John Olin's M-50 2-Gun Set |Winchester Shotguns|Forum|Winchester Collector

Anthony #5411 said
Here’s a shot at John Olin’s Winchester Model 50 two Gun Set, for sale!
It’s only $40,000.00 Grand, for  the PAIR!
https://www.americantrapshooter.com/threads/john-olins-personal-winchester-model-50s-2-gun-set.33318/
 
Tony
  

I’d want to see some solid documentation of the Cody Museum story and even then, they’re still Model 50’s, the Rodney Dangerfield of Winchester shotguns. I’m sure John Olin had dozens of Winchesters so that doesn’t really mean much to some collectors. The 20 would be interesting, especially if we could see it next to a regular production M50 20ga. 

Mike

The late John M. Olin was responsible for keeping Winchester in the business of making firearms, in an increasingly difficult labor environment, for a long time. He was an unabashed lover of Winchester guns and we owe his memory a debt. 

However, I am not sure about his taste in highly decorated arms. It may be that the Custom Shop was going over the top to impress the boss. 

In any event, at least some of the guns made for him were, in my opinion, garish. The Grand American made for him is festooned with gold inlaid figures, for example.  It reminds me of the arms ordered up by obscure but oil-rich Middle Eastern  potentates. 

Maybe I’m overly sensitive in these matters from living in or near the City of Wretched Excess for a half Century. Rifles encrusted with Gold and Platinum and stocks of exotic woods carved and inlaid with ivory charging lions…..

The Model 50 shotgun, in its field grade, is a sleek and handsome shotgun the lines of which are reminiscent of the Model 12. Along with the Models 66, 88, and 100 rifles, the 50/59 guns are especially pleasing to the eye.  They do not require and are actually diminished by applied ornament. Especially Gold or Silver washes and other disruptive embellishment.