Winchester Model 12 Super Pigeon

About the Winchester Model 12 Super Pigeon

The Winchester Model 12 Super Pigeon is the top-tier, custom-shop grade of the Winchester Model 12 slide-action (pump) shotgun. Built to order through the Winchester Custom Shop from the mid-1960s, each Super Pigeon was hand-finished with elaborate engraving, gold inlays on the highest grades, a full-fancy figured American walnut stock and forearm with fine checkering, and a ventilated rib barrel. Mechanically it retained the famed hammerless, takedown Model 12 slide action designed by Thomas Crossley Johnson, prized by trap and skeet competitors for its smooth stroke, steel-forged receiver, and hand-fitted parts.

The Model 12 earned the nickname 'The Perfect Repeater' and was famous for its slam-fire capability, allowing a shooter to hold the trigger and fire a shell each time the action closed. The Super Pigeon Grade represented the pinnacle of that legacy, blending the workhorse slide action with the artistry of Winchester's finest engravers.

Winchester Model 12 Super Pigeon specifications

Super Pigeon guns were assembled from a special reserve of pre-1964 machined parts and finished individually in the Winchester Custom Shop; engraving grades were designated by number (e.g. No. 5), with gold-inlaid examples being the most elaborate and valuable.