![]() Johnson, and was based in part on the M1893/97 design by John M. The Model 12 was designed by Winchester engineer T.C. ![]() The Model 1912 (shortened to Model 12 in 1919) was the next step from the Winchester Model 1897 hammer-fired shotgun, which in turn had evolved from the earlier Winchester Model 1893 shotgun. 410 version was never produced instead, a scaled-down version of the Model 12 known as the Model 42, directly derived from scaled drawings of the Model 12, was produced in. Initially chambered for 20 gauge only, the 12 and 16 gauge versions came out in 1913 (first listed in the 1914 catalogs), and the 28 gauge version came out in 1934. From August 1912 until first discontinued by Winchester in May 1964, nearly two million Model 12 shotguns were produced in various grades and barrel lengths. Popularly named the Perfect Repeater at its introduction, it largely set the standard for pump-action shotguns over its 51-year high-rate production life. The Winchester Model 1912, also commonly known as the Winchester 1912, Model 12, or M12, is an internal-hammer pump-action shotgun with an external tube magazine. One of Remington's best selling guns with 831,737 rifles made over 27 years.Winchester Model 12 12-gauge pump-action shotgun manufactured in 1948ġ912–1964, with special production runs until 2006Ħ-round tubular magazine (see text for more details) The 12CS, DS, ES, and FS were chambered for the 22 REM Special with increasing quality of finish. 22 LR only with a Lyman tang site and globe front sight and a sling. The 12D Peerless, 12E Expert and 12F Premier had increasing quality of finish. Early ones with a straight stock, later ones had pistol grips. The 12C Target Rifle has a 24" octagonal barrel. The 12B "Gallery Special" has a 24" octagonal barrel with pistol grip and optional extended magazine holding 25 shorts. The 12A has a 22" round barrel and a straight grip. The Model 12 replaced the Model 1909 (I assume in 1912 but the book does not say). What I'm saying is more or less quoted from Roy Marcot's "The History of Remington Firearms". Maybe then someone can correct my errors! I am not tech savvy and have no way to post pictures but I only have one model 12 and it is an "A" like yours. I am no expert on anything, but since no one else has replied to you, I will. If anyone else has pictures of their Model 12 I would like to see them. It doesn't look like it's ever been refinished so evidently it's been taken pretty good care of over the years. I bought it from an individual and paid $325 which I thought was a fair price. The serial number on mine is 716187 which according to the Rimington list it was made in 1928. There's nothing fancy about the rifle so I assume it's a 12A? Looks like they would have put the grade on the guns as well as the model? ![]() Mine only has Model 12 stamped on the receiver and nothing else. I've been looking on the Internet at pictures of other Model 12's and there are a lot of them that have the model 12 stamped in different locations on the gun or in some cases it appears not stamped at all and I haven't seen any with the grade letter A, B, C ect. We laughed about that for years and I still get amused thinking about it. By that time there was a small crowd of people watching me shoot and they got really pissed off when the owner ran me off. When I started to pay again they cut me off and told me to leave. The next 3 times I paid to shoot I knocked out 6 out of 6 all 3 times and won 3 bears for my girlfriend. The sights were off of course about a couple of inches to the right and about 2 inches high but I still managed to knock out 4 out of the 6 balls out the first time. The first time I shot I had to get used to the sights and where to hit the balls and you had to hit the balls directly at the bottom or they wouldn't move. If you did hit 5 out of 6 then the next time you shot you had to hit 6 out of 6 balls to win a prize. You could win a teddy bear if you knocked 5 out of the 6 steel balls out of a rotating circle that was about 4 ft in diameter. My girlfriend and I were walking along and saw the gallery and I decided to give it a try. They still had a shooting gallery at the boardwalk, actually concrete walk, on the beach back then. My best memory of the shooting galleries was in Daytona Beach back in July of 1967. I have fond memories of shooting pump rifles like they had at the shooting galleries at the fair back when I was a kid. 22 rounds out of my old single shot back in the 50s and 60s but I never had a pump. ![]() I purchased a Model 12 a while back and I've always liked these old guns but had never owned one. ![]()
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