looking for info on inherited shotguns

deguello · April 2, 2000, 04:59 AM

can somebody point me toward a website or book that i can look up serial numbers to find out about their origin? none of them are valuable to collectors, but i'd like to know when and where they were made as well as anything else i could find out.

winchester mod 12 / 12 ga s/n 1735006
lefever / 16 ga dbl s/n 109213
hartford firearms co / 12 ga dbl s/n 139148

would it be better if i posted this in the shotgun forum?
thanks

Desert Dog · April 2, 2000, 11:10 AM

The Winchester Model 12, based on the serial number, was made in the late 50's, early 60's... That is all I can tell you.

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April 2, 2000, 04:59 AM	#1
deguello Member Join Date: September 12, 1999 Location: tx, usa Posts: 43	can somebody point me toward a website or book that i can look up serial numbers to find out about their origin? none of them are valuable to collectors, but i'd like to know when and where they were made as well as anything else i could find out. winchester mod 12 / 12 ga s/n 1735006 lefever / 16 ga dbl s/n 109213 hartford firearms co / 12 ga dbl s/n 139148 would it be better if i posted this in the shotgun forum? thanks

April 2, 2000, 11:10 AM	#2
Desert Dog Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 1999 Location: Deep East Texas Posts: 474	The Winchester Model 12, based on the serial number, was made in the late 50's, early 60's... That is all I can tell you. ------------------ .45 Super... Fat and FAST... "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority" - Thomas Jefferson