Detailed examination of the wood.
Especially its finish.
How the comb line, heel and pistol or straight grip was done.
Factory replacement wood existed for model 12,s for decades from winchester.
Corn cob fore end should be heart wood
How the ribs on it were done
Bout a million 6 variations
Repo butt plates.
Matching serial number receiver and barrel assem.
In the same script and approximate depth
One of the big scams with #,s and markings now is electrolysis stenciling.
An outfit called "thors hammer" will make just about any marking you can send em a pic of.
But a good eye can tell the diff between thors etching and roll marking or strike marking specially with older firearms.
Etching of markings and numbers on modern guns is done routinely.
Unfortunatley model 12,s are one of the guns repaired, replaced,and redone. To be resold by scheisters/ snake oil salesmen.
And their were ALOT of em made and people like em.
Varmitguy said he collected em.
He could tell ya alot about em I bet.
What to look for good and bad.
Buncha pics on here of it would help ya.
More sets of eyeballs on it, the better for you if your planning on dropping the hammer on one.
Last edited by renegade50; 02/17/20.
