Thanks for the reply. I did not find the longer barrel trench guns you mention but perhaps I missed something as there were a number of web sites on the subject. The one site I found interesting is that the Winchester 1200 Trench gun seems very rare. It listed one that went for over $7,000 if I read correctly. Its estimate was listed between $1,500 and $1,900 but it far exceeded that estimate. The barrel length was listed at 20.5 inches FYI.I googled Winchester Model 1200 Trench Shotgun and started looking at the pictures.
Pre-1968, the law didn't require serial numbers on guns though many had them anyway.The 67E is so old it doesn't have a serial #. I got them for a song about 5 years ago and they were just sitting in my gun safe.
I refinished the wood. The metal was in great condition, but I have a bad habit of refinishing my gun stocks, so these two fell victim as have most of my other long guns.The wood on those shotguns is beautiful!
Wow. I've never seen a cut down Auto 5 but that looks like a shootin' machine. Very very cool......
I ain’t a gonna do it, but those prices make me want to sell a couple of firearms I rarely if ever use.On the topic of shorter/HD type shotguns, I've noticed that they are selling like crazy during these times when people are realizing that they may not be able to count on the police showing up at the snap of a finger. For example, this gun here would have maybe brought $350 in January.
https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/875022654
And this one maybe $250.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/874445134
I bought these two from a fellow on the forum and finally got around to installing the heat shield on the 1200.