Model 1897

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I went to the Swift Current gun show on Saturday and came home with this old pelter:

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According to the serial number it was made in 1899. It is a 16 ga. It came with 5 or 6 boxes of paper shells. It looks like it may have been out of the closet a time or two. Grand old classic shotgun, 112 years old!!:)
 
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Dad's got the same gun in 12 ga. About 75% blue.
Awesome guns are they not?
But it requires at least one peeling back of the skin on the base of your thumb knuckle while cycling the pump.
Not the medical term by any means but a lot of folks out there are going to smile and think " been there, done that"
 
I see that it's a take-down model. How's the fit between the receiver and the barrel assy? Nice and tight?

If you put a tape on those shells, are they 2 1/2 or 2 3/4?

I know without asking that your gun is chambered in 2 9/16th. Or, for all practical purposes, 2 1/2. The reason I ask about the shells is that they might be the shells used when the gun was new. If they're 2 1/2", it would lend support to the contention that initial production didn't anticipate the emerging dominance of 2 3/4".
 
I haven't seen the shells, as I had to leave for work. The fellow was going to bring them and leave them with a seller who had a table. Thanks for putting that out, the chamber length, that is.:) A measure needs to be taken on a fired shell, in order to get the "length".
 
You can adjust the barrel by removing the lock pawl and turning it one notch in. You can also see if it's been done before to figure out how much it's been shot. Make sure you pump with authority. This shotgun doesn't like a weak wristed pump. Good score, fun gun to slam fire.
 
tokguy said:
Dad's got the same gun in 12 ga. About 75% blue.
Awesome guns are they not?
But it requires at least one peeling back of the skin on the base of your thumb knuckle while cycling the pump.
Not the medical term by any means but a lot of folks out there are going to smile and think " been there, done that"
Click to expand...

AKA "thumb buster"... for obvious reasons. Congrats on your purchase.
 
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