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Scarce Winchester Model 42 Slide Action Shotgun

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Scarce Winchester Model 42 Slide Action Shotgun
serial #89616, 410 bore (3''), 26'' plain barrel choked cylinder with a bright excellent bore. The metal surfaces of this 1950-vintage shotgun retain about 90% original blue with light wear on the high edges and contact points, light thinning to gray along the barrel, and a spot of old oxidation on the receiver extension. The bolt and shell carrier are bright with some pinprick pitting and gray freckling, the bolt showing a scratch about midway. The smooth pistolgrip walnut stock and 14-groove flat bottom forend are in very good condition with light dings and handling marks scattered about, and a few small spots of flaking finish; the checkered Winchester Repeating Arms hard rubber buttplate is intact, giving an about 14'' length of pull. The factory markings are largely intact and crisp, ''MODEL'' in the barrel address marred by an old light ding, and the receiver extension is numbered to the gun; the barrel appears undated. The shotgun is sighted with a lone brass bead. A rare Model 42 with a cylinder choke, Winchester no longer cataloguing that option after 1952. (14B11523-16) {C&R} [Jim Thrash Collection] (1500/2000)