My Model 12 I bought off Gunbroker got in today. I officially have a new favorite shotgun.
This one has probably been fired more than all the rest of my 12's put together. I have been inside countless 12's and this one has a hammer that does not look original to the gun and it has been fired to where it has a GOOD sized dimple where it hits the firing pin. (Not that all that shooting hurts these old work horses.) It looked like they were using burnt powder as a lubricant. There was no air space, powder filled the voids.
It is a tight gun that has had some professional mods added. It has about the prettiest furniture I have ever seen on a Winchester, I am not sure if it was added or original to the gun. It is too busy drying to bother right now but I will post some pics of the finished product later. This one will be my last low bid gun off Gunbroker, too many add ons. It is getting to where the actual cost of the gun makes up only 80% of the final cost. Too bad because I really got some nice irons with the lowest possible bid and some with the 'make an offer'...
This one has probably been fired more than all the rest of my 12's put together. I have been inside countless 12's and this one has a hammer that does not look original to the gun and it has been fired to where it has a GOOD sized dimple where it hits the firing pin. (Not that all that shooting hurts these old work horses.) It looked like they were using burnt powder as a lubricant. There was no air space, powder filled the voids.
It is a tight gun that has had some professional mods added. It has about the prettiest furniture I have ever seen on a Winchester, I am not sure if it was added or original to the gun. It is too busy drying to bother right now but I will post some pics of the finished product later. This one will be my last low bid gun off Gunbroker, too many add ons. It is getting to where the actual cost of the gun makes up only 80% of the final cost. Too bad because I really got some nice irons with the lowest possible bid and some with the 'make an offer'...