Having never owned an original Winchester 21, nor a CSMC 21, I am a poor, poor judge. But, that said, in many years of messing around with double guns, the number of defects that I am personally aware of with Winchester manufactured 21s, compared to the number of defects with CSMC manufactured 21s, has led me to believe strongly that the CSMC guns are nowhere near the quality gun that the Winchester was/is. I know of a man who returned a CSMC 21 fourteen times to CSMC to have defects, and damage done by them while they were trying to fix defects, repaired and made right, only to finally give up and after a year and a half sell the gun for 60% of purchase price.
Personally, based strictly on anecdotal evidence, I don't think there is any contest. The Winchester is the better gun hands down, IMO.
SRH
