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Winchester Model 1897
Description
A pump-action shotgun with an exposed hammer, one of the first commercially successful ones. A short version served in the trenches.
Historical use
- First World War
Technical data
- Year
- 1897
- Service
- 1897–1957
- Country
- United States
- Maker
- Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Designer
- John Browning
- Type
- Shotgun
- Mechanism
- Pump action
- Calibre
- Calibre 12
- Weight
- 3.6 kg
- Length
- 1,000 mm
- Capacity
- 5 rounds
- Units made
- ≈ 1,024,700
Source: Wikidata Q1085180
