The Winchester Model 36 is a 9mm rimfire shotgun, and this one was made in the early 1920s, which makes it more than a hundred years old. The metal has gone to a brown patina and the stock varnish is flaking. The bore has minor pitting. The action works properly and the butt plate is neither chipped nor cracked. Overall it rates fair.

It suits a North Carolina collector filling out a Winchester shotgun shelf rather than anyone looking for a field gun. The condition report is plain: worn finish, flaking varnish, a bore with some pitting, but an action that still works and an undamaged butt plate. Read it as a display piece and a conversation starter, and expect the wear the fair grade describes. The 9mm rimfire chambering is the unusual part, and it is the reason collectors look for the Model 36 at all.

Key features

• 9mm rimfire shotgun
• Early 1920s production
• Brown patina, flaking stock varnish
• Minor bore pitting, action works
• Butt plate intact, fair condition

This Winchester ships to a licensed North Carolina dealer for the NICS check and pickup.