“Tag: winchester model 1897”

During World War I American “Doughboys” went “over the top” with a fearsome, distinctly American arm—the trench shotgun.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into “The War To End All Wars,” as it was dramatically called. But rather than end wars, it changed them—armored vehicles were employed and aerial warfare literally took battle tactics to new heights.

The 1897 was considered the “bad boy” of smoothbores.