24hourcampfire.com
24hourcampfire.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Hop To
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 627
B
Bryant Offline OP
Campfire Regular
OP Offline
Campfire Regular
B
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 627
I have two winchester model 12 12ga. Field grade guns and I'm thinking of having one or both refinished or restored. One is from the 50's and one is a nickle steel gun from the 20's. the 1950's gun is full choke 30 inch and is in a little better shape than the other, the 20's gun is 28 in mod choke. Both have almost no bluing left.

I don't think they have much value as collector pieces.

Any recommendations on who to send it too.

I also have a bag of parts that is a complet M 12 mod choke 28 in. That I was told was recovered from a house fire. The barrel is toast, bad pitting. I think the rest might be salvageable, with a new barrel. Would the receiver need to be Rockwell tested to make sure it's safe?

BP-B2

Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 32,044
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 32,044


A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,419
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 4,419


They are about 15 min south of me just outside of St Louis and do great work from everyone that I have talked to who have used them.


Help keep our sport going. take a kid outdoors!
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 10,262
H
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
H
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 10,262
Originally Posted by Bryant
I have two winchester model 12 12ga. Field grade guns and I'm thinking of having one or both refinished or restored. One is from the 50's and one is a nickle steel gun from the 20's. the 1950's gun is full choke 30 inch and is in a little better shape than the other, the 20's gun is 28 in mod choke. Both have almost no bluing left.

I don't think they have much value as collector pieces.

Any recommendations on who to send it too.

I also have a bag of parts that is a complet M 12 mod choke 28 in. That I was told was recovered from a house fire. The barrel is toast, bad pitting. I think the rest might be salvageable, with a new barrel. Would the receiver need to be Rockwell tested to make sure it's safe?



The nickle steel needs a special bluing process, or you will end up with a purple barrel.
Make sure that the person you use can do nickle steel.


Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 3
K
New Member
Offline
New Member
K
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 3
arts gun shop,,,, not far from st Louis ask for art or tommy696 944 3630 or look him up online wonderful work, mainly does brownings, but has done a m-12 and a 101 for me that are great

IC B2


Moderated by  RickBin 

Link Copied to Clipboard
YB23

Who's Online Now
669 members (1minute, 1Akshooter, 10gaugemag, 1beaver_shooter, 17CalFan, 73 invisible), 3,180 guests, and 1,452 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums81
Topics1,187,673
Posts18,399,532
Members73,817
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023


 







Fish & Game Departments | Solunar Tables | Mission Statement | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | DMCA
Hunting | Fishing | Camping | Backpacking | Reloading | Campfire Forums | Gear Shop
Copyright © 2000-2024 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.3.33 Page Time: 0.134s Queries: 14 (0.003s) Memory: 0.8083 MB (Peak: 0.8537 MB) Data Comp: Zlib Server Time: 2024-03-28 21:00:22 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS