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I have always liked the looks of the Winchester 21 and understand its hell for stout, but how does a splinter forend double trigger field grade handle? I have always shot Belguim, German , lefever and Lc smith guns and they have been close to the same handling( pretty svelte even 7.75 30 inchers). What do you guys think about the 21? I am a shooter not a collector.
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I have a 21 with straight stock, splinter forend and double triggers in 12 ga. with 28" barrels. It weights a couple of ounces over 7#. The American walnut stock has been hollowed out as much as prudent and it wears a Winchester red butt pad.
It's butt heavy. It could use a bit heavier set of barrels or a lighter butt stock.
It's light for a M21 12 ga. Perhaps a more typical 12 ga will have the balance point forward.
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Its all a matter of ones perspective. I want to love one and have owned 3 16 ga guns. They all went down the road, because I dont feel nostalgia holding one - I feel like I am holding a Ruger Red label or a Citori. Youve already said Lefever, and I havent met a 21 that I enjoy anywhere near as much as a Lefever or something like this Wilkes Barre Gun Co.:
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I own a pair, Mid 30's, 20 and 16, 28" Full/Mod and 28" Mod/Cyl I love them, the lightest and liveliest of all my 21's.
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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If you run excel, I'll send you my handling spreadsheet for M-21's. If you don't do excel, email me a snail mail address and I'll send you a hard copy.
As a sample, my M21 skeet handles as follows: 8# 1 oz, Balance @ 3 1/4" in front of the single trigger, unmounted swing effort = 1.85, mounted swing effort = 8.23, half weight radius = 10.32, 15 3/4" LOP replacement stock, 26" bbls. That says it is heavy, rearward balanced, and has swing efforts like a typical pigeon gun. The HWR says it is compact (much of the weight near the center.
Is that useful to you?
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Isn't the Model 21 the shotgun that Colonel Charles Askins proclaimed to be the shotgun to top all shotguns? I have seen and handled a few, never owned one, but I have a 20 gauge Model 23 that I think looks better and handles better than 21's of the same gauge and configuration handle. Heh! Opinions. Everybody generally has one and that is just mine.
Perry M. Kissam NRA Patron Life Member
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The good Major's idiot kid also wrote an article titled "Junk Those Doubles" wherein he extolled the virtues of the over/under.
When the Model 23 Classic came out in 1986, I jumped on the .410-bore and 28-gauge, but never got the 20- and 12-gauges as I found the 20-gauge to be one of the klunkiest doubles I ever handled.
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