Thanks George. I'll bet what I paid for my 1939 field grade M12 28 gauge with 28" solid rib barrel that a 20 gauge Model 1912 (25 inch barrel 2.5" chamber) is the gun that Havilah Babcock was writing about in his great quail shootin' story "Slim Boggins Mistake"--And for the other fine gents here who also agree about pumps (not just Model 12's- the Remington M31 is also a sweet shuckin' pump as well) the writer Charley Waterman once said "Never bet your foldin' money against a man shootin' a well worn pumpgun (Rudy Etchen come to mind?)--
I usually have the same thoughts about Limeys as I do barium enemas, but Gough Thomas is one clear exception to that rule. In Stuffy Olde Britain, where the bespoke double (or matched pair) is "De Riguer" for driven bird shoots, Mr. Thomas gave favorable mention to the Model 12 as being "Eumatic"-- I've been shuckin' them since I was 10 years old-- and as Bob Seger once sang: "Don't wink, don't blink, don't even think"--
Like Pee Wee Reese throwing a hot peg to first base to beat the runner- "It's automatic- you don't even know you are working the slide--"!!
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 05/23/12 07:23 PM.
