When was my winchester model 12 16ga shotgun serial#787927 manfactured?
Nicknamed, the Perfect Repeater at its introduction, this shotgun se
tthe standard for pump action shotguns throughout its fifty one (51)
year high rate manufacture and production life. From 1912 until the
shotgun was first discontinued by Winchester in 1963, nearly two million
Model 12 shotguns were manufactured and produced in various barrel
lengths and grades. Initially the M12 was chambered strictly for 20
gauge, however 12 and 16 gauge versions came out in or around 1914, and
the 28 gauge version of the Winchester Model 12 came out in 1934. A
.410 version was never produced; instead, a stripped down variation of the
Model 12, commonly known as the Model 42, was derived directly from
scaled drawings of the model 12 and produced instead. The year of manufacture for serial number 787927 is 1939. hope this helps! im pretty sure that this is right. check it out on the web.
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