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Three distinct advantages 
of the 20 gauge gun 
W HAT accounts for the increasing popularity 
of the liO gauge shotgun, when only a few 
years ago the 12 gauge was considered the 
lightest gun that could he used effectively? 
Aside from the fact that shooting with the 20 gauge 
gun j)rovides keener sport for the hunter, three dis¬ 
tinct advantages mark the 20 gauge shotgun as an 
ideal weapon for veteran or novice. 
1. Economy— Ammunition for the 20 gauge gun is 
less expensive. With results just as effective, this is 
an imi)ortant item to many hunters. Ammunition 
is also lighter to carry. Recoil is slighter. 
2. Light in The 20 gauge gun is not bur¬ 
densome to carry. Having .superb balance, it is easy 
to point and quick to handle. You can get onto your 
game quickly, which offsets any handicap that a 
quick opening shot pattern may impose. 
3. Does tiot mutilate— the range at which 
most small birds are bagged, the quick opening pat¬ 
tern of the 20 gauge gun does not mutilate the game. 
Its pattern is sulliciently even to insure a “kill,” but 
you do not find your bird filled with .shot, or portions 
torn away by dense shot clusters. 
These three advantages make the Winchester Model 
12 in I)oth 20 and 10 gauges a big seller to farmers 
and other .sportsmen. Men Avho have used this gun. 
with its smooth, reliable action and its perfect barrel, 
find it difficult to go back to the heavier 12 gauge gun. 
How the barrel is bored 
Men who know guns realize that the accuracy and 
durability of a gun depend primarily upon the barrel. 
The barrel of the Winchester Model 12 is boretl to 
micrometer measurements for the pattern it is meant 
to make. The degree of choke exactly offsets the 
tendency of the .shot to spread. Until its pattern 
proves up to the Winchester .standard, no gun can 
Iciive the factory. The nickel steel construction pre¬ 
serves the original accuracy forever. 
The Bennett Process, u.sed exclusively by Win¬ 
chester, gives the Winchester barrel a distinctive blue 
finish that, with proper care, will last a lifetime. 
What 
means 
l.ook for this mark on the barrel of a Winchester 
;un. It means that the gun has been subjecteil to the 
Winchester Definitive Proof test. It stamps the gun 
with Winchester’s guarantee of (piality, which has 50 
years of the best gun-making reputation behind it. 
Every gun that bears the name Winchester, and 
that is marked with the Definitive Proof stamp, lias 
been fired many times for smooth action and accu¬ 
racy. It lias also been fired with excess loads as a 
test of strength. At every stage of Winchester manu¬ 
facture, machine production is supplemented by 
human craftsmanship. Dvery Winchester gnn is per¬ 
fected hy the test and adjustment process. 
It is this care in manufacturing that has produced 
the Winchester Model 12, 20 and 10 gauge, and the 
Model 07, 10 gauge, for those avIio prefer hammer 
action. Both shotguns have won the admiration of 
sportsmen everywhere. 
Write for details of Winchester shotguns and shells 
Detailed specifications of the Model 12 and Model 
07, and also our new booklet on shells will be sent 
on request. 
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY 
Dept. G-21 New Haven, Conn., D. 3. A 
Most quail, snipe and prairie chickens 
are killed at 15 to 25 yards. At these dis¬ 
tances the Winchester Model 12, 20 gauge 
shotgun, opens up and makes its best pat¬ 
tern—the famous Winchester game-getting 
pattern 
Heavier gauge guns do not make their 
best patterns short of 30 to JfO yards. The 
12 gauge throws more shot, but at the 
range most upland birds are killed, it 
throws the shot in a more compact cluster. 
If a hit is made at a lesser distance, there¬ 
fore, the chances are that the game will 
be mutilated 
Model 07. Take-down Repeat¬ 
ing fthotgun. Made in 12 gauge, 
weight about 7% lbs.; in 16 
gauge, weight about 
favorite with shooters who pre¬ 
fer a slide forearm repeating 
shotgun with a hammer 
WXNCmSTSK 
}Vorld Standard Guns and Ammunition 
Model 12. TTammerlcss Take¬ 
down Repeating Shotgun. Made- 
in 12 gauge, weight about 7Ut 
lbs.; in 16 gauge, weight about 
6 lbs.—in 20 gauge, weight about 
6 lbs.—more popular with women 
and new shooters because of its 
lightness and very slight recoil 
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