Winchester Model 12 Price Guide
Winchester Model 12 Shotgun Appraisal- Find Value Price Date. I looked at a winchester model 12 today. There is one thing i do not understand about this gun. The serial numbers are 4205807 and both numbers match. The gun looks perfectly normal for this age. Alot of the bluing is gone, and the numbers look normal. Since they only made a little over 2 million guns. How can this number be right?
Model 1897 serial number 91000 was manufactured in January, 1900. The standard barrel length for a Model 1897 Standard (Field grade) gun was 30-inches, but a 28-inch and a 32-inch barrel were optional lengths. EXTRA BARRELS: Winchester offered extra interchangeable barrels for its Model 42s, at customer’s request beginning in 1934. These extra sets of barrels are a rare option. Both barrels should have same barrel markings and matching serial numbers before originality can be considered. Winchesters in whatever condition break down by price into three date ranges. Those are pre-1919, pre 1964 and post 1964, with the earlier models being higher in price. Then the type of stock matters as those with a pistol grip demand a higher pri.
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Model 12 Winchester For Sale
A Brief History of Winchester Guns and the Model 1912 ShotgunWinchester Rifles and Shotguns was established by Oliver F. Winchester on February 20, 1866. The first model produced under his name was the Model 1866 lever-action rifle .44 caliber rimfire. There had been earlier rifles using lever action including the Rocket Ball and Volition Repeater in 1848, Jennings Rifle (patent 1851), Smith and Wesson pistol, and Volcanic Repeating Arms (New Haven Arms Company and Henry Rifles). When the design was improved by B. Henry Tyler (shop foreman at the New Haven Arms Company), the .44 caliber metalic rimfire cartridge became powerful enough to compete with the single shot rifles of the day. Winchester Repeating Arms Company established itself as one of the world's leading firearms manufacturers of the world, and the subsequent rifles produced by Winchester are highly prized by collectors today.
Appraisals There are 11 distinct Model Configurations of Model 12 Winchester shotgun, and they can vary a great deal in value. In appraising your gun, you must initially determine your Model Configuration. After selecting the appropriate Model, you will be guided through the many possible variations, then condition rating, to the final value range. There are also additional informational pages on the history of Winchester firearms. Recognize that the final value of your gun can be greatly influenced by special order features. There are 4 steps to this process as you enter your Data.
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