The Winchester Model 21 ShotgunBy Chuck Hawks Illustration courtesy of Connecticut Shotgun Mfg. Co.The Winchester Model 21 side-by-side shotgun was the last of theAmerican 'best guns' to be introduced, and Winchester's timing could nothave been worse. It was introduced in 1930, right after the stock marketcrash of October 1929 which began the Great Depression.The gun has had avery long run. The last Model 21 from the Winchester Custom Shop was notcompleted until 1990, and a very few are still being built (as I writethis in 2006) under a special arrangement between Winchester andConnecticut Shotgun Mfg. Co.John Olin became President of Winchester in 1931 and was closelyassociated with the Model 21 until his death in 1982. He strove to makethe new boxlock double superior to the best double guns made anywhere inthe world.

1. Winchester Model 21 Production Dates

He wanted it to be compared, not so much to other Americandoubles, but to the finest British guns (which were the best in theworld).In The Winchester Era by George Madis, Winchesters head gundesigner, Mr. Johnson, is quoted as saying that the gun was '.equal in quality to any double model anywhere, and of superior design andcraftsmanship.

This will be a lifetime gun for the most particularshooter.' Johnson was the director of Winchester's design departmentduring the period of the Model 21's creation, which started in 1924 whenthe company decided to go ahead with the development of a new double gun.Edwin Pugsley (then Winchester's Factory Manager), and noted gun designersGeorge Lewis, Frank Burton, and Louis Stiennon also had much to do withthe development of the Model 21.The Model 21 represents the pinnacle of American shotgun design, and itis built of the finest steel ever used in a double gun. Unlike otherdouble guns, whose frames were made from case hardened steel, Model 21frames were machined from a heat-treated cro-moly steel forging. This iswhy they have a blue finish instead of a color case finish. Model 21frames are approximately twice as strong as a similar case hardened frame.The frame is also comparatively long, which contributes to the overallstrength of the gun by increasing the leverage of the underbolt that holdsthe barrels to the action.The Model 21 uses special chopper-lump type barrels made fromheat-treated chrome molybdenum alloy steel. These barrels have lumps thatare designed to be dovetailed together, then pinned and soldered with softsolder composed of half tin and half lead.

This process avoids the hightemperature brazing required with normal chopper-lump (or inferior typesof) barrel construction. It results in barrels at least twice as strongas normal double gun barrels.In his Shotgun Book, Jack O'Connor said he had never seen aModel 21 shot loose. He considered the Model 21's dovetailed barrelconstruction to be superior in strength, and wrote that the Model 21'sframe was made of the best material ever put in a shotgun. He wrote, 'Ibelieve the Model 21 Winchester double is probably the strongest, mostrugged, and most trouble free double ever made.'

This opinion was born out by the results of the famous Winchester proofload test. To promote the gun when it was introduced, Winchester went togreat lengths to demonstrate the gun's safety, strength and durability.Winchester purchased a selection of top brand double guns, which includedall of the other famous American brands, for a 'test to destruction.' Thetechnicians at Winchester fired violent proof ('blue pill') loads in allof the guns until they broke or blew up. None of the guns survived morethan 305 of these 'blue pill' proof loads, except the Model 21.

It successfully fired 2,000 of these 150% pressure proof loads without anykind of failure, at which point the test was stopped and the gun torndown. Absolutely no discernible wear or change of dimension had occurred.This gun was featured in Winchester advertisements, photographed with thepile of 2,000 fired proof load hulls behind it.In another test, Winchester technicians fired a standard 1 1/8 oz 12gauge field load in a Model 21 with the top lever and locking boltremoved. The gun was safely held closed merely by ordinary hand pressure.The M-21's optional single selective trigger is durable, mechanical,and works as it is supposed to. The selective ejectors eject. The singleunderbolt is adjustable to compensate for wear. An extremely elegantventilated rib was available on special order (standard on Trap gradeguns).

