fake model 12 trap a winner.

[eastbank]

several years ago i bought a small group of guns and and it was this model 12 field 30" full choke barreled shotgun made into a fake trap gun buy adding a money maker rib,a different stock set(i changed out the butt stock) but left the trap style pump wood on) and reblued(good job). we had just installed a new pat trap at our club and i took the model 12 win. along as we were going to have a shake down shoot. we had about 20 shooters to give the pat its first real test(it passed with flying colors). i shoot three rounds,23-25,23-25 and a 25-25 on the third round, the shells were old rem gun club,s 1-1/8-#8 shot. i tried to sale the model 12 for 400.00 with no takers. i think i,ll just keep it. eastbank.

 

[expat_alaska]

My Win Model 12 story...

I was USAF active duty at McConnell AFB (Wichita KS) in 1972. I was able to take weekend leave if not scheduled for military duty, so I travelled 300 miles on a Friday afternoon to my parents' home in Omaha in November. Upon arriving, my Dad invited me to a previously arranged pheasant hunt on Saturday in David City, NE. 2,000 acres of farmland. He offered me his prized Win Model 12 field grade in 16 gauge full choke, decked out with a birdseye maple stock/fore-end and Belgian rust bluing courtesy of Herter's in Waseca MN.

I had better not screw it up!

We were hunting a high/elevated cornfield on a partly cloudy day. The old owners/farmers with shotguns were on the road at the end of the field to catch the pheasant runners at the end of the field.

I was on the extreme left of the cornfield when a rooster got up in front of my Dad. I nailed it and he was pissed that I didn't give him a chance at it. A few yards later a rooster way up the row got up and flew to the left across the lower field. It was a perfect station #4 low house skeet shot and I just kept telling myself to keep the gun moving and to get out front. The bird went down amid a poof of feathers. My Dad's friend with the dog told me to stay put and direct them to the bird. They found it and paced it to 60 yards from my position.

When the farmer/blockers saw the bird, they were a bit miffed that it was shot up so badly.

My only fantastic shot. Ever.

I wish I had that Win 12, but when my Dad died 5 years ago, it went to his wife and I have no idea where it is now.

 

[Pete D.]

I doesn't take an expensive gun to break clays. You are a good shot and the gun may well fit you nicely. Top dollar guns will also break them....and are nice to own.....and will last for a million rounds.....but your faux 12 may shoot as well in your hands..

 

[bannockburn]

east bank

With those kind of scores shooting trap I would say your Model 12 was a keeper.

 

[eastbank]

it does shoot a little flat and i have to remember to get right up on the bird, my regular trap guns shoot high so i can see the bird. i think i,ll give it a very good cleaning inside and out and polish the chamber and barrel. i do look at it in a different light now. i have four other model 12 winchesters,three fields and a old tournament grade. but i,ll have to admit i always thought they were to heavy for hunting that included a lot of walking. eastbank.

 

[Pete D.]

lbs

i,ll have to admit i always thought they were to heavy for hunting that included a lot of walking. eastbank.

If it weighs more than seven pounds, it is too heavy to walk around with.
IMHO.
Pete

 

[gunut]

my uncle was trap league champion at the Horicon Rod and Gun club in 79 and 80 and he always shot with his 30in full choke field grade Winchester model 12...same gun he used duck, goose and pheasant hunting...

 

[expat_alaska]

I doesn't take an expensive gun to break clays. You are a good shot and the gun may well fit you nicely. Top dollar guns will also break them....and are nice to own.....and will last for a million rounds.....but your faux 12 may shoot as well in your hands..

If the gun fits, wear it (er... shoot it)!

With those kind of scores shooting trap I would say your Model 12 was a keeper.

What he said. I loved to shoot skeet, but could never shoot well at trap.

It does shoot a little flat and I have to remember to get right up on the bird, my regular trap guns shoot high so I can see the bird.

Maybe add a cheek/comb pad to the buttstock in order to see the barrel better. Those used to be manufactured back in the day, but I don't know if they are available anymore.

But if you are shooting 23-23-25, maybe don't change a darned thing.

I think I'll give it a very good cleaning inside and out and polish the chamber and barrel. I do look at it in a different light now. I have four other model 12 Winchesters, three fields and a old tournament grade. but I'll have to admit I always thought they were too heavy for hunting that included a lot of walking.

Maybe you are old like me, but my Dad's Win 12 16 gauge field grade was lighter than my Remington 870 12 gauge 26" vent-rib and neither was problem for me when I was in my late teens/early 20's back in the late 60's/early 70's. Had a friend back then that had a Win 12 20 gauge 24" with a vent-rib and a Cutts Comp for skeet. Dang, that thing was loud but it shot like a pussycat, even as light as it was.

YMMV.



Nice gun. Wish I had one