Manufactured in 1939. Features a 23" round blued barrel with blade front sight and adjustable rear notch sight. Barrel stamped on left side "WINCHESTER PROOF STEEL, MODEL 63, WINCHESTER PROOF MARK, .22 LONG R - SUPER SPEED & SUPER-X." Right side of barrel is stamped with the Winchester Patent. Barrel is stamped to the top left near the receiver "NOT ENGLISH MAKE" with British proof mark, indicating British Homeguard use during WWII. Scroll and floral engraving with punch dot background extends 2.25" from the receiver and 1.5" from the muzzle. Gold wire inlay on the muzzle tip and on base of the barrel near the receiver. Blued receiver has nearly full coverage engraving. Left side features a mountain lake scene with a gold eagle with talons out to catch a gold fish, surrounded by floral, scroll and punch dot background with a gold wire border. Signed "A. BEE" by master engraver Angelo Bee at the base of the mountain scene with his signature bumblebee logo. Top of the receiver features the Winchester proof marks in gold plus a vignette with two gold squirrels in a woodland scene, all surrounded by scroll, floral and punch dot background. Right side features a woodland scene showing a gold hawk with talons out to catch a rabbit, surrounded by floral, scroll and punch dot background with a gold wire border. Machine jeweled bolt and gold plated trigger. Bottom of receiver, bottom of trigger guard, take down screw and tang are engraved with the scroll, floral and punch dot background. The serial numbers on the bottom are highlighted in gold. Forend cap is blued with matching scroll, floral and punch dot background engraving. 2X American walnut stock and forend. Hand checkered at 20 LPI on the pistol grip and forend. Winchester Arms pistol grip cap. Blued metal buttplate with scroll, floral and punch dot background engraving on the heal and toe. Overall, this is an excellent example by one of the greatest master engravers of our time. CALIBER: .22 LR. S/N: 35435A. FFL STATUS: Curio & Relic.

Barrel and receiver retain 98% blue with only faint signs of handling use. Stock and forend are 98% condition with only faint signs of handling. Small ding in the bottom of the stock, approximately 1/2" x 1/8", and tiny dings on both sides of the rear of receiver where it joins the stock. Great bore and mechanics.