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Unread 05-06-2024, 12:24 PM   #4
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Apparently, the earliest Tournament Grades had the "Black Diamond" in the grip as well as the Trap and Pigeon Grades.

2-14 Model 1912 Folder 01.jpg

2-14 Model 1912 Folder 03.jpg

Winchester revised this February 1914 folder adding that the "Black Diamond" would be omitted from the Tournament Grade.

2-14 Model 1912 Folder 02 Tournament Grade Ebony Diamond omitted.jpg

In the 1915 folder the Trap Grade is listed in all three gauges --

1915 Trap Grade.jpg

while the Tournament Grade remained 12-gaauge only --

1915 Tournament Grade.jpg

and is pictured without the "Black Diamond."
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