Built with blued steel barrels featuring Bradley red front and steel mid-bead sights on the matted flat vent rib, standard Winchester markings, 2 3/4 inch chambers with automatic ejectors, and chokes marked "WS-1"/"WS-2". The barrels are fitted to the blued action which is unadorned aside from the serial number on the upper tang and standard markings on the watertable and features a single selective trigger and a tang mounted manual safety. The gun is fitted with a beautifully figured and nicely checkered beavertail forend and a straight grip stock with multi-point checkered wrist and checkered butt. The included factory letter confirms the current regular comb, regular finish, drop at comb, drop at heel, length of pull, and weight when it was completed on March 1st, 1939, while the factory order sheet confirms the above as well as listing the gun as a standard grade with 26 inch barrels, straight grip stock, selective ejector, single trigger, beavertail forend, checkered butt, and current sight configuration. The gun was built for a Bernard Peyton of Princeton, New Jersey. Though the factory documents state the wood is standard, it is anything but, and is highly attractive. Barrel and stock measurements (R/L): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .728/.728 inches; choke constriction .003(jug)/.008 inches; minimum wall thickness .034/.035 inches; 1 9/16 inch drop at comb; 2 5/16 inch drop at heel; 15 inch length of pull; weight 7 lbs. 10 oz.

Very fine, retaining 90% refurbished blue finish with light handling evidence and some areas of light spotting particularly around the triggerguard. The wood is very good and shows small cracks at either side of the forend shoe, numerous small scratches, and crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.