John Olin's personal Winchester Model 50's. 2 gun set

I'm selling John Olin's personal Winchester model 50's. Its a 2 gun set, 12ga and 20ga. Papered from the Cody museum with receipts of sale, The 12ga is serial #1000, which is the documented #1 gun. Numerous Winchester books in publication have this documented as fact. John ordered an alloy cutts comp on his 26" vr 12ga. There is no choke mark on the barrel.
The story from Cody is Mr. Olin chipped his 12ga forearm when he removed it one day, forgetting about the cutts body. His 20ga is a pigeon grade with a jeweled bolt and carrier. The 20ga is a fixed 28" full vr, marked as such. It has a field grade silver front bead up front. His 20ga forearm has a scratch on the right side. Both guns were enjoyed and shot by Mr. Olin.
The WCA has no record of any 20ga serial number lower than John Olin's 20ga, making many to believe it was the first 20ga made just for him. The 20ga guns did not have their own serial number assignments. The number assigned was in line with the existing serial numbers for 12ga, so its number indicates it was issued and assigned next in line in 1956.
Both guns are English 'e' grade straight stocks with leather pads. These guns were auctioned off by the Cody Museum to make room on the floor. The museum inventory stickers are still visible on both stocks. Only after doing so, did they realize what they did. Numerous owners have been approached by Cody and asked to have them donated back to the museum. These are the holy grail for model 50 collectors. Paperwork history will be included with these guns. I will not break up the set. Guns like this dont change hands very often.
Here's your chance to own some unique american history.ffl to ffl. Lower 48 only.
As is................40,000.00 for the pair.

FIRST SET OF PICS WILL BE THE 12GA.

 

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