I got my first Model 12, a 30-inch Heavy Duck with solid rib, more than 4 decades ago. Her first hunt was for Canadas, Blues and ducks on James Bay in Ontario, southern end of Hudson Bay and that's where I learned first hand what M-12 Duck guns can do with 3-inchers. Since then we've hunted together quite a bit, close and far away. She's still with me today along with several other M-12's. So far this year I've had her on the water twice. Duck weather isn't cooperating .....
First two pics are digitized copies of old 35mm's taken back then, sorry for the poor quality. That's me on the right and friend Eddie on the left. Second pic shows her with some Blues on the same trip, and third one is today. Every time I pick her up I'm a young man again.
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