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Looking at a Pigeon grade trap and have some questions. Want to make sure it is what I think it is. And maybe some general questions
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This gun, 1957, does not have a duck bill rib. Is that normal? Gun also has a Morgan pad that the seller is saying came from Winchester. Is that possible? Im thinkin not but he said he knew the guy who bought it new, its a 2 owner gun.
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Should it be marked "Trap" anyplace?
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Forgot, it should have the little engraved "pigeon" on the underside. "Trap", I'm not sure, but think not. A google search of for sale pics should answer that question.
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Yes, its got the Pigeon and I do feel its a legit Pigeon grade but there are a zillion fakes out there. The current owner has all the history on the gun and so far I feel he's honest. Trust but verify, right..
Proof marks are all in the right place too
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Make sure the little standing pigeon on the receiver extension is present. Make sure the serial number on the extension and on the receiver match. I do not think any came with a morgan from the factory. Duckbill may or may not meany anything. Never saw one marked trap. Skeet guns came with barrels marked WS-1. Should have a rib with oval posts. Should NOT have Simmons Gun Specialties on the rib.
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Thanks Miles58, has everything you said. I should add that the seller is calling it a "pigeon grade" not a "trap" pigeon grade. I added that because its in a trap formatt, 30 inch full.
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a 1957 rib should be a round post minus the donut. the check pattern on a pigeon differs from a standard trap. the grip should have a little zig zag on top. morgan pads never came from Winchester. your gun should have a solid red Winchester pad.
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Its exactly as you describe bobski. I agree I think the first owner added the morgan pad. Were Morgan pads around in the late 50's?
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Personally I love all Model 12s. Some of the "custom" jobs made in the 50s-70s are spectacularly nice shooters. I like hunting with a long, high stock. I have one, I found it in a Cabelas with a thumb hole stock and decided that the rest of it was in such nice shape someone needed to remove that abomination from it. Took a year or so to find just the right stock for it. Makes a nice grouse gun now, even with the Mod barrel. I've built a couple out of parts. My current grouse gun is a built from parts gun. 16 gauge, solid rib WS-1 barrel, about the last of the Herters wood, a very chocolatey piece of figured walnut and a nice piece of chocolatey walnut in front.
The only thing I really cannot abide is those poly chokes and Cutts on the front. They belong on something else completely useless like a bolt action shotgun.
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not to my knowledge.........
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did you know cutts became popular after ww2? guys who used thompsons with them, wanted them on their shotguns.
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Didn't know that, but doesn't surprise me. Thompsons are kind of wretched little beasts too. Shot 'em a few times back when I was vacationing in exotic places. Oddly in conjunction with this thread, I chose M-12s as a tool over the Thompson.
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Sorry I'm late but when it comes to Model 12's, Trap and Skeet are grades not chokes. A WS1, for example does not make it a skeet gun nor does a 30" full choke barrel with a high comb stock make it a trap gun. The bottom of the receiver or receiver extension will be marked according to the grade.
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