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I have a copy of a book originally issued by the U.S. War Department in 1942 called U.S. Shotguns All Types. It lists various models and how to operate and strip them. It lists Winchester M97, M12. Remington M10, M11, M31, Sportsman. Stevens M520, M620, M620A. Savage M720 and Ithaca M37. So I suppose all those models saw service at some point or another. Lagopus.....
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I have a copy of a book originally issued by the U.S. War Department in 1942 called U.S. Shotguns All Types. It lists various models and how to operate and strip them. It lists Winchester M97, M12. Remington M10, M11, M31, Sportsman. Stevens M520, M620, M620A. Savage M720 and Ithaca M37. So I suppose all those models saw service at some point or another. Lagopus.....
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I've read that during WWII the Government requested citizens donate their shotguns for use in training anti-aircraft personnel in the theory of lead using skeet. This may explain the wide variety and lack of ordnance marks.......
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I have a copy of a book published some years back by Brownell's, entilted "Encyclopedia of Modern Firearms, Vol I". I do not know if still available or if they ever published Vol II. Included witnin its pages are all those manuals on the US guns mentioned by Lagopus, as well as service manuals for many commercial US guns. I got mine in loose leaf format & put it in a "large" three ring binder.
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My L.C. Smith Field Grade Featherweight 12 was made in 1941. Its 30" M&F barrels have the Ordnance stamp in addition to the usual marks, presumably from the Rochester NY arsenal. What's interesting is that there's another set of 26" barrels with open chokes and its own forend, numbered to the gun. The style of matting on the ribs is different on each set, so my assumption is that the gun went back to the factory after the war for the shorter barrels. Condition is excellent, including bores. I can't shoot it nearly as well as my Lefever I grade though -- stock dimensions do make a difference.
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