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10-12-2022, 11:00 AM | #3 | ||||||
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Remove the buttplate and you will probably find "TOUR" or "TOURNAMENT" stamped on the wood. Of course, if the butt has been shortened, not so much.
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10-12-2022, 11:01 AM | #4 | ||||||
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My Lord, this is one long gun!! Trying to fit it into one picture is difficult! Here are a few more random shots:
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10-12-2022, 11:05 AM | #5 | ||||||
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Bill, Thank You for the reply. It has the original buttplate which has some cool edge fading but is original and in great condition. Will have a look later today. Have to cut grass now.
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10-12-2022, 11:36 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Barrel needs to be rust blued. Try Roger Eubanks: http://www.eubanksgunsmithing.com/
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10-12-2022, 11:44 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Thank You, Mr. Porter. I just brought the gun home yesterday and spent a couple hours cleaning it. The barrel has (IMO) 95% original rust blue with a liberal coat of RIG on it now making it appear a bit glossy. The bore cleaned up beautifully.
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10-16-2022, 10:56 AM | #8 | ||||||
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Sure Enough!!
Well, after cutting the grass and a 3 day visit to my In-Laws in Kentucky I finally had time to check under the butt plate as Bill Murphy instructed. Sure enough it is stamped TOUR. and has the initials WS carved below it!! Thank You, Bill, for schooling me on this.
I checked the bore, as well. bore- .732" choke- .695" with approximately 3/8" parallel bore @ muzzle |
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10-16-2022, 11:51 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Here are the Tournament Grade from various Winchester paper. From a 1915 Winchester folder --
1915 Tournament Grade.jpg From the 1916 Winchester catalog -- Tournament Gun 1916 Catalog No. 80, pg 142.jpg From the 1920 Winchester catalog -- Tournament Grade, 1920 Catalog No. 82, pg 114.jpg From the 1925 Winchester catalog -- Tournament Grade, 1925 Catalog No. 83, pg 42.jpg By the next Winchester catalog I have, July 1931, the Tournament Grade had been replaced with the Standard Trap Grade, a gun offered in all three gauges. Also, the Trap Grade (Black Diamond) was replaced with the Special Trap Grade (also shown with the Black Diamond). |
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10-16-2022, 03:17 PM | #10 | ||||||
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Model 12
You have a very sweet M12. I've owned several duck models made somewhere around 1950. They will kill ducks close to a mile away!! Will surely kill doves with Lead at 60 plus yards . Enjoy this classic.
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