F.P. Asher JR. Annapolis MD

[Researcher]

I shot once in a while in the mid-1970s with a young native man at the Sand Lake Club south of Anchorage who had a two barrel set Model 12 Heavy Duck with 28- and 30-inch barrels. Story was his Father had been a guide for some Winchester executives shortly after WW-II, and Winchester gave him the gun as a thank you gift.

The Winchester Special Ventilated Rib introduced in the 1954 time frame, was a Simmons Rib installed by Winchester.

[6pt-Sika]

The Model 12 Heavy Duck arrived today . In a lot of ways it looked better than I anticipated . The rib just might be what’s considered factory . When I got home I took it out and shot one round each of factory 3” buckshot # 1 , 00 and 000 at 25 yards . Amazingly they all shot nicely in the full choke barrel .