As noted above, the Model 21 sports a clean breech face.Until 1959 the Model 21 was available without any engraving, or withany of six increasingly ornate factory patterns (21-1 to 21-6). The top'Grand American' grade featured 21-6 engraving with gold inlays added tothe sides and bottom of the receiver.Stock wood was select American blackwalnut. Checkering ran from fairly simple diamond or kidney patterns, tothe elegant 'A' pattern, to the ornate 'B' pattern fleur-de-lis style.Standard gauges were 12, 16, and 20, although 28 gauge and.410 bore gunshave been built to special order on lightened 20 gauge frames. In fact,pretty much anything could be had on special order guns from the CustomShop, as well as non-standard engraving and checkering. Even anexperimental Model 21 double-barreled rifle was built.Before WW II, Winchester offered the Model 21 in a variety of models,including Standard, Duck, Tournament (also Tournament-Skeet), Skeet, andTrap (also Trap-Skeet), as well as Custom Built guns.

Standard and Duckguns were stocked with select black walnut, which has always been thestandard wood for Model 21's. The Tournament models received a bettergrade of black walnut than the Standard guns. Trap and Custom Built gunscame with fancy and highly figured black walnut.

Any model could bespecial ordered with high-grade wood.After WW II Winchester offered the Model 21 in Standard, Magnum(previously Duck), Deluxe, Skeet, and Trap models, as well as Custom Built(briefly called Custom Deluxe, but in any case built to special order).Grades were also combined, as in a special order 'Custom Deluxe-Skeetgrade.' Deluxe, Trap, and Custom Built guns still came with fancy andhighly figured black walnut. Only the Trap grade came standard with aventilated rib. Throughout its production life, the Standard (field) Model21 was the biggest seller, and the fancy Trap grade the smallest (perhaps5% of production). A large percentage (almost half) of the Model 21'sproduced were Custom Built guns.Unfortunately, Winchester discovered that the Model 21 was simply tooexpensive to build and sell as a production item, and for most of its lifethe gun has been put together in the Winchester Custom Shop. After 1959Model 21's were only available as special order Custom Built guns.

TheModel 21 became entirely a bespoke gun.From 1960-1981, the (Olin) Winchester Custom Shop years, the Model 21was built in three primary grades, Custom, Pigeon, and Grand American (inascending order). Grand American grade Model 21's came standard with twosets of barrels and a fitted hard case. All Model 21's delivered through1982 were ordered under Olin ownership.During this period the Custom grade, which was usually not engraved andwas typically checkered in a diamond point pattern, was the leastexpensive and the most popular (about 73.7% of sales). The Pigeon grade,usually engraved in the old 21-6 style without gold inlays and checkeredin the fancy 'A' pattern, was the least popular (about 3.7% of sales). Thefamous Grand American, with its 21-6 style engraving with gold inlays andvery fancy 'B' pattern checkering, accounted for about 22.6% of sales.

Ofcourse, all grades could be altered according to the customer's wishes,and some unusual guns were produced in all grades.The most popular gauge was 20, closely followed by 12. A few 16 gaugeguns were ordered, and a very few in 28 gauge and.410 bore. Productionwas in single digits for both of the last two gauges. The most popularbarrel length was 26' (approximately 44%), followed by 28' (35%), and 30'(16%); other lengths accounted for the balance.About half of the Customshop guns were ordered with ventilated ribs. Approximately 18% wereordered with straight grip stocks, the rest with pistol grips.

The greatmajority of Custom shop guns were ordered with one of the 4 availablebeavertail forearm styles; less than 1% of customers ordered splinterforearms.All of the above percentages were calculated from productioninformation contained in the book Winchester's Finest, The Model 21by Ned Schwing. This book is the definitive source on the Model 21, and Irecommend it highly to all Model 21 owners, and anyone else interested inthis great gun.In the late 1970's, seven guns were produced that were intended tobecome a super grade series for presentation and charitable purposes.These guns were called 'Grand Royal.' The first of these was built as agift for John Olin with 28 gauge and.410 bore barrels. Unfortunately, Mr.Olin died shortly before the gun was completed. Eventually, all seven gunswere sold to a single customer.The second gun in this series, sold to asecondary buyer, was returned to the Custom Shop for completion with twosets of 28 gauge barrels. The third gun in the series was damaged andbecame unusable. I believe that, as I write this, the Connecticut ShotgunMfg.

