I think you'd win that bet "in a walk"-- Not worth 3k-IMO. I had a gent at our area pheasant club offer me $3K for my Dad's M21- mfg. aprox 1940- also a 28" barrel, but with single selective trigger, auto ejectors- field grade. Dad bought it used for $85.00 in 1948- first owner traded it back to dealer for a 16 gauge M21-- It is choked imp. cyl. and mod.--splinter forearm, pg buttstock- red solid factory pad. Just for the "Hay of it"- I meaured the dims and pitch- 14&1/4" LOP, 1&1/2" DAC, 2&1/4" DAC,
zero cast- 1&1/4" downpitch from muzzle to door jamb measurement.
I still have it, have shot it steadily since 1980- great pheasant gun -- upland hunting. A bit too openly choked for our club's Tower shoots- I have never moved the trigger selector button in the trigger blade from "right hand barrel first"..
To those gents who spotted the "unusual down pitch"-- "Nice eye, gents- indeed. I mounted it and swung through right to left "pretend birds" towards the ceiling line whilst in the Library- never noticed that excessive pitch issue- possibly because I had NO plans to buy it. RWF
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 09/28/19 08:35 AM.
