After the strike was over, my granddad bought the gun from him. This gun was given to my granddad’s cousin during a miner’s strike in the 1950s. My granddad, his father, and almost everyone in family from that generation worked in the mines. My family is from the coal-mining country of western Kentucky. If you come across an old Model 12, you can have the chamber lengthened and get it back into the field where it belongs. The 16-gauge Model 12 was introduced in 1914, and, until at least 1927, the guns had short chambers before they were lengthened to 2 ¾ inches. Interestingly, 16-, 20- and 28-gauge Model 12s were all built on the same frame. Good 16-gauge guns, like the Model 12, were built either on their own frame or on 20-gauge receivers, making them light and trim. The 16 is best with 1 ounce to 1 1/4 ounces of shot, which is all anyone needs to shoot in the uplands, and was fine for decoy ducks, too, in the days of lead. Today’s gun is a 16 gauge, and that’s fitting, because if the Model 12 really was “the Perfect Repeater,” the 16 may have been-pre-steel-the perfect shotshell. With 2 million Winchester Model 12s made in just over 50 years from 1912 to 1963, there are a lot of them around, and many are still hunting, which is why they pop up on “Blast from the Past” so often. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs.
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