Bill Phifer Custom Shop Collection

[budrichard]

This collection is well worth viewing for the numerous Mint in the box Custom Shop Model 21's Bill has collected. I leave his website to fill in the details of the collection. http://www.winchestermodel21.com/page1.html
At one time it was for sale but apparently not at this time. -Dick

[budrichard]

Bill has supplied some additioanal information about his website and collection and graciously agreed to have Posted here.

"I started http://www.WinchesterModel21.com with the express purpose to let other Model 21 enthusiasts see some of the rare Model 21 shotguns manufactured by the Winchester Custom Shop.

My site has generated over 150,000 hits. Hits as of February 2009 are at an all time high. It is not unusual to receive over 1,200 hits a week.

I ordered my first Winchester Model 21 shotgun in 1978. I placed my last order with the Custom Shop in 1985. I received my last shotgun in 1989 (it took 9 years, 11 months to get the shotgun).

The collection is still (in)tact and is as described on page one of my website. You might be interested to know that I have never applied oil to the exterior of my shotguns. I use wax on the outside and light oil on the inside. If you look at my website you will notice wax in the checkering and a dull haze on the barrels.

I am most proud of my Grand Royal, the Alvin White engraved shotguns, and the Two-Gauge shotgun. I ordered a Model 21 with two different gauges on the same set of barrels to celebrate the fact that my collection was complete. Winchester initially balked at producing my Two-Gauge but eventually made it.

I am not a shotgun shooter. My personal “sporting” life-long interest is Desert Bighorn Sheep photography.

The collection is for sale. I remove mention that it is for sale when I am in discussion with a potential buyer. Because of my website I have met many people around the world, many of them quite famous.

I hope the eventual buyer of my collection is from the USA and keeps it complete and does not break it up.

Bill Phifer