model 12,model 97. new pick up,s.

[eastbank]

i just got a very nice model 12 in 12ga with a 30 inch full choke barrel and a model 97 in 12ga with a 30 inch barrel and full choke. i had to work for them,but their home now. eastbank.

 

[bushmaster1313]

My kind of shotguns (although I prefer riot guns)

Given that they can't handle steel shot, what do you intend to do with them?

 

[eastbank]

so far just look at them and admire the craftmenship, i,ll take them on classic hunts for rabbits,ringnecks,grouse and maybe turkey with lead shot. we don,t have meny ducks here. i have meny other shotguns,brownings,remingtoms,stevens,savages,ithaca,s and a few odd balls,but the older ones get my blood flowing. eastbank.

 

[XxWINxX94]

Really cool! Have you looked up the S/N's to see when they were made?

 

[bushmaster1313]

I know what you mean about those classic American shotguns:
Someday I hope to get a Model 1897 half as nice as yours in factory riot configuration.
(BTW Model 12 second from the bottom was sold to make room for the Model 12 on the top)

 

[eastbank]

bushmaster,what a nice wall of winchesters, i have three other model 12,s and one other 97,but the last model 12 and model 97 are by far the nicist. so far i only have six model 12,s. i,m working on a model 12 in 28ga ,but he is not ready to sell yet.i hope i live lone enough to get it. XXwin, i looked in midas,s win. book,but he is off on the dates. he says they were made in the late 40,s. eastbank.