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Buyer is urged to be extremely cautious before purchasing the more rare combinations, such as 28-gauge. The more rare a particular combination, higher the price. Shotgun will be seen in many different combinations of gauges, barrel lengths, ribs and stocks, all of which determine value.
Winchester model 25 12ga serial numbers#
Prices listed are for guns made prior to 1964 or with serial numbers below 1968307. This reintroduced Model 12 was dropped in 1980. In 1972, Winchester resurrected Model 12 in its regular production line in 12-gauge only, with ventilated rib. Dropped from regular product line in 1963, but a special model was produced in the Custom Shop until 1979. A high quality, well-made shotgun that is still in use in the hunting and shooting fields across the country. Model 12 enjoyed great success in its 68-year history, with over two million sold. First slide-action hammerless shotgun built by Winchester. The weapon's ejector protrudes at a ninety-degree angle from the top of the bolt when the action opens.Designed by T.C.
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The weapon was made almost entirely of milled steel components.
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A return spring pushes the bolt back forwards. Instead, the weapon uses a floating breech system consisting of a chamber and forcing cone patented by David Marshall Williams when the weapon fires, this breech moves back about 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres), causing the bolt to move backwards. Unlike most other short recoil designs, the barrel on the Model 50 is completely static. The Model 50 was a semi-automatic shotgun using a short recoil action. ĭue to these factors, the Model 50 was discontinued in 1962 before it was discontinued, the short-lived Model 59 was introduced in 1959, which was an improved version of the Model 50 using modern materials and interchangeable chokes. Despite it being a high-quality and reliable weapon, the introduction of gas-operated shotguns in the 1960s caused sales of the Model 50 to slow, with most companies switching to gas operation for their semi-automatic shotguns the Model 50's lack of interchangeable chokes hurt sales even further. The Model 50 was introduced in 1954 and achieved moderate commercial success at first. Browning (one of John Browning's sons) as a base, Williams added his floating breech element to the newly-designed gun, except that it was scaled up to fit the new shotgun. Ī team of designers, including famed designer David Marshall Williams, was tasked to create a shotgun that could instantly be competitive in this market. Winchester wanted to capitalize on the market and set out to produce a shotgun that would be instantly competitive with its competitors' offerings of note is that Winchester had actually tried to enter said market in the past with no success.
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A high-quality shotgun, the Model 50 was Winchester's attempt to re-enter the semi-automatic shotgun market.īy the 1950s, various companies such as Remington and Savage Arms had produced semi-automatic shotguns which had become extremely popular. Browning in 1950 and produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company from 1954 to 1962. The Winchester Model 50 was an American 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun designed by David Marshall Williams based on patents by Jonathan E.