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Winchester Model 12 combat shotgun?
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auburnboattail
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Model 12
Model 12 is a great home defense shotgun, Old models with no disconnector are particularly good. I would not cut the barrel however.
12's are to nice of guns to chop up. A model 1200 or 1300 are inexpensive and have
many barrel choices readily available and many aftermarket accessories if one wants them.
Model 12 is a great home defense shotgun, Old models with no disconnector are particularly good. I would not cut the barrel however.
12's are to nice of guns to chop up. A model 1200 or 1300 are inexpensive and have
many barrel choices readily available and many aftermarket accessories if one wants them.
junker
Yep, about 25 years ago I found a beat up mod. 12 12ga. with a poly choke. I had a smith cut the choke off and put a bead on. About all I did otherwise was take the magazine plug out.
As far as TLC, it's pretty tough to hurt a model 12. I've got two others in 12 ga. and one in 20 ga.
Yep, about 25 years ago I found a beat up mod. 12 12ga. with a poly choke. I had a smith cut the choke off and put a bead on. About all I did otherwise was take the magazine plug out.
As far as TLC, it's pretty tough to hurt a model 12. I've got two others in 12 ga. and one in 20 ga.
Model 12s make great "Serious" shotguns. I wouldn't cut one down, but if I found one like that....
One caveat....
The fan fire feature is more for show than utility. Very hard to control with full power ammo.
At the same time, most 12s shuck like butter and a good rate of accurate fire is possible with practice.
HTH....
One caveat....
The fan fire feature is more for show than utility. Very hard to control with full power ammo.
At the same time, most 12s shuck like butter and a good rate of accurate fire is possible with practice.
HTH....
This is some info from Bruce N. Canfield's U. S. Combat Shotguns. There isn't a lot of info on WW1 Model 12's, other than there were some in the trenches and also at home, guarding military bases.
WW2 is a different story. Serial #'s are in the range from #939649 - 1035241. Receivers are marked with a large US and the flaming bomb on the right side of the receiver under the ejection port. Barrels have the flaming bomb on the top, just ahead of the receiver and length is approximately 20 3/4". It should have a barrel shroud with bayonett lug and sling attachment point. Many of the military shotguns are missing the original fore-end shroud. Another point is it may have been a police riot gun, in which case there might not be any US ordinance marks.
There may be exceptions to the above info as the records that remain may be incomplete.
I am not a military collector, just giving you some info from a book I have, to quickly identify if it is a US model. Perhaps one of the collectors among us will pipe up with more info.
WW2 is a different story. Serial #'s are in the range from #939649 - 1035241. Receivers are marked with a large US and the flaming bomb on the right side of the receiver under the ejection port. Barrels have the flaming bomb on the top, just ahead of the receiver and length is approximately 20 3/4". It should have a barrel shroud with bayonett lug and sling attachment point. Many of the military shotguns are missing the original fore-end shroud. Another point is it may have been a police riot gun, in which case there might not be any US ordinance marks.
There may be exceptions to the above info as the records that remain may be incomplete.
I am not a military collector, just giving you some info from a book I have, to quickly identify if it is a US model. Perhaps one of the collectors among us will pipe up with more info.