Winchester model 21 looking for a stock and forend

Hi all, I am looking for a stock and forend for a Winchester Model 21 year 1949.

What's out there and where to look.

Thanks.

 

I have a m21 butt stock about the same year with an adjustable comb. $350.00.

Joe

 

Wonderful, could you send me a few pictures please?

Dean

 

Hi Dean, my buddy that I bought the gun from years ago thinks he still has the matching forearm we're going to look around his shop on Friday, he has been sick so it's a little hard for him to get around. Give me your email address or a ph. number to context to. Joe. In Reno. cel 775 721 1688 Shootnwinn@webtv.net

 

Sorry to hear about your friend not being well.

A matching set sounds very good. I have a forend but the quality while good is not excellent.
It is however part of the skeet grade and has the kidney pattern.

Would like to talk about what you have and maybe a picture

Regards, dean. 617-834-0095.

 

Hi joe, any word on the forend and stock.

 

Hi Dean, will my hands on the butt stock Thursday, sorry for the delay thought I had it hear at my house but it's at my buddy's. Slight chance I'll find the splinter forearm but will look on Friday at my friends shop.

Joe

 

Hi Joe, My apologies but after I reread the message i see the stock has an adjustable comb. This will not work out for my purposes, I am try to go as original as possible. If you come across an original version, I would be interested. Again, my apologies.

 

Dean no problem. There are a couple of ways one can deal with a classic shotgun. I know a little bit about classic guns, look for my m21 on the first page of this forum. If your m21 doesn't look like my gun your gun is just a shooter, no matter if you put an original looking stock on it or not, one reason is the wood and the metal on a m21 were matching numbers from the factory so a factory looking stock would not add value to your m21. So at this point you have a shooter with little collector value at all, so now your m21 has a look a like stock on it from the 1940s or 50s witch is almost certainly ill fitting by todays shooting standards, at this point you have a want to be classic that you can't shoot welI. I have two classic m21s that I show case and I love those guns but I also have a m21 that I shoot, it is a 30" barreled gun that had the chokes altered by the previous owner and had bluing wear from use, original splinter forearm stock was replaced with a beaver tail forearm. ( more practical, won't burn your hand ) At this point I added a raised rib and bought a aftermarket M/C stock, case colored the receiver, reblued the barrel. I paid $2000.00 for the gun and spent a couple hundred in extras but now I have a serious SxS competition American classsic shooter and its still wort h $2000.00.

Just as little food for thought.

Joe

 

Hi Dean, see my best example of a classic shooter in the post above Parker for Sale.

Tks,

Joe

 

Hi Joe, thank you.

I understand and will keep this in mind.

More background and an additional question. The model 21 I have has the original stock.
However it looks the the previous owner broke the stock in two and tried to glue it back and did a terrible job.
So, I am also looking for a wood craftsman for a repair. Any ideas.

 

Experience tells me no good fix. Bought a expensive PARKER C grade that had a cracked stock that I didnt know about when I purchased the gun, the gun was completely refurbished by one of the top gunsmiths and I was assured this crack was totally repaired and should not be a problem, completely cracked after the first time I shot it, did this twice before I figured it out.. I was returned $750.00 which was short of what it cost to replace. Dean, here is what I do I have duplicate stocks made ( not fancy )for any old classic guns that I want to shoot and save the original stocks to sell with the gun later, you can then sell the replacement wood and your not out much if any at all. My shooting buddy didn't take my advice and consequently cracked stocks on a m21 and a couple of expensive Parkers, has since learned. You can count on this happening on any 50 year old gun if shot regularly it will eventually end up with cracked stocks ! Look closely at your forearm on your m21 make sure the center screw holding the forearm on isn't loose or bent this will cause the forearm to crack. That screw should be upgraded.

Macon stocks in Georgia makes replacement stocks 90 % inletted but the hardest work is the final fitting, shaping and finishing. My stock will start looking better.

Joe