Home Forums Birds & Dogs Shotguns who likes model 12's?

i shoot a few. how about you?

Yup, just bought another one..

lets see it!

not high tech enough to do pictures.

I sort of do Mine is a browning repro 20 ga.

I have an old nickel steel 12ga made in the late 1920s. I also have an Ithaca M37 and I like it in some ways more.

A well worn 20 gauge Model 12 is my favorite quail gun.

I have 3 Model 12s, 2 Model 31s and 1 Ithaca M37 20 gauge. I like them equally well.

LOVE me some M-12!

Been known to use one on occasion.

Who doesn't like a model 12? What great shotguns, along with the Ithaca 37.

I have 5. Does that count as likin' them?

Here's two of em. And an old Husky double.

Here another one of my favorite Model 12 photos. This one is my nightstand gun I put together at the shop on afternoon. Sent several loads of "blue whistlers" thru these porkers one night. Went totally Guadacanal on them from behind som prickly pear!

A model 12 16ga. was my hearts desire when I was getting my first shotgun... Begged my folks for one for Xmas.. No luck.. Later I lusted after a m12 12ga. mod. choke.. My dad talked me into something else. Sorry I didn't pick one up..Then the price of model 12's skyrocketed and I never did own either.. Probably never will.. Did have one with a PolyChoke.. Had it for a about 4 years..
Presently, I only own one.. A solid rib 3" heavy duck.. I often hunt turkey with it or duck with Bismuth.. A fine old gun..
It with my old 870, model 31, and model 97 are my favorites..

I like them, had one version or another for years. I'm down to two in 16 gauge; one MOD the other POLY.

I love the looks of those 16 gauge model 12s. Not much of a shotgunner but getting one of those is on my list of guns to hunt.

Theirs lots of them around, art least around here. I love the 16 bore M-12 but prefer the older ones and ejection issues are common as the chamber is 2 3/4 but the ejection ports are of the smaller variety. Its an easy fix though.

Im on the hunt for one myself.

I'll take the 37 every time over a 12. Have my Pop's 1949 piece. Great guns. I have owned a couple of 12's over the years.

I got my first Model 12 last year. Really like it and now I'm on the hunt for more. This one is a 12ga 30" Full choke.

I think that the most common "old school" shotguns here in Nebraska are Browning A5s, Remington 11s, and Winchester 12s. Who doesn't like Model 12s? OTOH, I instantly developed a strong dislike for Model 1897s after chopping a chunk of flesh out of my right thumb the first time I cycled the action.