Winchester Model 12

Roadkill · 12-17-2014, 07:22 AM

Just got this in yesterday. Bought it off a local deer hunting forum. Opinions appreciated. Appears to be a 1945 production riot gun. Only stock stamps are a small "W" and the "29". has Ordnance marks just forward of the receiver on the barrel. Estimate on value? thanks

sheepherder · 12-17-2014, 09:17 AM

Very nice.

My LGS got in two Winchester Model 1907/1910 .41 cal rifles this past Summer, from a gent who said they were from the local state prison, which was auctioning off its old stock of weapons. This may have been a prison gun as well.

Roadkill · 12-17-2014, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sheepherder

Very nice.

My LGS got in two Winchester Model 1907/1910 .41 cal rifles this past Summer, from a gent who said they were from the local state prison, which was auctioning off its old stock of weapons. This may have been a prison gun as well.

makes sense - there is a large state prison in the county where I bought it from.

George Anderson · 12-17-2014, 09:48 AM

Load it up and take it to Ferguson Ron.

pappers1 · 12-17-2014, 09:58 AM

They also used them as a trench gun in ww2. being it has the US on the frame.
I have 5 model 12's some trap and some just field grade, one making a custom trap model.
I saw a prison model a friend bought it had more numbers on the stock.

apis mellifera · 12-20-2014, 12:06 PM

Are you selling, Randall?

Roadkill · 12-21-2014, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by apis mellifera

Are you selling, Randall?

Not yet - need to pin down better exactly what it is first and try to get a value. But as always its worth exactly what some one will pay for it.

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12-17-2014, 07:22 AM	#1
Roadkill User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,634 Thanks: 1 Thanked 28 Times in 17 Posts	Winchester Model 12 Just got this in yesterday. Bought it off a local deer hunting forum. Opinions appreciated. Appears to be a 1945 production riot gun. Only stock stamps are a small "W" and the "29". has Ordnance marks just forward of the receiver on the barrel. Estimate on value? thanks

12-17-2014, 09:17 AM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Very nice. My LGS got in two Winchester Model 1907/1910 .41 cal rifles this past Summer, from a gent who said they were from the local state prison, which was auctioning off its old stock of weapons. This may have been a prison gun as well. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

12-17-2014, 09:48 AM	#4
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Load it up and take it to Ferguson Ron.

12-17-2014, 09:58 AM	#5
pappers1 User Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: PA, USA Posts: 32 Thanks: 14 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	They also used them as a trench gun in ww2. being it has the US on the frame. I have 5 model 12's some trap and some just field grade, one making a custom trap model. I saw a prison model a friend bought it had more numbers on the stock.

12-20-2014, 12:06 PM	#6
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 149 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Are you selling, Randall?