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Model 12, 16 gauge, 28″ barrel, full choke, field grade, believe it was built in 1921. Was my father’s gun; maybe his father’s before that. Major value impact is that the buttstock was cut down to shorten the length of pull (maybe for me) sometime before 1960.
I am located between Charlotte, Asheville and Spartanburg. Looking for an appraiser somewhere reasonably close.
Omer Causey
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Hello Omer,
Based on your brief description of the gun, there really is no need to have it appraised. A standard Field grade Model 12 in 16-gauge with a cut down (shortened) butt stock will not have much (if any) interest or value in the collector market.
Further, and based on its 1921 manufacture date, it has the shorter 2-9/16″ chamber which makes it unfit (not safe) to shoot with modern 2-3/4″ shells. That all but eliminates it from the “shooter” market. The true value of the gun today is in its remaining unaltered parts which I would estimate at approximately $250.
Bert
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An additional detriment to value, unfortunately, is the gauge–my favorite, but now, in our unending era of shortages, hard to find & more expensive than 12 & 20. My first shotgun was my father’s 16 g. Rem 11, later I bought my own Browning Sweet Sixteen, eventually a Parker V Grade, all gone now.
Could the chamber be reamed to handle modern shells?
clarence said
Could the chamber be reamed to handle modern shells?
Yes, but it may also need the ejection port opened up.
The early production 20-ga Model 1912s were chambered for a 2-1/2 shell, and when Winchester standardized the 2-3/4″ 20-ga, many of the early guns had their chambers reamed for the longer shells only to find that the empties were hanging up at the ejection port. I do not know if the 16-ga guns experienced the same issue, but I suspect that they also may have.
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