model 12 trench

[emmagee1917]

Well , the lowest / highest reported examples are 1961838 to 1964087 . This is outside that range , but not by much. It also has the pre-1941 heatshield , which would be cause to raise eyebrows. It could have been replaced in 'Nam , so not a definate cause for rejection. The best bet would to be to get a factory letter from Winchester stating it was shipped as a trench gun to a US departure point. This statement from him about what Winchester said also raises a couple of points . Winchester would ship to a US military address , were they sent it from there would not be Winchester's concern and Winchester would have no record of that. Secondly , they charge $$$ for thier letters and don't give out free information over the phone. This gives the gun four strikes against it. The military model 12s from this era had no identifing markings , so is very easy to fake . Without a factory letter , it's only worth the sum of it's parts .
MHO , Chris

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