Winchester Model 42 - the .410 that still feels like a Model 12. Serial 156537. Excellent. 26-inch plain barrel, Modified, 3-inch.This is the gun Winchester built when a .410 was supposed to be a real shotgun, not a toy. Made from 1933 to 1963. About 164,800 left the factory. Serial 156537 sits in the 1963 block, one of the last of the classic guns before Winchester changed the way it built firearms. No rib. Just a clean 26-inch barrel, choked Modified, with a single bead - the field gun most Model 42s were meant to be. Light in the hands, fast on a covey, and still the pump serious .410 shooters look for. It shoots 3-inch shells. Bore, blue, and walnut are in excellent condition, with the crisp rollmarks and tight action you want on a late pre-64 Winchester. A shooter you will actually take to the field, and a collector piece from the last year of the model. Curio and relic. Serial 156537.