r/canadaguns • u/Zen_Bonsai • Jun 10 '26
Feets / Collection / My build Finally one of you
Ok ok. Im new. Like I got my license in the mail yesterday new.
I know almost nothing. Although I already know that those who know don't like this gun. Ok. But it's my first piece, and I got it for free from a friend by helping them out, and it hasn't seen a single shot fired yet. Brand new. I cut the tag off today.
...it's a Federation SPM-12
I've got questions. Go easy on me.
1) I leaned in my gun safety course that I match the head stamp with the data stamp. But wtf, I can't find the data stamp. Unless the info is buried within the serial
number I don't know what ..inch (?) of the shell is. And I feel like it's not cool to share the serial number? Online searches assume 3" but I need to be sure.
2) Even though I got this second hand, why can I find a manual online??
3) What the heck is this switch for in the second picture?
4) I assume these are my chokes in the third picture. I don't really know how to differentiate them. Whatever comes stock has this, I assume flash suppressor (see pic 4), seemingly welded to the stock choke. How do I know which choke is which and transfer the flash suppressor?
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u/SpinachStunning5547 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Chambering size os probable right on the chamber ( start of the barrel) hidden by the black sleeve that has your rail. My best guest would also be 3in. You can take the sleeve off if you want to make sure.
For the switch, my best guest would be akwardly placed safety but an other guy said it was decorative. And since there is already a safety in the triggerguard, I tend to believe him.
For the chokes, yours came with a breacher choke. The other are probably cylinder, modified and full. If you look them from the top, they will get increasingly thicker. You don't wsnt to shoot slugs out of the full choke. Take your cyl or lesve your breacher. Use the mod it you want to hunt.
Edit: also, on your cyl and mod, it is probably written something like "steel shot ok" which mean you can shoot steel shot out of them. Don't shoot steel out of the mod. You can damage it.