Thread: Any Winchester Model 12 Collectors Here? Update with Photos
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Old 01-04-2012, 11:39 AM
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I only have two Model 12s, a 1963 20 ga. and a seriously bubbasised military riot gun. I bought the 12 ga. in 1954 from Montgomery Wards and got it and a Boyt sheeplined case for $55.00. Somebody had done a real number on it including adding a Weaver choke, beavertail forearm, grip cap, recoil pad and checkered the original cartouched stock. I have hunted with this old war horse all my life and the only time it failed me was a broken fireing pin. I love it.







You can still see the WB cartouche in this picture.
I am seriously impressed with this grand old gun. The guy that did the work will have a hot seat in Hell waiting for him, but what a good job he has done non the less. Any adding your own history to an already historic gun makes we weak in the knees. I greatly admire cared for working guns, and your has that in spades. Dont change a thing, and sit down and think back and write down some of the adventures you two have shared. I think future generations will appreciate that.
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