Michael and All
As I mentioned before, I got the Model 12 as the consolation prize when dividing my Dad's gun collection. My Dad, Ed,Sr., was employed by the Upjohn Company in Kalamazoo as a hospital sales manager at the time. I don't remember whether it was the hospital in Niles or Dowagiac, but my dad was conversing with one of the nurses there about hobbies and the subject of gun collecting arose. She said that her dad was a gun stockmaker named Tom Shelhamer and of course my dad knew all about Mr Shelhamer. This was probably in the late 1970's after Mr Shelhamer was dead.
Anyway, the daughter asked my dad back to her mother's house for tea and Mrs Shelhamer told my dad that she had one last piece from her husbands collection. It was a Remington Model 12 (22 Rem Sp) that he made just for her. In fact, there is a photo of Mr Shelhamer and this gun and a short article in the inset of a Shooters Bible. I have the magazine somewhere with all my dads stuff. Mrs Shelhamer didn't have any use for it and was looking for someone that would appreciate her husbands talent. She found a good home for it with my dad.
It's a cute little thing and I have never shot it but when I take it out of my gun safe and wipe it down I do feel a little closer to my dad. RIP.
