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1887Doug
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What would you expect an early Model 1912 with a 3 digit serial number to be worth?

Looks to be original stock.  not much bluing remains on the receiver with light oxidation, barrel and magazine shows 50-60% bluing remaining but several areas of thinning, liking has been reblued at some point.  Bore shows light oxidation.  Plenty of handling marks on wood buttstock.

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You have not provided enough information for any of us to assess the value.

I will assume that it is a 20-Ga, but what is the barrel length and the choke marking?  If it is indeed a 20-ga, does it have an unaltered 2.5″ chamber or has it been opened up to 2.75″ ?  Original black hard rubber butt plate or a recoil pad?

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It was on a local auction, and was listed as a 12 gauge, but I didn’t get to the auction house to inspect it and the pictures were terrible at best and didn’t have a picture of the barrel markings or the serial #, but listing said it was s/n 9XX.  Didn’t see the listing until yesterday and it sold last evening while I wasn’t available.  Looks like it had an original black butt plate and appears to have a 30″ barrel.  Was there even any 12 gauges built with that low of s/n?

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1887Doug said
It was on a local auction, and was listed as a 12 gauge, but I didn’t get to the auction house to inspect it and the pictures were terrible at best and didn’t have a picture of the barrel markings or the serial #, but listing said it was s/n 9XX.  Didn’t see the listing until yesterday and it sold last evening while I wasn’t available.  Looks like it had an original black butt plate and appears to have a 30″ barrel.  Was there even any 12 gauges built with that low of s/n?

thanks

Doug

I suspect that the listing was in error.  If the serial number was truly in the 900 – 999 range, it would have to be a 20-ga.

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1887Doug said
What would you expect an early Model 1912 with a 3 digit serial number to be worth?

Looks to be original stock.  not much bluing remains on the receiver with light oxidation, barrel and magazine shows 50-60% bluing remaining but several areas of thinning, liking has been reblued at some point.  Bore shows light oxidation.  Plenty of handling marks on wood buttstock.

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Perhaps, couple of pictures would further aid the guestimation.

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