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.
Dimensions of the stock and checkering patterns on the Winchesters shotguns are part of what determines the grade. Also the type of barrel, length and rib determines grade. With old Winchesters the "choke" is just that a choke, it doesn't determine the grade. The 42 is a Skeet grade gun with a FULL choke. To shoot skeet you want an open choke not a constricted choke like modified or full. This particular gun is rare since most model 42 skeet grades have a "Skeet" choke, cylinger choke, or Improved Cylinder choke.
Those are great looking shotguns for being 50+ years old. Do you shoot them, or are they strictly collectors pieces?
The wood on the 50 is very nice.
M12Gunboy, Those are some beautiful old gals! You should take one more picture of them side by side, full length and show how sleek the 42 is. The model 50 sure has some pretty grain in the forend. I've not quite made it to a 42 yet, best I could do so far is a model 41. Treefarmer
Those are great looking shotguns for being 50+ years old. Do you shoot them, or are they strictly collectors pieces?
They get shot but mostly at the Skeet/Trap/Clays range. I might take that model 50 to the Dove field next year to at least kill a few.
