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WINCHESTER MODEL 12 STAINLESS BARREL QUESTION
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LOOKING AT A 1930S MODEL 12 AND IT HAS A STAINLESS STEEL BARREL ARE THY COMMON?

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LOOKING AT A 1930S MODEL 12 AND IT HAS A STAINLESS STEEL BARREL ARE THY COMMON?

  

No, definitely not.

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I know there was a whole lot of model 12s made do you have a best guesstimate how many where made in stainless. 

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I know there was a whole lot of model 12s made do you have a best guesstimate how many where made in stainless. 

  

Due to the lack of production records for the Model 12, it is not possible to provide a realistic estimate. 

What I can tell you, is that Stainless Steel barrels were offered from September 1926 through December 1931.  In that specified time frame, Winchester manufactured a total of 198,476 Model 12 shotguns (all gauges).  If we assume that just 1% of that number were fitted with a Stainless Steel barrel, the estimated total would be 1,985 guns.  In all the years that I have been looking at them, I have seen fewer than a handful.

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Thanks Bert 

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Roger,

Whether you get it or not, it would be great for us all to see detailed pictures! Smile

 

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This the only picture I have of a Model 12 Stainless Steel barrel, S/N 501387 (January 1927).

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Thanks Bert!

 

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This is the only picture I have of a Model 12 Stainless Steel barrel, S/N 501387 (January 1927).

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 That’s a hard looking”Winchester” stamping .Smile

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Bert someone has blued this stainless some how to a high polish while cleaning it noticed a dull spot so i polished it and the blueing came right off all the lettering is crisp the other SS barrels I have are the painted looking which i know its real. The original paint look is gone already I noticed your barrel had been striped I assume your not going to have yours redone if even possible. I have successfully polished Winchester barrels in the past with no problems it fooled me.

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Bert someone has blued this stainless some how to a high polish while cleaning it noticed a dull spot so i polished it and the blueing came right off all the lettering is crisp the other SS barrels I have are the painted looking which i know its real. The original paint look is gone already I noticed your barrel had been striped I assume your not going to have yours redone if even possible. I have successfully polished Winchester barrels in the past with no problems it fooled me.

It is not possible to blue Winchester’s pre-WW II Stainless Steel barrels.  As manufactured, they were all painted with a black lacquer to give them a “japanned” type finish.  In later years (on the Model 70), the stainless steel barrels were iron plated so that they could be blued.

The gun in the picture I posted is not mine.  It was simply a gun that I stumbled on and captured a picture of it. The original lacquer on it was most likely removed with gun cleaning solvents.

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Going to sleep on it I have seen a lot of either polished and media blasted barrel out there I would leave a 20% original on it and not of touched it before striping it.

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Bert slept on it and decided that the finish being smooth it doesn’t look right and going with a process for the model 70 stainless will be smooth again. I’am going with Japanned look mercery out board paint it is high gloss black, very durable, and cleaning solvent resistant. I have used it before on a 22 and was impressed. Was the proof stamp stamped before the paint went on or after? still having problems sending pics. next time the kids come over thy will figure it out for me.

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Bert slept on it and decided that the finish being smooth it doesn’t look right and going with a process for the model 70 stainless will be smooth again. I’am going with Japanned look mercery out board paint it is high gloss black, very durable, and cleaning solvent resistant. I have used it before on a 22 and was impressed. Was the proof stamp stamped before the paint went on or after? still having problems sending pics. next time the kids come over thy will figure it out for me.

  

The proof mark was stamped well after the paint was applied to the barrel.  The gun was finished & assembled before it was proof tested.

I like your idea of using the Mercury outboard engine paint!  Please post (or send me) pictures of it when you finish it,

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Will do thanks again

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