Winchester model 1200 Trench Shotgun opinions

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  • cplnorton
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 2194

    #1

    Winchester model 1200 Trench Shotgun opinions

    What do you guys think of this Model 1200 Trench? I think it's probably ok, but what do the experts say?



















  • cplnorton
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 2194

    #2










    I didn't know what this was. Maybe a Military or Police marking? Maybe a inspection/rebuild mark?

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    • SPEEDGUNNER
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 729

      #3
      Steve,

      Fantasyland. This shotgun is not in either of the correct serial ranges for a military contract 1200 trench. Looks like genuine USGI parts on a commercial receiver with a U.S. added.
      "There's a race of men that don't fit in,
      A race that can't stay still;
      So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
      And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service

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      • cplnorton
        Senior Member
        • Sep 2009
        • 2194

        #4
        Man my friend is going to be heartbroken. He paid a lot of money for it.

        This is exactly why I don't touch these trench guns. They are so humped up.

        But thanks so much Jeff for responding!

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        • tmturner45
          Member
          • Apr 2012
          • 58

          #5
          They are still awesome to have. I bought a bunch of parts at a gun show and considered it a real cache. Forends, swivels, parked bolts, parked shell carriers, odd n ends. I have bought my barrel from ebay maybe 10 yrs ago. The US on my barrel is a very small font and from a good stamping tool. The common 1/8 stamps are often crappy and just too big. At least the serial is underneath unlike newer ones on the side.
          Too bad know-it-alls can't do it all

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