Now for the Model 50 Trap Grade!
More of the 50
More of the 50
What makes one a skeet grade and one a trap grade? The angle of stock? I know some people have trap guns and I have a skeet choke for my 1100. The skeet choke makes a widerpattern doesn't it? I have only ever shot one round of skeet. An expert by no means. I thoroughly enjoy trap, 5stand and sporting clays though. Will be shooting on sunday.
A little back ground on each gun.
The Winchester Model 42. This is a Skeet Grade gun. The serial number is 1374XX placing it in the build years of 1958-1960 with a 28" Full Choke Winchester Factory Donut Post Vent Rib Barrel. All lettering and numbering is unpolished. I beleive it's an original finish gun with original X graded uncut or altered factory checkered stock and forend. Winchester proof marks appear correct and the LOP of the stock is 14".
The Winchester Model 50. This is a Trap Grade gun. The serial number is 788XX placing it in the build year of 1958 with a 30" Full Choke Winchester Factory Round Post Vent Rib Barrel. All lettering and numbering is unpolished. I beleive it's an original finish gun with original XX graded uncut factory checkered stock and forend. Winchester proof marks appear correct and the LOP of the stock is 14". This one has had a pachmeyer pad added to the stock. There is some debate on this gun and I am told it too is possibly a Skeet Grade gun verse a Trap Grade gun given the drop in the comb and the stock dimensions. Either way, these two are a couple of my beauties!
This didn't just happen over night. I have been trading, buying, selling, swapping and collecting for over 20 years and have finally in the last year been able to start moving into the higher grade Winchester shotgun league by selling off low grade firearms and upgrading my collection. The whole idea is to buy them for the right price for them to fully appreciate over time. That isn't easy to do especially when looking for higher grade guns.
