The Winchester Model 21 was the strongest action built for a SxS and you should have no problem getting a green light from a Gunsmith to shoot it. I love the 21s myself and I owned a 1952 "Duck" Model 21 similar to yours for several years, but some think they are just a little too hefty and pricey to Love. The fact too that the 21 went from double triggers and splinter forearms only in the very early years of production to entirely built with the single trigger and beavertail forearm only to the end of production is a turn off for many. The one thing that keeps me from owning the higher engraved models is that the factory engraving was so much alike to me from one gun to another. Most guns I have seen have almost identical engraving even though Winchester would do just about anything for the customer at that time. They were not real good in the critter engraving either, in my opinion, like my Remington 1894 EEO grade has. Some of the pheasants on the 21 receiver bottom of the Grand Americans I looked at looked more like small Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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