Winchester model 12 12ga tube mag

JamesA · November 29, 2001, 05:30 PM

I have a win.model 12 1936 patent nickle steel...a lovely shotgun handed down from grandfather/father..me...I screwed it up by putting on bars of a 3 wheeler going through fire trails bird hunting. I put 1 dent in tube mag. that will not allow shells to move past that point. I have tried everything to push dent back out without luck..I am now intent on replacing entire tube mag. spring/plug....where is the best place to search...I may not ever shoot this shotgun again but I'd like it to be in working order..thanks much if you can help

jnsn · November 29, 2001, 08:24 PM

A gunsmith could get the dent out. Also Brownells sells a tool to get dents out of a barrel, and I am sure it would work for the mag tube.

Dave McC · November 29, 2001, 09:18 PM

Fixing that one is going to be both easier and cheaper than a new mag assembly,James. Any decent smith can do same.

November 29, 2001, 05:30 PM	#1
JamesA Member Join Date: November 25, 2001 Posts: 89	Winchester model 12 12ga tube mag I have a win.model 12 1936 patent nickle steel...a lovely shotgun handed down from grandfather/father..me...I screwed it up by putting on bars of a 3 wheeler going through fire trails bird hunting. I put 1 dent in tube mag. that will not allow shells to move past that point. I have tried everything to push dent back out without luck..I am now intent on replacing entire tube mag. spring/plug....where is the best place to search...I may not ever shoot this shotgun again but I'd like it to be in working order..thanks much if you can help __________________ Lead, follow or get the hell out of my way "Rangers Rule"

November 29, 2001, 08:24 PM	#2
jnsn Member Join Date: September 30, 1999 Posts: 79	A gunsmith could get the dent out. Also Brownells sells a tool to get dents out of a barrel, and I am sure it would work for the mag tube.

November 29, 2001, 09:18 PM	#3
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 14, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,831	Fixing that one is going to be both easier and cheaper than a new mag assembly,James. Any decent smith can do same.