Baltimoreed
03-24-2022, 11:27 PM
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Found this in Richmond last week. A Winchester Model 1912 in 20 ga made in 1914. Never handled one before, nice gun. Ugly but not in bad shape. Wood is solid, found a dent in the mag that was causing the follower to stick, not sure if it’s still short chambered but I’m hoping when the polychoke was put on it had the forcing cone lengthened. Not sure what I’m going to do with it but I thought it was cute as it’s smaller than a 12 ga M12 and was a good price plus I already reload for 20 ga. Used a socket on an extension with a plastic mallet to iron out the mag tube dent. I think it would make a neat riot gun with a sling. The guys over on the shotgun forum think I should leave it alone but it’s not a collectible imo, the polychoke ruined that. Still thinking.
Found this in Richmond last week. A Winchester Model 1912 in 20 ga made in 1914. Never handled one before, nice gun. Ugly but not in bad shape. Wood is solid, found a dent in the mag that was causing the follower to stick, not sure if it’s still short chambered but I’m hoping when the polychoke was put on it had the forcing cone lengthened. Not sure what I’m going to do with it but I thought it was cute as it’s smaller than a 12 ga M12 and was a good price plus I already reload for 20 ga. Used a socket on an extension with a plastic mallet to iron out the mag tube dent. I think it would make a neat riot gun with a sling. The guys over on the shotgun forum think I should leave it alone but it’s not a collectible imo, the polychoke ruined that. Still thinking.