Winchester 21 manuf date

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Not sure if this will help, but give it a try. https://winchestercollector.org/dates/

Thanks to shooter and wolfcoin, but no match.

If you do find out...please provide a link to the site ( source) here.

{I'm a moderator on a Browning Forum...and would like to update my serial # thread with that info for the membership}

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Will do, Shooter 13.

The man you need is Bert Hartman. He's the historian for The Winchester Arms Collectors Association (WACA). https://winchestercollector.org/dates He monitors and contributes to most Winchester forums and he has access to the Winchester polishing room records. That's about as close as you're going to get...especially with a M-21. Ned Schwing has an excellent book entitled "Winchester's Finest The Model 21". A 16ga. Model 21 skeet is a reasonably uncommon and very nice side by side. I'm sure we'd enjoy an image or two.

Thank you, Rick. I will take some photos and post pics in the morning.

That's a very special shotgun, thanks for the images and let us know what Bert has to say.

I'll second what Rick says and add this: that is an exceptional Model 21. 16 gauge skeet has to be one of the lowest production numbers. I've seen a bunch of Model 21's but don't think I've ever seen a 16 gauge skeet gun. The condition, if all original, is superb, particularly the figuring on the stock. If that's the original finish, the pictures probably don't do it justice. That's an excellent example of Winchester's pre-War craftsmanship and a true testament to what was essentially, a custom gun, built almost entirely by hand. Schwing's book is well worth the cost.

It's interesting to read Schwing's book about the pressure testing of the M21. It was demonstrably the strongest American side by side by quite a bit.

The figuring of the wood is beautiful. My pics are pretty poor compared to in person. And thank you for your comments about this shotgun. When i took the handguard off, it was numbered to the gun so i suspect the wood is original, but i admit i know only what i have very recently read on line since this shotgun landed in my house. Which is to say, not too much.it is trim, light and well balanced. And very good looking.i own nothing else like it. You can't see it in my photo, but it has the red front sight, which seems very modern for a gun of the 40s. It has a pachmeyer rubber pad, seems well fit to the gun and i don't know if that is original or added.