A few custom Model 12s were built into the 1980s, and Miroku trickled out the Browning Model 12, a replica of the Winchester platform, from 1993 to 2006. Those variants are stamped “Made in Japan.” ...

Given even minimal care, however, a Model 12 will outlast virtually any other pump-gun. If you can find one, a Model 12 is well worth the investment. I inherited mine from an old family friend who ...

Designed by longtime employee Thomas Crossley Johnson, the Model 12 was Winchester’s first concealed-hammer, pump-action shotgun. ... Gun: Winchester Model 12 Riot Gun Gauge: 12 Serial No.: 1699XXX ...

Johnson’s creation, the Model 1912 Winchester, better known as the Model 12, was machined from the finest steel available at the time. It had that special, indefinable something that makes ...

“In 1966 or ’67, when I was finally 12 years old, I snuck away with a friend so we could get our NRA cards, which is the equivalent of a HuntSAFE hunter-safety card these days and meant, at ...

Phil Bourjaily’s first hunt with his Model 12 Heavy Duck. Join the 1871 Club Now: ... Winchester Model 12 Heavy Duck. ... Thomas Crossley Johnson came up with a beautifully trim hammerless pump gun.

Winchester saw the popularity of the Auto-5, and decided to add a semi-auto shotgun to their lineup. The design fell to Thomas Crossley Johnson, who later engineered the Model 12 pump that became ...

Conventional wisdom in the 1890s was that the pump or slide-action shotgun was merely an interim solution, a bridge between double barrels and self-loading or automatic shotguns. It would soon ...

Winchester Repeating Arms has issued a recall on some of its SXP-model 12-gauge shotguns that the company says may fire while the discharge is being closed.

But exercise caution: In 2015, Winchester issued a recall notice for several Super X Pump (3.5 chamber) models after reports that the shotguns “unintentionally discharge while closing the action.” ...

The heavy door of the gun safe opened, and I withdrew the old Winchester Model 12 pump shotgun. It earned the name "Perfect Repeater." I did not coin the phrase, but I certainly echo it. For more ...