Tommy Kaye engraved custom Winchester Model 21 12 bore ejector gun with 28” barrels. The gun is choked skeet and improved cylinder. Length of pull of 14 7/16” to a red Winchester recoil pad.
Semi pistol grip, single selective mechanical trigger, auto safety, “R” and “L” for barrel selection engraved by the trigger, hold open top lever, custom side-plates, pierced top lever and trigger guard, beavertail forend, matted concave rib with front and mid beads, fluted comb, checkered wrist and forend with mullered borders. The barrels are a combination of dovetail and chopper lump styles. Serial numbers match on the action, barrels, forend iron and, forend wood. Housed in a leather leg-o-mutton case. Circa 1949 gun with 2 ¾” marked chambers. The chambers measure at 3”.
Engraved and signed by the master engraver Tommy J. Kaye (1938-2015) of Yoakum, Texas. Tommy Kaye was a founding member of the Firearms Engravers Guild of America (FEGA), and its first Vice President. Scroll and relief engraved game scene vignettes. Geese on the right and mallards and pintails on the left. An eagle garbing a ring-necked pheasant on the bottom. Gold border with relief engraved retriever busts on the breach end. French grey action and blued furniture. Feather crotch walnut stock and forend. In excellent overall condition. Pristine bores and excellent bluing on barrels. Clean and crisp checkering. Excellent stock and forend showing hardly any evidence of use. Top lever slightly left of center, barrels on face, and ejectors in time.
Serial #: 23062
Barrel length: 28”
Weight: 7 lbs 12 oz
LOP: 14 7/16”
DAC: 1 5/8”
DAH: 2 ½”
Cast: Neutral
Bore diameter, right/left: .728”, .728”
Choke, right/left: .006”, .009” (Skeet, IC)
Minimum wall thickness, right/left: .026”, .025”
