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Winchester Model 1897
The Winchester Model 1897 was an evolution of the earlier Model 1893, designed by John Browning. It was the first truly successful pump-action shotgun produced. From 1897 until it was discontinued by Winchester in 1957, over a million of these guns were produced in various grades and barrel lengths. 16-gauge guns had a standard barrel length of 28 inches, while 12-gauge guns were furnished with 30-inch barrels. Special length barrels could be ordered in lengths as short as 20 inches, and as long as 36 inches.
Originally produced as a tougher, stronger version of the Winchester 1893, the 1897 was identical to its forerunner except for the receiver, which was thicker and allowed the use of smokeless powder shells, which were relatively new at the time. The 1897 also introduced a "take down" design, where the barrel could be taken off, which is standard in modern pump-action shotguns like the Remington 870. Production drew to a close in the late 1950s, when the "modern" hammerless designs became widespread, and it was gradually superseded by the Winchester Model 1912, with which it was coexisting.
The United States military used a short-barreled version, often called the "trench gun" by US troops, who made extensive use of it in both World Wars. This version was modified by adding a perforated steel heat shield over the barrel, and an adapter with bayonet lug for affixing a M1917 bayonet. Unlike most modern pump-action shotguns, the M1897 fired each time the action closed with the trigger depressed (that is, it lacks a trigger disconnector), allowing even a moderately trained soldier to slam-fire all six shells in around two seconds. The six-shot capacity made it extremely effective for close combat, and gave it nicknames like the "trench broom" and "trench sweeper." The devastating results caused the German government to lodge a formal protest, claiming the use of the weapon violated the Hague Convention, which the American government rejected, not amused with such an objection from the country that had first deployed flamethrowers and poison gas. Following this, in September 1918 Germany issued orders to execute all American soldiers caught carrying the M1897 or even ammunition for it, though this does not appear to have actually been carried out (General Pershing's counter-threat to execute all German soldiers caught with flamethrowers or saw-bladed bayonets may have helped, the war ending six weeks later probably more so). Further attempts were made in the interwar years, but like the British attempts to ban submarines for being "ungentlemanly," nothing came of them.
The M1897 was used in limited numbers during World War II by the United States Army and Marine Corps, although it was outnumbered by the hammerless Model 1912 trench guns, which were now more common in the hands of US troops.
Specifications
(1897 – 1957)
- Weight: 8 lb (3.6 kg)
- Length: 39.25 in (1,000 mm)
- Barrel length: 20 in (510 mm)
- Caliber: 12-gauge, 16 gauge
- Action: Pump-action
- Effective range: 22 yards (20m)
- Capacity: 5-round tubular magazine (+ 1 chambered)
The Winchester Model 1897 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Winchester Model 1897
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heroes for Sale | Police Officers | Riot Gun | 1933 | |
| G Men | State Police | Riot gun | 1935 | |
| Bullets or Ballots | Police Officers | Riot gun | 1936 | |
| They Gave Him a Gun | A Police officer | Riot gun | 1937 | |
| San Quentin | Prison Guard | Riot gun | 1937 | |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Riot gun; seen in the room | 1938 | ||
