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Looking at this one as maybe a faux trenchie build something Korean War era with an aftermarket East Taylor heat-shield/bayonet mount for the Winchester Model 12 and 97. A lot of the gun does look like a Model 12 though. Along with the non take-down aspect of the gun I've heard that the barrel can not be removed from the receiver an that the action-arm is of a "dog-leg" variety and not as strong as the straight action arm used on the Model 12. They were only build for a few years 1948 to 1954 or thereabouts IIRC and only about 88,000 were built. Were either built as a light-weight version of the Model 12 or an inexpensive version of the Model 12. The gun appears to be in pretty good shape and the price seems low enough I won't have to sell any blood plasma to pick it up, but I know next to nothing about them.įrom what I can find out they're the non take-down second cousin of the Model 12. One of my favorite local gun stores has is closing and has an old Winchester Model 25 in the back that hasn't sold in years. To help redress that oversight, here are 25 great turkey guns from colonial times to the sporting guns of the present day.What do ya'll know about the Winchester Model 25?
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That may explain why there is no one accepted “classic” turkey gun, or even a short list. Nevertheless there was a gap of about 50-75 years of the 20th century during which turkey hunting and turkey guns were unknown to the majority of American hunters. Restoration efforts in the latter half of the century brought them back in the numbers we have today. Turkeys were an important source of food and sport until overhunting and forest clearing in the 19th and early 20th century wiped them out of all but the most remote woods. _People have been shooting turkeys with guns since the first Europeans arrived on this continent and found the birds to be plentiful, tasty and not particularly (at first anyway) wary. The receiver comes grooved for an included scope base. American Soldiers, Police, and hunters all loved and used the trench gun which is the reason it remained in production for 59 years As popular as it was before the start of World War. Between 18 more than a million were produced by Winchester Repeating Arms. The Xtrema2 makes this list with the original recipe Xtrema does not because one of its improvements over the first Xtrema is a greatly improved trigger pull, which is important to successful turkey shooting. The Trench Gun, the Winchester Model 1897, was an immensely popular shotgun. The Xtrema2 is also very reliable and soft-shooting, especially if choose the Kick-Off optional recoil reducer. One of its best features is an action spring on the magazine tube, meaning you never have to take the spring out of the stock to clean it. 75 caliber flintlock nearly 6 feet long.īeretta Xtrema 2 Beretta Xtrema 2 Beretta’s Xtrema was its first 3 ½ inch gun.
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It's likely if a Pilgrim wanted to shoot a turkey he would used a "long fowler," a. The short, bell-barreled shotgun was more often used as a weapon of war and loaded with large shot. Blunderbuss The classic turkey gun of the Pilgrims was not the blunderuss (meaning that more than Marilyn Monroe's shorts are historically inaccurate in this picture). To help redress that oversight, here are 25 great turkey guns from colonial times to the sporting guns of the present day.
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That may explain why there is no one accepted "classic" turkey gun or even a short list. Turkeys were an important source of food and sport until overhunting and forest clearing in the 19th and early 20th century wiped them out of all but the most remote woods before restoration efforts in the latter half of the century brought them back in the numbers we have today. People have been shooting turkeys with guns since the first Europeans arrived on this continent and found the birds to be plentiful, tasty and not particularly (at first anyway) wary.