Not the best picture of the gun, but this image is rather bittersweet. It was the last wild duck that my late American Water Spaniel retrieved. A nice, bright, late season Mallard.

Had I have known, I would have taken more pictures. He dug that drake out of some serious cover.

28" barrels; WS1 & WS2.

A friend tells me a really good M21 16-gauge with 2 sets of 28" barrels will be coming up in the Live LSB Auction on May 1-3 in Cody, WY. That's all I know at this time.

Superlative.

Have a 1953 16ga Model 21 with single trigger and 26" barrels choked M/IC, nothing fancy (but then there is beauty in simplicity, isn't there?). It was passed down to me from grandfather, and I, of course, love it. Quick to shoulder and well, its beavertail forend is quite a nice handful!

I have 3 M21's...20ga/skeet /28"/straight stock/leather pad/single trigger/ejector/BT #4 engraving...20ga/field/PG/checkered butt/26"/single trigger/ejector/BT...16ga/field/PG/26"/double triggers/non ejector/ splinter forend
16 weighs 6.11...I like shooting them all.

Here's a new to me 1953 28" Full/Mod. Original "Mint" condition

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16 De Luxe 21
 

This 21 is a 16 gauge two barrel set De Luxe with a splinter forearm, Bradley red beads, straight grip and checkered butt. This is a versatile set that will work for many applications. I built a mahogany case for it and it is a nice set.

The 21 that's coming up on the Lock Stock & Barrel Auction had the second barrel added by Winchester & is lettered as so. Although the chokes have been opened up & does not match the barrel stamping. This is noted in the listing.

I had a friend with a sixteen gauge 21. He let me try it on pheasants one day. I was able to miss a pretty easy bird. At the time it was the nicest gun that I had used to missed a shot.

There was a guy on another board who had a well-used but not abused field grade 21 in 16ga; he used to post sepia-toned pics and that gun looked so cool in the photos. I always kinda wanted one but the right opportunity just never rolled around.