according to
the included factory letter, The gun was sent back
to Winchester for repairs on March 17, 1978, as well
as on June 4, 1982, with the repairs listed in the letter. The gun was
subsequently wonderfully upgraded with fine engraving and gold inlays for donation by Pachmayr Gun Works.
The gun has blued Winchester Proof Steel barrels featuring dual bead sights on the matted concave solid rib,
“PACHMAYR CUSTOM” inlaid in gold near the left breech, a gold band and wedge of scroll at both muzzles, 3
3/4 inch wedges of floral scroll surrounding a gold quail on the left and a grouse on the right, chokes marked
“WS-1”/”WS-2”, and 2 3/4 inch chambers with automatic ejectors. The barrels are fitted to the blued boxlock
action which displays near full coverage floral scroll engraving surrounding a trio of relief gold inlaid game scenes
before continuing onto the toplever, triggerguard, and both tangs. The game scenes consist of a pair of quail
flushing on the left, a woodcock over “TOURNAMENT” on the underside, and a pair of flushing grouse on the right.
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