Co has completed one other Grand Royal set for another secondarycustomer. The three remaining Grand Royals, still in the white, arepossibly still available.United States Repeating Arms Company purchased the rights to theWinchester name, and Winchester's New Haven production facilities, in Julyof 1981. Winchester Model 21's delivered after 1982 were still built bythe same craftsmen, in the same Winchester Custom Shop, under U.S.R.A.C.ownership. In that year the Pigeon grade, never very popular, wasdiscontinued.

The grades were revised as follows: Standard Custom Built (afield gun without engraving and fewer options), Custom (unchanged from theOlin days), Grand American (now available for the first time inmulti-gauge two barrel sets), and Special Custom Built. The latter was thenew top of the line, unlimited as to features and decoration, andtherefore priced individually on application. This became the most populargrade during the U.S.R.A.C. Offered for sale a special series of eight Grand American grade Model 21's to be built on 20 gauge frames. These were referred to as the 'One of Eight' small bore sets. They were to be three gauge sets with 20, 28, and.410 gauge barrels. According to Ned Schwing's book Winchester's Finest, only four of these sets were ever completed and sold by U.S.R.A.C.After 1988 no new orders for Model 21's were accepted by U.S.R.A.C.,although the gun was never formally discontinued.

The last Model 21 camefrom the Winchester Custom Shop in 1990.Connecticut Shotgun Mfg. (builder of the new A. Fox guns) hasarranged with U.S.R.A.C. To build the Winchester Model 21, and at the 1998SHOT show I got to inspect a couple of new 21's in the white. In 2001 Isaw finished guns. They looked perfect. But the last Model 21 frames were made in 1955.

The remaining supply of frames is reported to be very small.As you probably realize, I am a fan of the Winchester Model 21, and Iregard it as the finest of the American double guns. The sad fact is thatthe dwindling supply of frames means that the assembly of new Model 21'smust come to an end at some point in the not too distant future. When itdoes, the long life of America's finest 'best gun' will have finally cometo an end.Note: For more on the Winchester Model 21, see the page.

Winchester Dates WALTER HUNT'S REPEATERThe Hunt repeater, generally regarded as the forerunner of the Winchester, was made only as a patent model in 1849. JENNINGS AND SMITH JENNINGSGuy Hubbard, a historian of Windsor, Vermont where Robbins and Lawrence made the Jennings repeater, stated in 1924 that he had been informed by principals of the company that only 1,000 Jennings and Smith Jennings rifles were made between 1849 and 1852 and of this number many were converted to single shots and many more were scrapped for parts. SMITH AND WESSONTotal production of about 1,600 guns, 600 were transferred to the Volcanic Company for assembly, according to remaining Winchester records.

Smith and Wesson lever action arms were made from 1853 to 1855. VOLCANIC ARMSFrom 1855 to 1857 the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company made about 3,000 guns. NEW HAVEN ARMSIn 1857 and 1858, the New Haven Arms Company repeaters were in production. About 3,200 were made, but many of these remained on hand for almost 100 years until they were sold to employees for as little as one dollar in Winchester's surplus store.

WALCH REVOLVERSIn an attempt to raise operating capital the New Haven Arms Company and Oliver F. Winchester contracted to produce 3,000 revolvers for Cyrus Manville. These revolvers were the Walch.31 caliber style with superposed loads, made from 1860 to 1861.HENRY RIFLESYEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE11999Serial numbers of the Henry rifle overlap those of the model 1866 from 1865 to 1866.MODEL 1866YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE130092-96-4Number 174,100 and up assigned to repair department.Total production 170,100.MODEL 1873YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE81122207-08-34918260Only 18 guns were shipped in 1873; 108 were shipped in 1874. Total production 720,609.MODEL 1876YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE89-90-91-463671795-8638701Total production 63,871.MODEL 1879 WINCHESTER SHOTGUNSImported and sold from 1879 to 1882. Serial numbers range from one to around 10,000; a few guns do not have serial numbers.HOTCHKISSYEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE2-67170487-88-80Serial numbers reached 84,584, but not all of the 17,380 gun production of 1893 were made.

