Winston Churchill Engraved and Gold Inlaid Smith & Wesson Model 53 .22 Long Rifle & .22 Jet
| | 6" pinned, matted-ribbed barrel with ramped blade front sight. Rear sight |
| | adjustable for windage and elevation. Checkered, casehardened hammer |
| | with firing-pin selector. Striated casehardened trigger. Polishing refinements |
| | by Creighton Audette. Highly figured, smooth walnut grips. Extensively |
| | engraved with intertwining scroll by Winston Churchill and with roadrunner |
| | on left crane, sitting eagle on left frame, dove with olive branch on right |
| | frame, flying eagle with arrows on right frame all in raised three-dimensional |
| | gold. Maker's name and calibre inlaid in gold surrounded by flush gold |
| | scroll inlay. Extensive flush gold borderline work. Raised gold scrolls on |
| | chambers of .22 Jet cylinder; raised gold scrolls on flutes of .22 LR cylinder |
| | and on triggerguard. With extensive documentation pertaining to its |
| | construction and bills showing 1359 3/4 direct hours of Winston Churchill's |
| | engraving time. In Churchill's custom made French-fitted mahogany display |
| | case with engraved hardware and containing engraved turnscrew, ramrod, |
| | handmade key, oil bottle and maker's escutcheon on lid. Extensive |
| | paperwork and documentaion hidden inside case lid. Originally mfd 1961. |
| | Completed by Winston Churchill in 1977 for William H D Goddard, author of |
| | The Colt Government Models. Appears unfired. Pictured in Wilson, "Steel |
| | Canvas", p21. $86,750. |
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Pictured in R L Wilson's, Steel Canvas
Pictured in C Roger Bleile's, American Engravers, pages 30-31 (and color centerfold).
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