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Looking to purchase one, was wondering if there are many around in decent shape.
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Looking to purchase one, was wondering if there are many around in decent shape.
any model that goes boom babyWhich 1897 model? An 1897 Trap is a much different ballgame than a 1897 Trench.
I've seen them in the Curios and Relics section for like 600-1000. Fully working.How much do you want to spend ???
Even the Chinese made Norinco 1897 Trench Gun clones are going for $1200 on GunBroker.
Ohhh my ....... The back knuckle of my right thumb hurts every time I see one of those.
I fired a round, lowered the gun and jacked another round into the chamber, removing enough skin from that location to make a 4 week healing process. Then about 10 years later, I DID IT AGAIN! I will never pick up another one.
a lot of the old Ithaca 37s will slam fire as well. And used to be available pretty cheap. If that is the “feature” you seek.
These guys know the technique to avoid that problem while slam firing.
imo... if slam fire is what you are looking for. A couple of things to keep in mind. I have seen it used successfully and effectively for doubles in skeet. It is kinda cool, as a toy.
but I would NEVER put it into the hands of a newbie. Or a person that does not have perfect trigger discipline. as this is really a design flaw, not a feature.
These guys know the technique to avoid that problem while slam firing.
A Model 12 is an improved 1897
The Winchester 62A (.22 pump) also has this same "flaw".
The Remington model 12 pump 22 is a slam firer as well. You can go through quite a few rounds very quickly.
The barrel stampings alone would make it non feasible.
Sir, I present to you the ignored, forgotten, and abandoned Savage 520. Brought forth from the mind of JM Browning himself.
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That's the rifle I grew up with. My grandfather bought it, and his nephew, my dad, me, my nephew, and all my kids learned to shoot it.The Winchester 62A (.22 pump) also has this same "flaw".
What about the barrel stampings and the feds?
I was just jokingly thinking about the page and a half of the safety requirements stamped on the barrel. It is like 1/2 of an owners manual that they put on the guns today. Can you see the wording on the actual feature of a, "slam fire"?
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The Amoskeag Auction house in Manchester, NH, just had a couple auctions last weekend that included quite a few of Winchester 1897s - check out the catalog for auction #125 two-day (Auction #125 - Two-Day Sale, March 28 & 29) and #125 online (Amoskeag Online #125 - March 2020) for the hammer prices (and you might be sickened that you just missed this by a week) -