Manual

model 12
"The Perfect Repeater"
Outstanding natural pointing qualities, ef-
fortless operation, trouble-free performance
and time-proven durability have gained the
WINCHESTER Model 12 a world-wide repu-
tation as "The Perfect Repeater". Pride of
more than one million sportsmen, it is easily
the best-known of all shotguns and unequalled
in popularity for marsh, field and upland
shooting, at the traps or on the skeet fields.
Only the finest of gun steels—WINCHESTER
Proof (Chrome Molybdenum) Steel—is used
in the manufacture of your Model 12. Indi-
vidual parts are carefully treated to exactly
the right hardness for strength and wearing
qualities . .. then machined and gauged to the
strictest tolerances, superbly finished and
fitted for smoothest operation. The graceful
receiver is forged from a single billet of steel
and closed at both rear and top for utmost
protection. Model 12's barrel is noted for its
strength, uniformity and consistency of pat-
tern performance. Stock and slide handle are
of carefully finished American walnut.
No other take down system compares with
that of the Model 12 in speed, simplicity and
facility. No tools are required and both sec-
tions are of nearly the same length. Equally
popular, is the ease with which your Model 12
is loaded or unloaded and its simple, jam-
proof loading system from magazine to cham-
ber. The magazine holds six Super-Seal crimp
shells or five of the rolled crimp type. With
one round in the chamber, your Model 12 is
either a seven or six-shot repeater.
For maximum protection while reloading,
Model 12 has three automatic safety fea-
tures. (1) When the action is in rearward po-
sition, the firing pin is locked in the breech