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   A couple of weeks ago I picked up a 1912 Winchester in 16 guage. It was in really rough shape but I bought it very right. (Less than the price of a Friday nite fish fry and a couple of brandy Mannhattans for the wife and I.) It was made in 1917 according to the serial number and has a solid rib full choke barrel. The gun had been in a plastic case for about 40 years and was covered in a "fuzzy" looking rust. It wiped right off with a little gun oil and light steel wool and has almost no pitting. The bluing is very thin to non existant in places but I think the steel is good enough to be reblued.The biggest fault was that some one had dropped it on it's toe and broke the buttplate and about a 3/4" deep by 3" long splinter off of the toe. Then they tried to nail it back on with brads and split the chip beyond repair. If I have it reblued I'll probably look for a replacement stock but in the meantime I'm attempting to do toe surgery. I've epxied back on what I could and belt sanded off the remainder of the toe at a 60 degree angle about 7/8" up from the point of the toe and forward about 2". I've been looking for a piece of walnut about 2"X3"X3". I want to cut it to orient the grain in the proper direction and refinish the stock. So far I'm not having any luck finding the piece I need. Would any of you guys who build stocks happen to have a piece of medium shade walnut that you cut off of a blank that I could bargain for? It would be less work and definitely look better to just get a different stock but I like the challenge of seeing if I can make this look anywhere close to unnoticeable at first glance. Because I've got such long arms I'll probably see if I can find a vintage style lace up recoil pad to cover the patch and give me a little more LOP. RD 

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Rockydog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3191	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rockydog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: "new" Shotgun Posted: 16 September 2007 at 15:34
	A couple of weeks ago I picked up a 1912 Winchester in 16 guage. It was in really rough shape but I bought it very right. (Less than the price of a Friday nite fish fry and a couple of brandy Mannhattans for the wife and I.) It was made in 1917 according to the serial number and has a solid rib full choke barrel. The gun had been in a plastic case for about 40 years and was covered in a "fuzzy" looking rust. It wiped right off with a little gun oil and light steel wool and has almost no pitting. The bluing is very thin to non existant in places but I think the steel is good enough to be reblued.The biggest fault was that some one had dropped it on it's toe and broke the buttplate and about a 3/4" deep by 3" long splinter off of the toe. Then they tried to nail it back on with brads and split the chip beyond repair. If I have it reblued I'll probably look for a replacement stock but in the meantime I'm attempting to do toe surgery. I've epxied back on what I could and belt sanded off the remainder of the toe at a 60 degree angle about 7/8" up from the point of the toe and forward about 2". I've been looking for a piece of walnut about 2"X3"X3". I want to cut it to orient the grain in the proper direction and refinish the stock. So far I'm not having any luck finding the piece I need. Would any of you guys who build stocks happen to have a piece of medium shade walnut that you cut off of a blank that I could bargain for? It would be less work and definitely look better to just get a different stock but I like the challenge of seeing if I can make this look anywhere close to unnoticeable at first glance. Because I've got such long arms I'll probably see if I can find a vintage style lace up recoil pad to cover the patch and give me a little more LOP. RD Edited by Rockydog
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Dakotazeb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 25 April 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 25	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dakotazeb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 September 2007 at 16:04
	You might want to check and see what the chamber length is in your Model 12. The older 16 gauges had a chamber length of 2 9/16". Could pose some problems when shooting 2 3/4" shells.

Rockydog Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3191	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rockydog Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 September 2007 at 17:16
	DZ, Thanks for the reminder! I hadn't even thought about that aspect. We've been down this road before though. http://www.baitshopboyz.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=8336&a mp;PN=1 Decisions, decisions.... RD
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 September 2007 at 00:51
	Good news is that if is 2 9/16 inch chamber there is enough metal to have it reamed out to 2 3/4 inch. I've got the same model in 16 and changed the chamber about 25 years ago.