I'm currious what drives the high prices on the lower grade Winchester model 21's ?
Supply, there are only about 30k pre Custom Shop guns and about 1030 Win Custom Shop guns, USRAC produced a few but I have never seen #'s.
Quality, they will last forever and are easily refinished as the are high tensile steel recievers and need no case hardening.
CSMC pricing. A new base Model 21 is now $12.5K. This base Model corresponds to a Custom Shop 'Custom Grade'.
I agree about pricing for this gun, if a 28 gauge without documentation, most buyers will not touch it as they just don't have the years of experience to make an informed decision and that's a lot of money to spend. Even with years of expereince I would probably not purchase because it should be a rare gun and priced accordingly. The 20 gauge 21-6 set w/inlays in the case was offered to me for $20K and because it was on consigment, I know the price would have been lower but without proper documentation and the slight wood color cast, I felt it would be a waste of money. Everything else was perfect for the period. The Win 28 as i understand it was built with 20 gauge barrels bored to 28 gauge, hardly a field gun or a pleaseant gun to shoot, they and the Win410's are for collecting only. Me, I have my heart and mind set on a CSMC 'Baby' 28 gauge, a gun Win never produced and a logical extension to the line. -Dick
