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No one wants to hunt with a worn out piece of junk.... You do it all the time, jOe
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I can't recall ever hunting with you....
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The 32"guns are going to be older....I had a solid frame made in the late 1920's I didn't want another old one.
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Most if not all of the solid frame (aka- non-take-down)Model 97's made in the 1920's were the Brush models- 26" cylinder bore barrels- one round less capacity in the magazine tube. I believe they were the last in the M97 series to be offered in the non-take-down versions. Wish there were as many detailed books written on the Model 97 Winchesters as on the Model 12 Winchesters.
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Stan,
I may have my facts a little skewed, but I believe there was a series of articles in "Shotgun Sports" if my memory is right called, "In search of the 100% Pattern".
Don't know why but I am not sure it was Roster, even though part of me believes it was. I have slept numerous times since I read them.
Anyway, the moral of the story was that through all the testing the closest factory set-up was an 1897 shooting pigeon load hard deuces and it seems like the only one to break the 90% mark at 40yrds. Didn't make 100 though.
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When I was in Viet Nam in 1968-69, my PSG carried a 97 Trench Gun, bayonet lug and heat shield. It was a very reliable gun and he loved it.
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The 32"guns are going to be older....I had a solid frame made in the late 1920's I didn't want another old one. The gun I am looking at is a 32", E model gun, and according to the serial numbers dates to 1930.
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Myself I'd opt for a newer 30" barreled gun.
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Thanks for your service to our Country, at a time when we were spit on when we rotated back to the world. Did your Platoon Sgt. make it back OK? I carried a .45 1911-A-1 as my TO weapon, but saw a variety of riot and guard configured 12 gauge pumps "In Country"- Stevens, Winchester Models: 12, 25 and of course the M97 we are discussing here. Occasionally an Ithaca M37 as well.
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When I was in Viet Nam in 1968-69, my PSG carried a 97 Trench Gun, bayonet lug and heat shield. It was a very reliable gun and he loved it. Gene, Seems I recall seeing something years ago that you were a Ranger. Were you there before LRRP units were reorganized into the 75th Infantry Regiment (Rangers)? Gil
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