Many serial numbers were skipped; total production was near 70,100.MODEL 1885 SINGLE SHOTYEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE479045020-91-535-95-13-52-15-Records in the writer's possession show that two years production was recorded in 1890-1891, 1894-1895, 1912-1913.A large number of serial numbers were skipped after number 115,170. Serials reached 139,700. Winder muskets, made in 1918 and 1919, were given the designation 'Model 87', but serials were in the single shot range.MODEL 1886YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE41-Records indicate that serials reached 159,994 in 1932. No further production or numbering took place.

Some Models 86 remained on hand until 1936.MODEL 1887YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADESerials reached 64,855. At 64,856 serials of the Model 1901, a continuation of the Model 1887, begin.MODEL 1890YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE44-Actual production of guns reached serial number 752,044. After 1932 serial numbers were chosen at random; many numbers were skipped and the highest serial number recorded is 849,100. George Watrous, a Winchester employee, counted total production at 764,215 in 1944 when he made a count.MODEL 1892YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE92The Model 65 was numbered in the 1892 Model series.MODEL 1893YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADEFrom 1897 to 1899, Models 1897 were serially numbered with the Model 1893. Approximately 84,555 models 1893 were serially numbered.

Model 1893 and 1897 serial numbers overlap in 1897-1899.MODEL 1894YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE143-44-45-46-47-48-Production figures for 1943 1948 and 1964 are unknown. Later figures from 1948 on are from records at U.S. Repeating Arms, and may be off one year, especially for the years 71, 72, 74,75, 76, and 79.MODEL 1895YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE7541Russian muskets produced in 1915-16.LEE STRAIGHT PULLYEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE9913390-1900-01-7313Production from 1899 to 1900 totaled 344 guns.

Serial records for these years are missing. Serials from number 14953 to 19288 were not used.MODEL 1897YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE81024700-From 1897 to 1899, Models 1897 were serially numbered with the Model 1893. Model 1893 and 1897 serial numbers overlap in 1897-1899. Model 1897 serial numbers begin at serial number 31609, approximately where the 1893 model serials ended. See the note with the model 1893. Total production of the model 1897 reached 1,024,700, when the parts clean-up began, resulting in 2,000 more guns assembled.MODEL 1900Not serially numbered.

About 105,000 made from 1899 to 1902.MODEL 1901YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE120-Serial numbers of the Model 1901 begin where the Model 1887 left off, with some over lapping from 1898 to 1901. Some serial numbers were skipped between 1904 and 1920. Total production approximately 13,500 guns, including the numbers skipped.MODEL 1902Not serially numbered. From 1902 to 1931 666,742 were made.MODEL 1903YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE618Actual production 123,094; omitting some numbers enabled serials to reach 126,211.SALUTE CANNONNot serially numbered. About 19,000 made from 1903 to 1958.

Listed by the factory as the model 98 Cannon. Production resumed in 1974 by another company.

MODEL 99Often called the 'Thumb Trigger' model. Not serially numbered; made from 1904 to 1923, production reached 77,584. MODEL 1904Not serially numbered. From 1904 to 1931, 305,984 made.MODEL 1905YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADESerials reached 31467.MODEL 1906YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE19925Production began in late 1905 but was insignificant until January of 1906. Large groups of serial numbers were skipped, so serial numbers reached 848,000.

Total production was 731,852 guns.MODEL 1907YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE9552-No production in 1943-1944 Intermittent production from 1945 to 1957. In 1958, 4,000 guns were assembled for a total production of 58,733.MODEL 1910YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE085702Total production 20,787.MODEL 1911YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE321333Many serial numbers were skipped after they passed 82774 in 1921. About 84,000 guns made.MODEL 1912YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE878Some serial numbers were skipped in 1959, 1961 and 1972.

The new 'Y series' began in 1972 with number Y2000100.MODEL 12 FEATHERWEIGHTMade from 1959 to 1962. Serials passed 122,000. Letter 'F' after serial number. BRITISH ENFIELDSFrom 1915 to 1917, these rifles were made for Britain. Serial numbers passed 245,000.

