Home Forums Reloading 16 Gauge Society Winchester model 12 16 gauge skeet with a 28” solid rib barrel

Hi , I am having a hard time finding info on a model 12 16 gauge I picked up, it has a 28” solid rib barrel marked improved cylinder, marked skeet under serial number and a W stamped below that? Anybody have any info!

PM me for my address, I'll give you a hunnerd dollars for it and I'll pay the shipping! 😉

Seriously, Winchester has a website where you can trace the S/N and get a bibliophile of the markings.
There is also a Winchester collectors forum here. They may be able to help you.

Good luck! Sounds like a nice gun.

The Trap and Skeet marked M-12's are considered a type of grade and not necessarily what they were made for.
Winchester would make any trap or skeet marked gun any way you wanted it.
Get some M-12 collector books by George Madis or Dave Riffle and do your own research.
Skeet marked 16's are rare.