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Old September 30, 2005, 08:36 PM   #4
Gary Conner
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Join Date: September 29, 2005
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Let's hear it for the Model 12, 16 GA Winchester! I have my Grandaddy's from 1916. They are the best operating pump in my opinion, simply because the safety is in front of the trigger guard where it's supposed to be, and the release mechanisim to put a shell in the magazine is behind the trigger guard, where it is supposed to be. Exact opposite of the Remington 870, and I never have figured out why more gun makers didn't use the same set up.

I grew up with it handed down to me, and used it exclusively for dove, quail and cat squirrels growing up. Only shotgun I ever had, til I got in my late twenties.

About twenty years ago, I had mine completely overhauled by a gunsmith down in Houston, and put then I put it away for my son, after I found out how they were appreciating in value. I am hoping he can hand it down to his son when he has kids, (if the United Nations and the Brady Bunch don't manage to confiscate every gun in the U.S. before then.)
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