Model 12 a long wait.
 

After 35 years of looking at Model 12s, I finally bought one.


http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...pictureid=9910


This has been only the second plain barrel field gun that I have had in hand that has not been blessed with a Cutts or converted.......I let the first one get away but couldn't do it this time.

Sorry I wasn't able to rotate this photo.

What gauge? We need more pictures.

Bill,

It's a 28ga. If you enlarge the photo, it might be easier to see.

Unmolested plain 28 gauge model 12’s are few and far between. I stopped bidding on one at auction many years ago when it got to $800.00. At the time you could buy a nice 20 gauge for half that.
I have not seen one in the wild since.

I have one that my grandfather bought for his daughter new. Rarely used.

If you'd like a non-matching pair of 28 ga. M12's in a Huey case, try this:

http://mishoot.com/store/Winchester-...28GA-p98575723

Call for price Not me !

The person offering these for sale is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. I won't attempt to describe the story behind these guns, or the other similar guns offered. He is open to offers, is all I'll say

Slick barrel 28 gauge field guns are not common. Nice find!

Sixty years of collecting Model 12s and I've only had one chance at an unmolested field grade 28, and was outbid for it at Redding's Auction in Gettysburg.

Looking at the four pairs of guns in D's attachment, you see many subtle and not so subtle differences in each pair. I could look at those guns for a long time.

The other 28 I had in my hand was in 1987. A 26" full choke gun with 20% blue. The price was $1300. I thought about it and went back to the dealer only to find out that it had disappeared.

Just be aware that there are more 28 gauge model 12s floating around than Winchester ever made.

Does someone reproduce them?

Quite a few 28s have been converted from 16 and 20 ga guns. There was a run of Japanese
made reproductions. I personally have never seen a plain barrel gun that has been converted. I have seen solid ribbed and vent ribbed conversions. If you know where to look, a conversion can be identified.

Exactly... Frank stated that very well. When looking for a 28 gauge Model 12 you really need to know what to look for in an original gun. There are many humped up 28 gauge Model 12s our there