| The Real Glory | Gary Cooper | Dr. Bill Canavan | 1939 | |
| Reginald Owen | Capt. Hartley | |||
| Rudy Robles | Lt. Yabo | |||
| US Army officers | ||||
| Lady Gangster | Police officer | Riot gun | 1942 | |
| Dillinger | Marc Lawrence | Doc Madison | 1945 | |
| He Walked By Night | police officers | Riot Gun | 1948 | |
| Trapped | Police officers | Riot gun | 1949 | |
| White Heat | Edmond O'Brien | Hank Fallon | 1949 | |
| James Cagney | Cody Jarrett | |||
| Accountant guard and LAPD officers | ||||
| The Enforcer | Police officers | Riot gun | 1951 | |
| Kansas City Confidential | Kansas City Police | Riot-Gun Configuration | 1952 | |
| The Most Wanted Man (L'Ennemi public No 1) | Police | 1953 | ||
| The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms | NYPD officers | Riot Gun | 1953 | |
| The Desperate Hours | Indianapolis police officer | 1955 | ||
| The Killing | Vince Edwards | Val Cannon | 1956 | |
| The FBI Story | Police officer | Riot shotgun | 1959 | |
| Lonely Are the Brave | George Kennedy | Deputy Gutierrez | Riot shotgun | 1962 |
| Follow That Dream | Elvis Presley | Toby Kwimper | 1962 | |
| (uncredited) | Louis | |||
| Anne Helm | Holly Jones | |||
| The Chase | Posse member | 1966 | ||
| The Professionals | Lee Marvin | Henry "Rico" Fardan | 1966 | |
| Burt Lancaster | Bill Dolworth | |||
| Bonnie and Clyde | Police Officers | 1967 | ||
| In Cold Blood | Person of Interest | 1967 | ||
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Rico Cattani | Albert Anselmi | 1967 | |
| The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) | Bank guards and bank robbers | 1968 | ||
| Bullitt | Paul Genge | Mafia Mike | Sawn-off barrel and stock | 1968 |
| Bonnot's Gang (La bande à Bonnot) | Bruno Cremer | Jules Bonnot | Trench Gun | 1968 |
| Dominique Maurin | André Soudy | |||
| The Wild Bunch | William Holden | Deke Thorten | 1969 | |
| Warren Oates | Lyle Gorch | |||
| Cherry, Harry & Raquel! | Charles Napier | Harry | riot gun | 1969 |
| Bert Santos | Enrique | |||
| John Milo | Apache | |||
| 100 Rifles | Raquel Welch | Sarita | 1969 | |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | NYPD officers | 1970 | ||
| The French Connection | Roy Scheider | Det. Buddy "Cloudy" Russo | 1971 | |
| A Clockwork Orange | HM Prison guards | 1971 | ||
| Billy Jack | Tom Laughlin | Billy Jack | field gun | 1971 |
| policeman | riot gun | |||
| Highway Patrol officer | ||||
| Trouble Man | Harrison Page | Bogus cop | 1972 | |
| William Stevens | Bogus cop | |||
| Henchmen | ||||
| Black Caesar | Fred Williamson | Tommy Gibbs | 1973 | |
| Magnum Force | Tony Giorgio | Frank Palancio | 1973 | |
| Dillinger | Warren Oates | John Dillinger | 1973 | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | Harry Pierpont | |||
| Police, FBI agents, vigilantes | ||||
| My Name Is Nobody | Leo Gordon | Red | 1973 | |
| Detroit 9000 | Detroit Police | 1973 | ||
| Melvin Purvis G-MAN | Margaret Blye | Kate Kelly | 1974 | |
| John Karlen | Tony Redecci | |||
| FBI agents | ||||
| McQ | Gangster | Trench Gun | 1974 | |
| Newman's Law | police & gangsters | riot-gun | 1974 | |
| Big Bad Mama | Tom Signorelli | Agent Dodds | 1974 | |
| Dick Miller | Agent William Bonney | |||
| Act of Aggression (L'Agression) | Claude Brasseur | André Ducatel | 1975 | |
| Bucktown | Carl Weathers | Hambone | 1975 | |
| Morgan Upton | Sam | |||
| Jim Bohan | Clete | |||
| The Drowning Pool | masked assailant | riot-gun | 1975 | |
| Three Days of the Condor | Hansford Rowe | Sgt. Jennings | 1975 | |
| The Wind and the Lion | Candice Bergen | Mrs. Pedicaris | 1975 | |
