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Revision as of 07:52, 26 August 2011
The Model 1897 was an evolution of the earlier Model 1893, designed by John Browning. It was the first truly successful pump-action shotgun produced. From 1897 until it was discontinued by Winchester in 1957, over a million of these guns 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 barrels. Special length barrels could be ordered in lengths as short as 20 inches, and as long as 36 inches.
Originally produced as a tougher, stronger version of the Winchester 1893, the 1897 was identical to its forerunner except for the receiver, which was thicker and allowed the use of smokeless powder shells, which were relatively new at the time. The 1897 also introduced a "take down" design, where the barrel could be taken off, which is standard in modern pump-action shotguns like the Remington 870. Production drew to a close in the late 1950s, when the "modern" hammerless designs became widespread, and it was gradually superseded by the Winchester Model 1912, with which it was coexisting.
The United States military used a short-barreled version, often called the "trench gun" by US troops, who made extensive use of it in both World Wars. This version was modified by adding a perforated steel heat shield over the barrel, and an adapter with bayonet lug for affixing a M1917 bayonet. Unlike most modern pump-action shotguns, the M1897 fired each time the action closed with the trigger depressed (that is, it lacks a trigger disconnector). That and its six-shot capacity made it extremely effective for close combat, and its devastating results forced the German government to protest (in vain) to have it outlawed in combat. The M1897 was used in limited numbers during World War II by the United States Army and Marine Corps, although it was outnumbered by the hammerless Model 1912 trench guns, which were now more common in the hands of US troops.
The Winchester Model 1897 shotgun has appeared in the following films, video games and anime, used by the following actors:
Specifications
- Weight: 8 lb (3.6 kg)
- Length: 39+1⁄4 in (1,000 mm)
- Barrel length: 20 in (510 mm)
- Caliber: 12-gauge
- Action: Pump-action
- Effective range: 20 m.
- Feed system: 5-round tubular magazine
Film
- Jeff Morris as J.J. in The Border (1982)
- Person of Interest in In Cold Blood (1967)
- Posse member in The Green Mile (1999)
- Posse member in The Chase (1966)
- Robert Redford as Warden Henry Brubaker in Brubaker (1980)
- Michael Gambon as George in The Book of Eli (2010)
- Marc Lawrence as Doc Madison in Dillinger (1945)
- Billy Dee Williams as N.Y.P.D. Detective Fox in Nighthawks (1981)
- The Desperate Hours (1955)
- Tommy Lee Jones as Master Sergeant Vohden in Rolling Thunder (1977)
- Bank guards and bank robbers in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
- Rip Torn as Sheriff Hank Pearson in Extreme Prejudice
- Three Days of the Condor (1975)
- Tom Sizemore as Sgt. Earl Sistern in Pearl Harbor (trench gun)
- HM Prison guards in A Clockwork Orange
- Brendon Fraser as Rick O'Connell in The Mummy
- Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men
- Organized Crime Goon in Magnum Force
- Paul Genge as Mafia Mike in Bullitt (sawn-off barrel and stock)
- A Black and Tan in Michael Collins(1996)
- Jack O'Halloran as Joe Perko in King Kong
- Russian Soldier in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Roy Scheider in The French Connection(1971)
- Bank robber in Dirty Harry(1971)
- United States Marines, Candice Bergen as Mrs. Pedicaris and Sean Connery as Sheik Rasuli in The Wind and the Lion (1975)
- William Holden as Deke Thorten in The Wild Bunch(1969)
- Warren Oates as Lyle Gorch in The Wild Bunch(1969)
- Warren Oates as John Dillinger in Dillinger
- Darwin Joston as Napoleon Wilson in Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
- McQ (1974)
- The FBI Story (1959)
- The Enforcer (1951)
- Trapped (1949)
- Lady Gangster (1942)
- Gary Cooper as Dr. Bill Canavan in The Real Glory (1939)
- A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
- San Quentin (1937)
- Bullets or Ballots (1936)
- G Men (1935)
- Gina Torres as Zoe Washburn in Serenity (trench gun fitted with scope)
- Used by a Thug in The Toxic Avenger
- Used by James Cagney and several others on both sides of the law in White Heat (1949)
Televison
- Hawaii Five-O (1968)
- A gangster in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(episode "That Old Gang of Mine")
- Mike Torrello in Crime Story uses a Model 97 from a helicopter in one episode
Video Games
- Medal of Honor: Frontline (trench gun)
- Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (trench gun)
- Medal of Honor: Heroes (trench gun)
- Condemned: Criminal Origins (heavily modified version)
- Shellshock Nam '67 (as the "Pump Gun")
- The Royal Marines Commando (trench gun)
- Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts (trench gun)
- Red Dead Redemption (as the Pump Action Shotgun)
- Singularity (unusable)
Anime
- Triela in Gunslinger Girl