Shotgun
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A shotgun is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges either numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid pro
A pump-action Remington 870, two semi-automatic Remington 1100 shotguns, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, a clay trap, and three boxes of clay pigeons
A Confederate cavalryman during the American Civil War
A United States Marine carrying a Winchester M97 shotgun during World War II
A view of the break-action of a side-by-side, and an over-and-under double-barreled shotgun, both shown with the action open
Winchester Model 1897
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The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, Riot Gun, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co
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…accurate with longer effective ranges. The military value of shotguns was rediscovered in the First World War, when American forces used the pump-action Winchester Model 1897 shotgun in trench fighting to great effect. Since then, shotguns have been used in a variety of close-quarters combat roles in civilian, law enforcement…
Open action on an 1897 portraying the long slide that projects from the receiver.
Model 1897 (trench grade) and the reproduced Norinco (riot grade)
Winchester M97 and M12 trench guns
Model 1897 adapter that allowed the attachment of the M1917 bayonet