| Sean Connery | Sheik Rasuli | |||
| Simon Harrison | William Pedecaris | |||
| Steve Kanaly | Capt. Jerome | |||
| United States Marines | ||||
| King Kong | Jack O'Halloran | Joe Perko | 1976 | |
| Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) | Darwin Joston | Napoleon Wilson | 1976 | |
| The Last Hard Men | James Coburn | Zach Provo | 1976 | |
| Jorge Rivero | Cesar Menendez | |||
| Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Armed Guard | Trench Gun | 1977 | |
| Rolling Thunder | Tommy Lee Jones | Master Sergeant Vohden | 1977 | |
| Damnation Alley | Seamon Glass | Leader of The Mountain Men | Field Model | 1977 |
| F.I.S.T. | . | Police officers | 1978 | |
| Go Tell the Spartans | South Vietnamese militia | 1978 | ||
| The Cheap Detective | police officers | 1978 | ||
| Every Which Way But Loose | Ruth Gordon | Senovia "Ma" Boggs | 1978 | |
| Sweeney 2 | Michael O'Hagan | Doyle | 1978 | |
| Brubaker | Robert Redford | Warden Henry Brubaker | 1980 | |
| Nighthawks | Billy Dee Williams | N.Y.P.D. Detective Fox | 1981 | |
| The Border | Jeff Morris | J.J. | 1982 | |
| The Survivors | survivalist student | solid frame version | 1983 | |
| The Toxic Avenger | Thug | 1984 | ||
| Exterminator 2 | Robert Ginty | John Eastland | 1984 | |
| X's thugs | ||||
| Streets of Fire | Richmond PD officers and citizens | 1984 | ||
| The Park is Mine | NYPD Officer | Riot model | 1985 | |
| Year of the Dragon | Raymond J. Barry | Louis | 1985 | |
| The Emerald Forest | A henchman | Trench gun | 1985 | |
| Extreme Prejudice | Rip Torn | Sheriff Hank Pearson | 1987 | |
| The Untouchables | Kevin Costner | Elliot Ness | 1987 | |
| Sean Connery | Malone | |||
| Andy Garcia | George Stone | |||
| Charles Martin Smith | Oscar Wallace | |||
| Harlem Nights | Danny Aiello | Det. Cantone | 1989 | |
| Road House | Sunshine Parker | Emmett | 1989 | |
| Farewell To The King | Nick Nolte | Learoyd | 1989 | |
| Journey Southwest (Cesta na jihozápad) | Milan Sandhaus | Jones | Field shotgun | 1989 |
| Jirí Strach | Ben | |||
| The Hot Spot | Don Johnson | Harry Madox | 1990 | |
| Mobsters | Costas Mandylor | Frank Costello | 1991 | |
| Rage and Honor | Jon Van Ness | Talbot | 1992 | |
| Michael Collins | A Black and Tan | 1996 | ||
| Men in Black | Vincent D'Onofrio | Edgar/The Bug | Field gun | 1997 |
| The Thin Red Line | David Harrod | Cpl. Queen | 1998 | |
| The Negotiator | Tom Bower | Omar | 1998 | |
| The Green Mile | Posse member | 1999 | ||
| The Mummy | Brendon Fraser | Rick O'Connell | 1999 | |
| Rachel Weisz | Evie | |||
| Oded Fehr | Ardeth Bay | |||
| Magnolia | John C. Reilly | Officer Kurring | 1998 | |
| Virus | Donald Sutherland | Captain Everton | 1999 | |
| Pearl Harbor | Tom Sizemore | Sgt. Earl Sistern | Trench gun | 2001 |
| Windtalkers | Peter Stormare | Gunnery Sergeant Hjelmstad | "Trench Gun" | 2002 |
| Road to Perdition | Jude Law | Harlan Maguire | 2002 | |
| Torque | Will Yun Lee | Val | riot, continuity error | 2004 |
| Serenity | Gina Torres | Zoe Washburn | Riot gun fitted with scope | 2005 |
| The Golden Compass | Gyptian man | 2007 | ||
| No Country for Old Men | Josh Brolin | Llewelyn Moss | Sawn-off Norinco Model 97W | 2007 |
| Blood Brothers | Daniel Wu | Ah Feng | 2007 | |
| L: Change the World | Yûta Kanai | Tamotsu Yoshizawa | 2008 | |
| Changeling | Jason Butler Harner | Gordon | 2008 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Russian Soldier | 2008 | ||
| Public Enemies | Rory Cochrane | Carter Baum | 2009 | |
| Elephant White | in weapons cache | 2010 | ||
| The Book of Eli | Michael Gambon | George | 2010 | |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | Neal McDonough | Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan | Trench Gun | 2011 |
