Like Researcher above, when I started shooting skeet on military teams in the 50's, we all used Model 12's with Cutts, with Model 42's with Cutts for .410 and with 3" shells, for 28 gauge until we could get Model 12's in 28 gauge. A few used Rem Model 31's, but these were personal guns. These guns were in the vast majority until the late 50's and early 60's when we, the individual shooters, started buying the Browning Superposed (1961 price at military gun clubs overseas was $170.00. We would have buddies over there buy and ship back to us). Some military commands also started buying Brownings for their shooters at that time. By the late 60's, Brownings and Krieghofs with tubes and Rem Model 1100's were in the majority with many of the Win Model 12's being sent into the salvage systems for disposal on the civilian or personal markets. Jim Haynes
