Tag: Winchester Model 1912

Winchester Model 1912 is a pump action shotgun and is developed based on the Winchester Model 1893 shotgun. It is the successor to Winchester Model 1897 shotgun, which was also designed based upon the Model 1893. Winchester Model 1912 is also called as Model 12 or just simply M12. This hammer fired shotgun was first designed by Winchester engineer T.C. Johnson in 1912. However the basement structure of the model 1893 and 1897 was built by John M. Browning. Since 1912 M12 is being manufactured by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. However the production of the main stream model was shut off in 1964. Now it is only being produced by special production units of the company. Since its inception it has been with the fighter from World War 1 World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam War. During the years of 1912 to 1964 almost 2 million M12 were manufactured.

M12 and its variants are chambered for 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge and 28 gauge cartridges. Initially it was only the 20 gauge version and the other options came much later. Such as the 28 gauge chambering version came as late as 1934.