B-25 Lightening

[Mod 12]

I shot wobble skeet with the new (to me & it's like new) ca. 1964 B-25 12 ga. 26" IC/M and it just smacked the birds. It has a cool history - was bought in Scotland as part of a pair for driven grouse. I got it from the second party that bought the pair and gave one to his son, whom is a friend of mine. He brokered the deal with his father for me to purchase it. I love it and can't wait to take it pheasant hunting next Fall. I'd like to take it on my January duck hunt but it would be too expensive to feed. :D BBJW

[Bayrat]

Great find, and it sounds like it fits you well.

Also great that you know the past history - that makes it even more special.

One that was special for me was an old Marlin pump (model 28 ?) my brother and his father-in-law taught me to shoot trap with when I was in my early teens. Nothing fancy by todays standards, but I could shoot it well and it had history too.

It was one of a matched trophy set of Marlins.

One was a field gun that fit my brother (he still has it) and the other was a presentation grade that fit me ( was stollen in the 70's), that my brother's father-in-law had handed down to him by his father who had been a trap champian on Long Island in the early 1900s. The grandfather-in-law had won them at some national trap tourament somewhere in the Hamptons back in the 20's.

Hope you have fun turning alot of clays to dust with it getting ready for next season.

Bayrat

[Mod 12]

You bet Bayrat. My family has been into Model 12's but never inherited one. I have put one together like my uncle's favorite deluxe field gun. I'm looking to upgrade the wood but it has been difficult finding Winchester factory deluxe wood. I gave up on fleabay.

[Mod 12]

I recently shot wobble skeet with the Superposed and it flat out hammered the birds. I'm tickled to death with it and hope to get to South Dakota to hunt pheasants with it next Fall. :D