The Winchester Model 12 is argueably the best pump shotgun ever made. It was discontinued, because Winchester was losing money on each one sold, because of the amount of hand fitting involved. Virtually every internal contact surface was polished or honed.PawPaw wrote: that we call the Model 12.
Winchester M-97 observations
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HTRN
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Re: Winchester M-97 observations
HTRN, I would tell you that you are an evil fucker, but you probably get that a lot ~ Netpackrat
Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
Describing what HTRN does as "antics" is like describing the wreck of the Titanic as "a minor boating incident" ~ First Shirt
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Old Grafton
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Re: Winchester M-97 observations
One caution--the trigger housings of both M97's and M12's are originally polished with the receivers as a unit. This leaves a razor-sharp edge on either side of the opening the trigger housing fits into. I've cut my thumbs/fingers more than once on the cursed things while re-assembling them.
I'm not old--It's too early to be this late.
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First Shirt
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Re: Winchester M-97 observations
Wish you'd told me that two band-aids ago! 
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six."
Lindy Cooper Wisdom
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