Trying to put a value to my 1955 winchester model 12 pump

C

chevy_boy

Regular
Rating - 100%
23   0   0
Location
Victoria BC
I have recently aquired a winchester model 12.

i am getting cuirous to is value.

i have determined that it is...

made in 1955 by crossreferencing the serial number.
standard model
30 inch barrel
full choke
plain pistol grip stock with grooved slide handle

and according to a write up i have found, in very good condition

"Very Good: A "very good" gun is in perfect working condition with no appreciable wear on working surfaces, no corrosion or pitting and only very minor scratches. All original parts with at least 80% of the original finish. Original metal surfaces are smooth. Lettering and designs are clear. Wood may be slightly scratched or bruised. There may be some very minor repairs or alterations."
Click to expand...

its not my style but i kinda like it because of that.

what would somthing like this be worth?
 
Earlier this year I sold a 1935 take down model 12. It sold for $355. shipped. I had to wait a month or so to sell it, but I started with a price of $450. and lowered the price weekly.

It was factory original, totally reconditioned and locked up tight showing very little mechanical use aside from the blueing having worn off and now showing a brownish patina. No dents or scratches either.

CGN dictated the final price point. I didn't really want to part with it, so believe me, price wise, I squeezed the most I could out of it. I think the older models fetch more money if in really good condition.
 
struff55 said:
$250- $300 I have a nice one on EE same vintage $300 Shipped no takers any one that has valued them higher than $200-300 please step up .
Click to expand...

It's weird. Seems to me 20 or so years ago you could pull $450 or $500 from a 12 gauge model 12 in good shape and more for a 20 gauge. They were said to be very collectable. Then steel shot became a requirement and like you said you can price one at $300 and have no takers. So I'm thinking maybe the higher price was paid for it's value as a duck gun more than a collectable.
As far as I'm concerned they are the nicest pump shotgun ever built and I've owned Remingtons and Ithacas and I still feel the 12 has the edge.
 
I got a 1916 Tournament Grade Model 12 in Edm a couple years ago that I only paid $250 for, I thought it was quite a steal. The most I paid for a Model 12 was a 1955 Black Diamond and the least was a 1953 standard like the one the OP described for $200.
 
The "Heavy Duck" models (3" chamber, vent rib barrel etc.) and other special versions have a following and can command higher prices. The base models like the OP has are not really collectibles - their value is as shooters and utility guns.
 
If you could still shoot lead or some other form of inexpensive soft shot a plain model 12 field gun would sell for $500- $800 on today's market plain field guns have no collectors value unless you had one new in the box with all paper and unfired then you may get $600 condition is every thing.
 
Got one shipped to me from lovetts last summer....good to very good condition....250
Picked up a spare barrel from Epps this spring....100

Fun value is considerably higher than that tho....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom