Model 12 Winchester

[svnmag]

He talks about the I37 and W97:

 

[svnmag]

The first time I handled a '97 in Jr. High; I got a hell of a gouge(S) down the meat of my right hand. I "knew" how to operate it without demonstration or instruction. I damn well KNEW then. I've got little scars all over my hands. There is zero evidence of this retardation(?).

Also; (no shit) I once killed a grouse flushing straight away then slam-fired another to my hard left without shouldering the gun. It was like a report pair. The dogs were on the first. "Luckily", I just blew a wing off the second as a full pattern hit would've destroyed it. It was an easy find and I had to wring it's neck. Not a fan. It was pure instinct and a bad decision in a few aspects.

That is all.

 

[NodakBob]

I ended up with my late father-in-law’s 1957 model 12 waterfowl special 3” 12 ga. …hasn’t been shot in over 50 years. The video makes me want to take it to the range!

 

[SDMF]

I ended up with my late father-in-law’s 1957 model 12 waterfowl special 3” 12 ga. …hasn’t been shot in over 50 years. The video makes me want to take it to the range!

Those have a VERY tight full choke.

Solid rib or no rib?

 

[svnmag]

I ended up with my late father-in-law’s 1957 model 12 waterfowl special 3” 12 ga. …hasn’t been shot in over 50 years. The video makes me want to take it to the range!

FUN FACT(S): That gun is WinSteel as opposed to "Nickle Steel": It's designed for a shotcup yet will still likely shoot tighter than hell with lead.

Even as both variants could be factory converted to 3in; the bbls are not rated for steel shot. M12's are essentially not "rare" at this time (your gun a minor exception if it's a Heavy Duck--IDK if it's a factory conversion(?!): You could install tubes or use alternative soft shot if you wanted to hunt waterfowl.

 

[Pheasant 54]

I have a 1954 model 12 new in box with the hang tag

 

[svnmag]

The first time I handled a '97 in Jr. High; I got a hell of a gouge(S) down the meat of my right hand. I "knew" how to operate it without demonstration or instruction. I damn well KNEW then. I've got little scars all over my hands. There is zero evidence of this retardation(?).

Also; (no shit) I once killed a grouse flushing straight away then slam-fired another to my hard left without shouldering the gun. It was like a report pair. The dogs were on the first. "Luckily", I just blew a wing off the second as a full pattern hit would've destroyed it. It was an easy find and I had to wring it's neck. Not a fan. It was pure instinct and a bad decision in a few aspects.

That is all.

This^^^was a 12ga "Nickle" with a 29in bbl. I no longer own it.

 

[AR-15]

Don't send them to Winchester to get something fixed, they will disable the guns so it won't slam fire, they would sure take care of a old frig or a deep freeze back when we were kids

 

[riverview]

i have my dad's model 12 hasn't been shot in a lot of years.