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Unread 06-27-2025, 11:50 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by John Dallas View Post
I have never understood why Winchester sold a Skeet Grade gun which didn't necessarily have anything to do with shooting Skeet
Back in the day, the Model 21 Skeet Gun was for gentlefolks at the country club where Skeet was the game for the well-heeled.

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That early 1940s world-wide unpleasantness brought Skeet to the working man.

Winchester never catalogued a Model 21 Skeet Grade. As originally introduced the Model 21 Skeet Gun was offered in Tournament, Trap or Custom Built Grade. From the 1933 Winchester catalogue --

1933 Model 21 Skeet Gun, Pocket catalog.jpeg

By 1936, the Tournament Grade was dropped from the Model 21 offerings and the Model 21 Skeet Gun was then offered in Standard, Trap and Custom Built Grades. From the 1936 Winchester catalogue --

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