I had an original that was cut off for cowboy action shooting. Made in 1905 I believe. I never did a thing to it. I fired it rapid fire nearly every time I loaded it and it ALWAYS went bang. I never had one miss feed, failure to fire, failed ejection, nothing. The only round of skeet I ever cleared was with that gun. Other than lowering the price of production I can't imagine an improvement could ever be made on the pump shotgun after that.

An old guy watching me shuck out skeet with it called me over after my round to tell me he used to carry one as a backwoods assistant deputy when he was younger. He said all it took to stop a bar fight was to walk in the door and rack the action on the '97 as loud as he could.
CHAZ