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I remember mine, a 28" Mod that cost $82 wholesale in 1961, retail was $109. I picked up pecans to buy it, was in high school, remember the day Dad drove up with it. I was out in the barn, milking the cow. I couldn't get finished with that chore fast enough.
Great gun. I remember trying to decide between the M-12 and the M-37 Ithaca. My great uncle was a trap shooter of some renoun, owned a hdw store and other businesses, well respected by me. He told me the Ithaca was like a Ford, the Winchester like a Buick. I got his drift, as he drove a big Roadmaster Buick at the time.
Many moons later, I did obtain a first year production, solid rib 20 ga. 37R, restored the wood, recut the checkering. It's lighter than the M-12, but a M-12 is a M-12, for sure. A classic.
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