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Winchester prototype model 12 Shotgun
icuasiam
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Can anyone help me with a reference for information on this gun? It's an all aluminum Winchester 12 Gauge shotgun with the serial number 1L-S. The story I have is that there were two of these prototypes made and while the one I have was at Eddie Sauer's shop for a special Hydracoil stock, the other one blew up during testing and the project was scrapped. The gun came into the possession of Art Blatt. I'm also told that Dockweiler had a hand in the stock building. Apparently there was an article about the gun in Guns&Ammo magazine sometime in the 70's written by Mr Blatt but I can't seem to find a way into their archives to retrieve it. The gun was last owned by Gerald Eubanks. I would be eternally grateful for any information anyone out there has on it.
Thanks in advance, Bud Wilson.
Thanks in advance, Bud Wilson.
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I partially answered this question for you over on the WACA forum.
Regards Dave
Sorry Bert, I don't know what "WASA" forum is.
Winchester Arms Collector Association (WACA)
Quite a unique piece of winchester history.
Regards to all!
Dave
If anyone has a copy of the Guns&Ammo magazine that had an article by Art Blatt about this gun I'd be willing to buy it or pay for a copy or whatever it takes. I don't what issue it was. I'm shooting in the dark here.
Any other discussion is welcomed.
So I would now say this was a prototype built to proof the aluminum alloy used in the Md 50 Featherweight and later the Md 59.
Since this is technically a One of a Kind gun, I sent Bud, Dave Riffles web site and phone numbers, so he could talk to Dave the real expert on Model 12s!!
Hopefully bud will get back to all of us after he talks with Dave Riffle.
Regards to all
Dave
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.
If all this sounds iffy ("Believed to be", "I'm told that") my leads are based on oral history and stuff tends to get somewhat altered through time. There are more than a few things I was told about the history of this gun that have proven to be in error as the search unfolds.
Thanks a million for caring.
Bud Wilson.
I'm sorry but neither one of us is a spring chicken and time dims memories.
Thanks again, Bud Wilson.
Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
Former NSSA All American
Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
MO, CT, VA.