MODEL 1917 ENFIELDSMade for the U.S. Government from 1917 to 1919. A total of 545,511 were delivered to U.S. BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE47,123 BAR.' S were made from 1918 to 1919.MODEL 52YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE9103Production reached 125,419, according to most factory records, with an additional 32 guns assembled after 1979. Factory records are probably in error for 1956, since production of 15,038 guns of this model for one year is highly unlikely.

Production for years 1950-1952, 65-66, 67-70 and 72-75 were not kept separate for each year and were bulked together by the factory.MODEL 20YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE4-12535Total production reached 23,616 guns of this model. Later production is not known due to lost records.MODEL 36Not serially numbered; from 1921 to 1929, 25,781 were made. MODEL 41Not serially numbered.

Produced from 1920 to 1934 and then on an intermittent basis until 1941. About 23,335 models 41 were made.MODEL 53YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE8Some numbers in 1892 series.

Total production 15,118.MODEL 55YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADESome numbers in 1894 series. Total production 20,592.MODEL 54YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE12734Production ceased in 1936 with guns remaining on hand until early 1942. Total production 50,161.56 AND 57 MODELSYEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE - M 56NO. MADE - M 00-6-373827440-468Total production was 8,597 models 56 and 19,281 models 57, including the parts clean up.MODEL 58Not serially numbered.

About 39,963 of these rifles were made from 1928 to 1934. MODEL 59Not serially numbered. In 1930, the only year of production, 10,843 were made.MODEL 21YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE1948Total production passed 33,000 in 1975. Still in production.

Figures after World War II have not been released.60 AND 60-A MODELSNot serially numbered. Introduced in 1932, discontinued due to World War Two. A total of 165,758 were made. 60-A TARGET MODELNot serially numbered.

From 1932 to discontinuation due to World War Two, 6,363 rifles of this model were made.MODEL 62YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE4-45-Total production after final parts clean up reached 410,456.MODEL 61YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE-Factory records for 1949-1952 were bulked together and average production for the four years was given, as were records for 1953-1954. Figures for 1955-1956 were rounded off. All figures are from the original old production records.MODEL 63YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE160175223-Factory records for 1949-1952 were bulked together and average production for the four years was given, as were records for 1953-1954. Figures for 1955-1956 were rounded off. All figures are from the original old production records.MODEL 64YEARSTART OF YEAR43-44-45-46-47-48-1Serially numbered in the model 94 series and made from 1933 to 1957. A total of 66,783 were made and recorded. Reintroduced as a model 64 with other specifications in 1972, discontinued in 1973. The 1972-73 production passed 8,250 when the model was again discontinued.MODEL 65YEARSTART OF YEAR3The model 65, assembled from 1933 to 1947, has serial numbers in the model 1892 series. 5,714 were made.MODEL 42YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE13-Records from 1955-1963 are lost, so the factory, using total production from 1955-1963 divided total production from these years and found average yearly production was 4,683 guns.MODEL 67Not serially numbered. Introduced in 1934, discontinued in 1963. A total of 383,587 were made when the parts clean up began. About 2,100 guns were assembled in the final parts cleanup. MODEL 677Not serially numbered.

A model 67 with Winchester telescopic sight, introduced in 1937, discontinued in 1942 after production of less than 2,300 guns. MODEL 68Not serially numbered. Made from 1934 to 1946. Production reached 100,015. Another 15 guns assembled from parts on hand in late 1946. MODEL 69Not serially numbered. From 1935 to 1963, a total of over 355,000 models 69 were made.

MODEL 697Not serially numbered. Introduced in 1937, with a model 69 marking.

Differs from the model 69 in that the 697 has only scope sights and has no iron sights. Only 1,431 were made in this model. Model 69 rifles with scope sights saw production of 769 guns.MODEL 71YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE5847254-Total production 47,254. 1949-1952 average production.MODEL 37Not serially numbered.

Introduced in 1936, discontinued in 1963. A total of 1,015,554 were made. Re-introduced in 1973, as the model 37-A, discontinued in 1981.MODEL 70YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE64458987-45-46-47-7Production records for 1944-1947 were combined. The new post 64 began at end of 1964.

