Winchester Model 12 Featherweight 12 gauge

[Eddie Kay]

Don't think there was ever an all steel solidly built pump like the Model 25. No worries of this one shooting loose. I do have Model 12's.

[Joe Graziano]

I inherited a M12 featherweight from my father. He bought it at the BX while stationed in Japan, around 1959. He shot the guns for years, as I have. It also has a full choke. I’ve used it for trap and on ducks. It’s really not great at either. Before I knew better, I put lots of hot steel through the full choke. Never had a problem. But, it kicks something fierce. In my opinion, it’s not a great shotgun for anything. But, I love it because it was my father’s.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Joe Graziano

I inherited a M12 featherweight from my father. He bought it at the BX while stationed in Japan, around 1959. He shot the guns for years, as I have. It also has a full choke. I’ve used it for trap and on ducks. It’s really not great at either. Before I knew better, I put lots of hot steel through the full choke. Never had a problem. But, it kicks something fierce. In my opinion, it’s not a great shotgun for anything. But, I love it because it was my father’s.

I recently bought a M12 Featherweight. It is like new. 30" full. I have not shot it yet. I won't shoot steel in it. If I want to shoot it at ducks I'll buy bizmuth. The gun feels excellent. It is light and quick. Nice old shotgun.

[William Woods]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

What is interesting is when Remington wanted to do it, they were the best. Engraving and the checking is second to none. Unfortunately, they decided that they didn’t want to do it moving forward. What a shame. But, thankfully, we have available to us some of their best efforts.

I am unsure what era you are speaking of, but many years ago I attended the Remington Armorer's School in Illion. I wanted to see the Custom Shop as much as anything else. I was amazed at the beautiful work I saw there. I had purchased a 12 gauge Remington Special Field to hunt with and it had ugly wood. I wanted to upgrade the wood and told the guy in the Custom Shop wood room, Billy was his name, the type wood I was looking for. Our instructor, Bob Lescovar, had just started training students after working in another capacity in the plant. During a break, Bob brought a buttstock and forend over to ask if these pieces would be satisfactory. I told Bob to tell Billy they would be "very satisfactory". "D" grade buttstock and and "F" grade forend. At the time, it was the nicest wood I had ever seen. There was an engraver that was getting read to retire, and Bob had said he wanted the engraver to engrave a trigger guard for him before the engraver left. I do not remember the engravers name, but I watched him do some work while I was there and it was very nice.