December 16, 17, & 18, 2025 Firearms & Militaria
Lot #1340:
(C) NICK KUSMIT ENGRAVED DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 63 SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE.
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/16/2025
Manufactured in 1955. Blue finish with fleur de lis checkered walnut stock and forearm, and steel buttplate. Barrel is marked with Winchester trademark as well as "Model 63 .22 Long Rifle / Super Speed and Super-X". Receiver is engraved with acanthus scrollwork with large game scene vignettes on either side. Left side vignette features 2 squirrels on a tree branch, and rabbits in a field on the right. The engraving is signed "N.K." on rabbit scene in the lower muzzle-end corner in small lettering for famed engraver Nick Kusmit who worked for Winchester and the Winchester custom shop between1950-1981. CONDITION: Excellent as finished during period of engraving with greater than 90% of the bluing remaining with scattered handling and freckling from storage throughout. Stock is in matching condition with evidence of moisture from poor storage on top edges of forearm. Mechanically fine. Bore is frosted with faint but visible rifling. An attractive Winchester Model 63.