What are the chances this 1946 is a stealth twelve? I can't quite see inside the loading port to see if the lightening cuts are there. Did the stealths have gold triggers? https://www.cabelas.com/p/101822583
It's is my understanding that there are post war light twelves that fall into the same category as the stealth 16s. They are overall unmarked as "lights" but they have the lightened feature set. They were mixed into the production run with standards.
The SV book has the answer. The stealth 12s were indeed like the sixteen. They had gold plated triggers and safeties along with the lightening features. The '46 above is a standard unless someone changed the plated parts.
“Stealth Sweet Sixteen” is an internet description for those guns that are unmarked and identified by their gold triggers and safeties. Production dates range from 1936 to 1948. They are popular with collectors. The Light Twelve debuted in 1946 and like the Sweet Sixteen, was “stealth” until 1948. These are rarer than Stealth Sixteens but as yet aren’t popular among collectors. I had one but, thinking I’d find a better one, sold it to a friend for $400. That was 10 years ago and I haven’t seen another one.
