Description:
FS: This is a hard to find Winchester Model 12 20 gauge shotgun manufactured in 1940. It has a 27" barrel and 24" excluding the Polychoke. This Model 12 cycles as it should, the wood stock is in solid condition showing no cracks or chips but needs refinishing. The metal surfaces show the patina you would expect from an 82-year-old gun, almost a silver color but there are no signs of any rust past or present. You could easily restore it to its original state or use it as a shooter.
What Makes the Winchester Model 12 An Exceptional Pump-Action:
An internal hammer streamlines an action made from a single billet of forged steel.
Internal parts are all hand-fitted giving it an extremely smooth action.
Bolt locks directly into the receiver, making the action exceedingly strong.
Overall graceful lines make it a real looker.
Offered in 12, 16, and 20 gauge.
Interesting Story
I will never be able to look at a Model 12 Winchester shotgun without thinking of him. Tall and lanky, he was one of those guys who seemed all disjointed and clumsy, but he wasn’t. He could walk in the mountains all day and he didn’t seem to tire. His long legs gave him a stride that was seemingly impossible to keep up with.
The internal parts of the Model 12 action were all hand-fitted and machined to precise specifications. This gave the Model 12 its reputation for having a smooth action with excellent reliability, and it’s the primary reason why so many of these guns still work and see the fields today.
The internal parts of the Model 12 action were all hand-fitted and machined to precise specifications. This gave the Model 12 its reputation for having a smooth action with excellent reliability, and it’s the primary reason why so many of these guns still work and see the fields today.
As a boy, I have a distinct memory of following him and I was almost always running, running to catch up. I can see him ahead of me, a Winchester Model 12 casually resting on his shoulder as he disappeared behind some big oak or tangle of brush. I guess he waited for me at times; he never left me in the woods.
I called him my “hunting uncle” because he was a friend of my father’s, but not blood kin. He was inherited from my dad and, after a few years, I was allowed to venture into the grouse and turkey woods with him even if Dad couldn’t make it that day.
It’s funny how kids see things in the world: At the time, I never questioned how he was able to spend so much time in the woods with me and a Model 12 shotgun. He didn’t seem to have a regular job, a wife and family, or any of the other things that would keep most people from going hunting whenever they wanted. I never asked him about any of this because I just wanted to go hunting. And he did, too, so we went. Things were much simpler then.
We had ruffed grouse in my part of the world back then, in numbers far exceeding what we have now. He always had a good dog, either a skinny pointer or cat-footed setter with a bloodied tip on its tail — and let me tell you, they were some kind of deadly. I’m sure he missed sometimes, but I can’t remember it. If there was more than one bird on a flush or he needed a second shot, I could hear the cha-chank of the action between rounds … but it was lightning fast. He did all of this with a battle-worn Winchester Model 12 had an action as smooth as newly churned butter. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever be able to shoot like him.
He was a Model 12 man all the way, though he had other shotguns and lots of them. He had a house full of guns, but the Model 12 Winchester was his hands-down favorite. “Finest pump gun ever made,” I can still hear him say when he would catch me handling one of his collections. This man, who was way larger than life to me as a kid, held the Winchester Model 12 as possibly the greatest shotgun ever made. Was it?
Condition:
Used - See Item Description
Brand:
WINCHESTER
Model:
12
Caliber:
20 Gauge
Item #:
969947703
Stock No.:
842906
Location:
SC
Trades Accepted: No
Shipping Notes: We charge 45.00, includes insurance, for shipping in the Continental United States.
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