Model 21 Trap Beauty

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I had the privilege of handling a Winchester M21 Trap gun in a Vancouver gun shop last week. I saw it on a website and made a point to see it. I was disappointed when I arrived and heard it was sold, but relieved it was still there. It lasted about a week and was listed @ $3500.
Gorgeous lines and wonderful to point, I'm sure there was drool pooling on the floor. Nice piece, from another time.

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I had the privilege of handling a Winchester M21 Trap gun in a Vancouver gun shop last week. I saw it on a website and made a point to see it. I was disappointed when I arrived and heard it was sold, but relieved it was still there. It lasted about a week and was listed @ $3500.
Gorgeous lines and wonderful to point, I'm sure there was drool pooling on the floor. Nice piece, from another time.

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No drooling, but it brings back fond memories of my dad's m-21. I shot my first 25 straight with it. He sold it in Vandalia a few years before he passed. I know Claybuster will compare the 21 to the fine English doubles and think of her as fat betty at a beauty pagent, but for me fat will always be beauitifull.
She must have been well worn to go as low as $3500.00.
 
Covey Ridge said:
I know Claybuster will compare the 21 to the fine English doubles and think of her as fat betty at a beauty pagent, but for me fat will always be beauitifull.
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That was my reaction when I saw a 21 on a gun rack in the U.K. but it's not a fair comparison.

The 21s are designed for a different market and a different role than the English guns. Beautiful is not only in the eye of the beholder it's time and place. Most English guns wouldn't be as beautiful in a duck blind on Lake Erie as a Model 21.

And it is possible to buy a new Model 21. The CMSC guns are very well regarded. http://www.connecticutshotgun.com/
 
Covey Ridge said:
No drooling, but it brings back fond memories of my dad's m-21. I shot my first 25 straight with it. He sold it in Vandalia a few years before he passed. I know Claybuster will compare the 21 to the fine English doubles and think of her as fat betty at a beauty pagent, but for me fat will always be beauitifull.
She must have been well worn to go as low as $3500.00.
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I saw that 21 when it went up for sale. Would have bought it, too, if I had another $3500 to invest in a gun I'd almost never shoot. I never handled it in person but, in the picture, it looked so good that, at first, I thought it was a Winchester marketing image. Wasn't, though - you could see the hang tag attached to the trigger guard.

Current blue book on that grade in that condition is $6000. I've seen the identical gun selling for much more in the States. Even in Canada, that was a good buy at $3500.
 
straightshooter said:
I saw that 21 when it went up for sale.
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Where did you see that gun advertised? When I first saw the post, I thought that for $3500.00 it might have been rode hard and put away wet. It is probably good that I did not see it. I am a little impulsive and might have ended up with something I would really not have much need for. Good to see that there are still good deals out there!:)
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