Hi all,
I have a customers model 12 12 gauge shotgun here at the shop that has us all puzzled. It had wood on it and was sent to the bluing tank and all went well considering it's a nickel gun. The customer brought me another stock and fore end that he wanted to use in place of the old tired wood it had on it. The problem is that it doesn't fit. The pump tube on this gun measures 5 3/8 and the normal pump tube and the wood he gave me is 7". Also the tang that goes into the buttstock is at a different angle than the new wood. I have talked to a couple of model 12 "experts" and they tell me that the slide tube on this is a rare one but the angle on the tang has them all baffled. One even told me it wasn't a model 12 that I had. Well it's stamped winchester model 1912 12 ga. so I assume I read that right. Anybody in the brain trust here have any ideas? Is this perhaps a bespoke gun with special dimensions? Help please.
