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What does a Simmons re-do cost these days, ballpark?
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Simmons used to post the prices on their website, don't know if they still do.
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They do. $250 for reblue of action and barrel (plus any other charges that arise). For $1,400 (their internet special today!) they will completely "tart" the gun up by adding a vent rib (or a solid one), jewell the bolt, & replace the wood with "fancy" walnut w/20 lpi checkering. Call me old-fashioned, but I like the tiny 13 and then 14-ring corncobs on the early guns. I could see having an old action cleaned up and reblued, but I'd still be using the original stock and pump fore-end. The beauty of the early guns to me is their lighter weight, so the addition of ribs and then big-skirted pump handles and pistol grips doesn't meet my criteria.
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I assume you meant Nu-Line Guns, George. Good outfit for Winchester re-do's. http://www.nulineguns.com/JR
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For $1,400 (their internet special today!) I think that "special" was about $900 a couple of years ago. Must be the strong economy.
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Either that or it's a comment on the utility of a nice light Model 12 in 20-gauge. A friend of mine just picked up a circa-1914 25-inch 20-gauge that had been completely redone (with a Simmons vent rib added). Makes a nice back-up gun to his pretty little Parker double, and the cost was insignificant. The fancy wood and rib added a little weight (it's now about 6 1/2-lbs), but it's pretty sweet. He left it unplugged for the rare occation where that is useful.
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Lloyd,
What does a 20ga M12 weigh? I've always had an interest in one, but I'm not sure about the weight.
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What does a 20ga M12 weigh? Depends a lot on how it's configured and what period it came from. Mine aren't nearby right now, but my 1913 solid rib 25" Mod 1912 20 ga weighs a lot less than my late vent rib 30" M12 20 ga. You need one.
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Just weighed two of them yesterday. Both guns are plain field-grade nickel-steel 20s (pre-1930) and both have ~14-inch lengths of pull. The circa 1923 28-inch barreled gun weighed 6lbs4. The circa 1914 25-inch gun weighed 6lbs even (note: this gun has an aftermarket stock that is very narrow and may not be walnut). I just received a replacement stock for the 25-inch gun from the folks at Gunstocks, Inc. in Bedford, Iowa. Cost me a whole $65! I'll let you know how that works out.
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