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How can you find out the original factory barrel length of a 12 gauge Winchester Model 12 serial 226506 with full choke?
Have you had the choke measured to insure that it is still FULL. If it is, and the s/n on the barrel matches the s/n on the frame. Then the gun, obviously, is original. (I hope the above statement did not insult your intellegents, but I felt I had to point it out)
At least in the early years Winchester would supply, on special order, any std. barrel length with any std. choke. In later years Winchester would be less accommodating. Generally speaking full chokes, on other than special order guns, were supplied only on barrel length of 28" and longer.
A significant percentage of Winchesters production records where destroyed in a fire some years back making it virtually impossible to to retrive information on many specific guns, yours was probably included.
I guess about all we can say is that if the barrel is now a cylinder bore and the the s/n's match then the barrel has been cut and there is probably no way of determining its original length. If the barrel marking say FULL and it is any thing but cyl. bore or full then it probably has not been cut and just the choke modified. I hope someone else submits an answer to this question because it is an interesting one.
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