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PAULINE MUERRLE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 12 TRAP

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:875.00 USD Estimated At:1,750.00 - 2,500.00 USD
PAULINE MUERRLE ENGRAVED WINCHESTER MODEL 12 TRAP

PUMP SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 Ga., 2 3/4". S# 1155760. Bbl. 30", 2 pin milled factory VR & fixed Full choke. White target front sight w/ steel mid bead. Action has 12-2 engraving by former factory engraver Pauline Muerrle. Pauline was the last factory in house engraver 1979-1986. Since leaving Winchester, Pauline has continued to engrave fine Winchesters. Engraving features a waterfowl scene w/ 2 flying mallards on right side & woodland scene w/ pointer on left side. Front & rear portions of action have highlights of scroll engraving. Receiver extension marked "MODEL-12-TRAP". Beavertail forearm & custom Monte Carlo trap stock of the style made famous by R. J. Anton of Waterloo, Iowa. Fancy walnut stocks have borderless hand checkering & signature pistol grip of layers of contrasting wood. LOP: 14 1/4" over Pachmayr trap pad. CONDITION: over 98% custom reblued metal finish. Gloss wood finish shows sm. handling marks w/ spots of raised & chipped finish. Very good bright bore. (22-217/DS). CURIO. $1,750-2,500.