Winchester Model 12 Skeet

About the Winchester Model 12 Skeet

The Winchester Model 12 Skeet is a slide-action (pump) shotgun, a competition-grade variant of the classic hammerless Model 12 designed by T.C. Johnson. Chambered in 12 gauge with a 2.75-inch chamber, it features a 26-inch smoothbore barrel with a ventilated rib, a skeet choke, and a fitted pistol-grip walnut stock, making it a favored gun on American skeet fields from the late 1930s through the early 1960s.

The Model 12 earned the nickname 'The Perfect Repeater' for its smooth, reliable slide action, and its Skeet grade became a mainstay of competitive clay-target shooting in mid-20th-century America.

Winchester Model 12 Skeet specifications

The Skeet grade was offered with solid or ventilated ribs; the milled 'duckbill' ventilated rib was especially popular. Model 12 production spanned 1912 to 1963 (with limited later runs), with roughly two million made across all grades.