Mr. Hoggson: I must have been typing when you answered. Thank you for your excellent insight into these neat old guns. When I was just a boy, Model 12s were the shotgun of choice most everywhere I found myself shooting with my father. As the years have rolled on, they seem to have fallen out of favor with a broad spectrum of shooters, largely replaced by automatics and stackbarrels. The mandate of non-toxic shot had something to do with that, but also the typical American tendency to be attracted to the newer, flashier offerings of the gunmakers is just as much to blame. Rediscovering them has been a lot of fun.
