Help with identifying a shotgun

[samuelcmm]

Wow its been a long time but I'm back on here ok so I saw a shotgun on the cover of a book I own and would love to know what it is so here is a large picture and a link to the book thank you all ahead of time
oh and the link name is the article a good read but I'm interested in the shotgun

http://awildbeastatheart.blogspot.com/2012/11/living-with-28-gauge.html

http://www.amazon.com/Shotgunning-My-Way-Hunting-around-ebook/dp/B00JIBGE20

 

[birdshot8's]

Winchester model 12. Unless it is Browning's reproduction of the Winchester Model 12. I suspect it is the Browning version since in the text included with the photograph the writer wrote of getting a Browning model 12.

 

[samuelcmm]

Thank you very much I should have caught on to that. They seem to run around 1100 for that grade Ill have to start saving absolutly beautiful gun.

 

[birdshot8's]

The author wrote of a Browning grade 1. If the gun in the photo is a Browning it is a higher grade than a G-1. Maybe a G-5. If that is a Winchester 28 gauge in that condition you will need to save a lot.

 

[Lone Star]

Almost sure that's the 28 ga. Browning (Miroku) repro of the M-12. It's a high grade, maybe Grade 5. Browning has made a lot of guns in progressively higher grades. I've seen excellent used ones in that grade for $1500-$2000 in the past few years, in a shop that specializes in collector guns.

If I had a loose $2500 or less floating around, I'd buy one, but in 20 ga. My only hesitation about getting one with the gold inlays is that they may loosen from recoil, over time. I hope not. But lower grades offer engraving without the inlays. I'm not singling out Miroku about those inlays. That remark applies to all gold inlaid guns, although some never have that issue. I guess a loose inlay could be epoxied in place by a gunsmith, if that ever happens.

I've looked at a couple of them closely, and the quality is excellent, as with most Miroku products. I haven't checked lately, but I think Browning no longer imports them.

Note that the author of the article referenced misspells "capybara" as "capyvara." He does give the scientific name so the animal is certain. I was very surprised that he'd hunt animals that large with a 28 ga. Maybe they're more common in Brazil than here. (The shotguns, not the big rodents.)

The author now lives in the USA. Good thing, as I believe that Brazil now bans all hunting, save by primitive Indians.

 

[CaptTripps]

If you are looking for a field type gun a nice condition Win. M12 can be had for 5-600$

 

[gunut]

trouble is the gun pictured is a model 42.....only made in 410....

 

[Coyote3855]

trouble is the gun pictured is a model 42.....only made in 410....

I'm not a shotgun guy, but the article discusses 28 gage shotguns and the pictures with pheasants appear to show 28 gage empty shells.

 

[Onmilo]

Winchester model 12. Unless it is Browning's reproduction of the Winchester Model 12. I suspect it is the Browning version since in the text included with the photograph the writer wrote of getting a Browning model 12.

You are correct.
That is the Browning High Grade.

 

[rcmodel]

Near as I can tell Browning only made that gun in 1988, in either 28 or 20 gage.

There were no 12 Ga Grade V's as far as I know.

rc