I'm not letting this one go nope not going to let it go, some of this specifically mentions the Model 12 but could have easily have been a Model 97, war reporters are not always the most reliable with their information, I quote;
"the modern concept of the combat shotgun was fully developed by the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. The trench gun, as it was called, was a pump action shotgun loaded with six rounds containing antimony hardened 00 buckshot. The shotguns proved effective enough to elicit a diplomatic protest from the German government, claiming the shotguns caused excessive injury, and that any troops found in possession of them would be subject to execution. The US Government rejected the claims, and threatened reprisals in kind if any US troops were executed for possession of a shotgun. There is no evidence that the Germans carried out their threat, and that was the only challenge to the military legality of the shotgun.
The shotgun was also well suited for house-to-house fighting. An example of this effectiveness is an event from September 27, 1918, An American soldier armed with a Winchester Model 12 trench gun, single-handedly retook a German-held French village, routing 30 German soldiers."
Now go find another shotgun with that type of reputation earned on the trap field, the hunting field and the battlefield!!!
