Shawn lake said
Is there any census or ideas on the number of model 12 produced with either improved modified or WS2 choke
None that I am aware of. That stated and based on my personal observations over the past 50-years, the number is a very small percentage of the whole.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
Rick Lindquist said
I think I could make money wagering that any random 12 gauge model 12 I pick up off a used rack will have a full choke. Heck it’s unusual to even see MOD. Winchester made one heck of a lot of model 12’s with a 30″ barrel and a full choke.
Same can be said for the Model 1897…
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
November 7, 2015
I have a couple of M12’s with modified chokes. A 12 and a 20. I like odd stuff. It’s my understanding today’s ammo patterns a lot tighter than ammo made over 100 years ago so a full choke was more useful for hunting then than now. I do know that a M12 with a full choke with modern ammo absolutely smokes a clay bird on the Trap field.
I’m still hoping to find a nice M12 in WS or IC for a Skeet gun. In the mean time I’ll keep using a Riot Gun.
Mike
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