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Looking for a Winchester model 12 in the 20 gauge

maddog wrote:

Looking for a Winchester model 12 in the 20 gauge

Mark’s Born Again Birdguns has one listed on Guns International for $725, contact at 715-814-1295 (Wisconsin, don’t call during the Vikings-Packers game). https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/winchester-shotguns-model-12/winchester-model-12-20ga-from-the-arnie-swanson-collection-1957.cfm?gun_id=102478515. Tweaked my interest but I’m really looking for a straight stock 20 gauge.

yeah I looked at that one Thanks

Good ones in 20 gauge are few and far between and they are going to be a little spendy. They were popular in “skeet” configuration and many of the ones bought back in the day got used (and used hard) for exactly that–skeet. But there are soem very, very pretty ones out there, skeet shooters shot them, but they also took care of them. Pre-war examples in NRA “good” to “very good” condition will usually command somewhere in the $3-4k range at retail in 20 gauge.

The “good” news is these vintage examples are going to hold and probably increase their value for as long as there are Winchester fans out there.

There was a limited run of Model 12 guns that Winchester did a few years back. Occasionally you see these guns come up as NIB, but if you find a Model 12 that looks too good to be true, it’s probably part of this “new” run so make sure you’re getting what you thought you were by checking the S#.

Are you trying to find one on the rack somewhere where you can go and see it in person first? That’s going to be a tall order.

I’ve been surprised on how much they have increased in price, I use to collect the model 12s and 97s back a few years ago > I worked pt for Herter’s when they moved some of their products to Golden valley and we were selling model 12 riot guns still in cosmolin (sp) for $99.00