Serial numbers were skipped so production in 1964 began at number 700000. After 1968 prefix G is found in front of numbers.MODEL 72Not serially numbered. From 1938 to 1943, 40,566 were made. After World War Two an additional 120,434 rifles were made from 1946 to 1949. A total of somewhat over 161,412 models 72 and 72-A were made.MODEL 75YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE085888715-In the latter part of 1957 and early 1958, a parts clean up resulted in 'a few guns assembled' according to production records.MODEL 74YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE-43128289-128289-Records for 1949-1955 are lost.

Factory workers divided total production for these years to arrive at 26112 guns annual production. In 1955, many serials were skipped.MODEL 24YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE856116417-Parts clean up in 1957 production less than 117,000.MODEL 40YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE25M-1 RIFLESMade for the U.S. Government from 1940 to 1945; official records indicate production of 513,582 rifles. M-1 CARBINESAs with the M-1 rifle, made for U.S. Armed Forces. From 1941 to 1945, 818,059 carbines were produced.

MODEL 43Made from 1949 to 1957. Regular production ceased at number 62,617. MODEL 47Not serially numbered.

Made from 1949 to 1954. Serials passed 43,000 when regular production ceased. MODEL 25Manufacture began in 1949 and was discontinued in 1954 after numbers passed 87,937.MODEL 50YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE6Serial 1 000, the first gun made, was presented to John M. Olin in 1954. Most records for this model have been lost and the above are estimates of production furnished by U.S.

Repeating Arms Co.MODEL 77Introduced in 1955. Serials began at number 1001. Discontinued in 1963 at numbers near 217,180. The parts clean up resulted in about 900 more guns.MODEL 88YEARSTART OF YEARNO. MADE94971-Prefix H before serial numbers after 1970 discontinued 1975. Parts clean up in 1976, a few hundred guns assembled.MODEL 55 RIMFIRENot serially numbered. Production began in 1957, was discontinued in 1961.

About 47,000 made. MODEL 59Introduced in 1960, discontinued in 1965.

Serials passed 82,085. M 14 SPRINGFIELDMade for the U.S. Produced from 1960 to 1963. Production for U.S. Ordnance was 356,501.MODEL 100YEARSTART OF YEARNO.

MADE0543170-Prefix A before serial number began in February of 1970.MODEL 200Includes the models 250, 270, 290, 255, and 275. Introduced from 1963 to 1965. Models 255 and 275 discontinued in 1971, models 250 and 270 discontinued in 1974. Manufacture of the 290 ceased in 1976. Total production for all models of the 200 series was over 1,600,000, according to Winchester.

Winchester Model 21 Production Dates

MODEL 101Introduced in 1963. Still in production as of 1984. MODEL 1200Made from 1964. Still in production as of 1984.

MODEL 1400Made from 1964 to 1968. Mark II Model 1400 replaced the 1400 model in 1968. Discontinued in 1973. 121 and 121Y MODELSMade from 1967 to 1973. 131 and 135 MODELSProduction began in 1967, stopped in 1973. 55 141 and 145 MODELSMade from 1967 to 1973. MODEL 150Made from 1967 to 1974.

670 and 670 MAGNUM MODELSMade from 1967 to 1973. MODEL 370Made from 1968 to 1973. 770 and 770 MAGNUM MODELSMade from 1969 to 1971. 310 and 320 MODELSMade from 1972 to 1975. MODEL 9422Production began in 1972.

Still produced as of 1984. MODEL 190Produced from 1974 to 1980. SUPER X MODEL 1Made from 1974 to 1981. MODEL 490Produced from 1974 to 1977.

DOUBLE RIFLECustom made beginning in 1975. MODEL 23Made from 1976.Still produced as of 1984. 96 EXPERT MODELMade from 1976. Still produced as of 1984. MODEL 500 XTRMade from 1978.Still produced as of 1984. MODEL 1300 XTRMade from 1978.Still produced as of 1984. MODEL 501 GRAND EUROPEANProduced from 1981 to present as of 1984.

RANGER PUMP AND SEMI-AUTO MODELSProduction began in 1983. Still produced as of 1984. SHOTGUN-RIFLE COMBINATIONProduced from 1983. Still produced as of 1984.