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The Winchester Model 1897 is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine. It was offered in 12 and 16 gauge, solid frame or takedown. Numerous barrel lengths were offered. Image File history File links Winchester_1897. ...
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The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American maker of repeating weapons during the late 19th Century and the early 20th Century. ...
A pump-action rifle or shotgun is one in which the fore-end of the stock can be pumped back and forth in order to eject and chamber a round of ammunition. ...
A pump-action and two semi-automatic action shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons. ...
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Description
The Model 1897 was an evolution of the Winchester Model 1893 designed by John Browning. It was the first truly successful pump-action shotgun produced. From 1893 until it was discontinued by Winchester in 1957, over a million of the type were produced in various grades and barrel lengths. 16 gauge guns had a standard barrel length of 28 inches, while 12 gauge guns were furnished with 30 inch length barrels. Special length barrels could be ordered in lengths as short as 20 inches, and as long as 36 inches. John Moses Browning (January 21, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed myriad varieties of weapons, cartridges, and gun mechanics, many of which are used in the U.S. military and elsewhere to this day. ...
Military use
 A Winchester Model 1897 pump-action trench shotgun and M1917 bayonet The United States military used a short-barreled version known variously as the "trench" or "riot" shotgun. It was developed into a version issued to US troops during World War I, which was modified by adding an adapter with bayonet lug for affixing a M1917 bayonet. Unlike most modern pump-action shotguns, the Winchester Model 1897 (versions of which were type classified as the Model 97 or M97 for short) fired each time the action closed with the trigger depressed (that is, it lacks a trigger disconnector). That and its 6-shot capacity made it extremely effective for close-combat, such that troops referred to it as a "trench sweeper". It was used in significant but limited numbers during World War II by the United States Army and Marine Corps. Image File history File links Winchester Model 1897 trench gun Template:PD-70 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The original trench shotgun, a Winchester Model 1897 Pump Shotgun, modified for use in World War I. Combat shotguns, shotguns modified slightly to increase their suitability for use in combat, have been popular in the United States, both with law enforcement and with the US military (particularly the US Marine...
Mossberg 590 pump-action riot shotgun, with 20 inch barrel Remington model 870 pump-action riot shotgun held by a Florida Highway Patrol cadet A riot shotgun is a shotgun designed or modified for use as a primarily defensive weapon. ...
Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Conrad von...
A bayonet lug is a standard feature on most military muskets, rifles, and shotguns, and on some civilian longarms. ...
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A trigger disconnector is a type of safety in a firearm, which prevents the trigger from being held down after a shot has been fired. ...
Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States armed forces and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
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- See also: List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces
Individual weapons by type and current level of use. ...
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