| Casa de mi Padre | deleted scene | 2012 | ||
| Lawless | Guy Pearce | Special Agent Charlie Rakes | Trench Gun | 2012 |
| War Pigs | Dolph Lundgren | Captain Hans Picault | Trench Gun | 2015 |
| Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | New York City Police Officers | Trench Gun Configuration | 2016 | |
| Wonder Woman | Chris Pine | Steve Trevor | Trench Gun | 2017 |
| Old Henry | Trace Adkins | Uncle Al | Field Gun | 2021 |
| Eternals | Amazon villager | 2021 | ||
| Project Wolf Hunting | 2022 |
Televison
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Three Stooges | Moe Howard | Moe | Episode "A Ducking They Did Go" | 1939 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Andy Griffith | Sheriff Andy Taylor | "The Big House" (Ep. 3.32) | 1960-1968 |
| Mission: Impossible | Policemen | "The Council: Part 2" (S02E12) | 1967 | |
| Mission: Impossible | Greg Morris | Barney Collier | "The Execution" (S3E05) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible | Peter Lupus | Willy Armitage | "The Execution" (S3E05) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible | Martin Landau | Rollin Hand | "The Execution" (S3E05) | 1968 |
| Mission: Impossible | Peter Lupus | Willy Armitage | "The System" (S3E15) | 1969 |
| Adam-12 | L.A.P.D. | 1968-1975 | ||
| Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | Kam Fong | Chin Ho | Pilot episode | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | Zulu | Kono Kalakaua | Pilot episode | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 2 | A revolutionary | "Savage Sunday" (S2E08) | 1969 - 1970 | |
| Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 4 | Federal agents | "For a Million, Why Not?" (S4E08) | 1971 - 1972 | |
| S.W.A.T. | James Coleman | Officer T.J. McCabe | 1975-1976 | |
| Magnum P.I. | "Skin Deep" (S1E06) | 1980 | ||
| Dempsey and Makepeace | Nick Brimble | Keith Lymon | "Bird of Prey" (S03E09) | 1986 |
| On Wings of Eagles | Burt Lancaster | Lieutenant Colonel Arthur E. 'Bull' Simons | with pistol grip | 1986 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Lance Henriksen | Sergeant Ripper | episode: "Yellow" (S3E14) | 1991 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Gangster | 1992 - 1993 | ||
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Joey | Ep. "That Old Gang of Mine" | 1993 - 1997 | |
| Supernatural - Season 4 | Andy Nez | Daniel Elkins | "In The Beginning" (S04E03) | 2008 |
| Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey | R. Lee Ermey | Himself | . | 2009 |
| The Pacific | Ian Meadows | Pvt. Cecil Evans | Trench gun | 2010 |
| The Pacific | Freddie Joe Farnsworth | 1st Lt. Thomas Stanley | Trench gun | 2010 |
| Boardwalk Empire | . | Federal Agents | . | 2010 - ???? |
| Jon Benjamin Has a Van | Zak Lee | Paulie | "Little Little Italy" (S01E02), riot gun | 2011 |
| Ripper Street | Iain Glen | Madoc Faulkner | Riot Gun / "The Weight of One Man's Heart" (S01E05) | 2013 |
| Liam Carney | Lynch | |||
| Jerome Flynn | Detective Sergeant Bennet Drake | |||
| Matthew Macfadyen | Detective Inspector Edmund Reid | "Your Father. My Friend" (S03E05) | 2016 | |
| Jerome Flynn | Detective Inspector Bennet Drake | |||
| MyAnna Buring | Long Susan Hart | |||
| Bonnie and Clyde (2013) | Holliday Grainger | Bonnie Parker | 2013 | |
| Bonnie and Clyde (2013) | Emile Hirsch | Clyde Barrow | 2013 | |
| Mob City | gangsters | 2013 | ||
| Agent Carter | Hayley Atwell | Peggy Carter | 2015 | |
| The Son - Season 1 | Eli McCullough's hired hand | sporter | 2017 | |
| Watchmen (2019 Series) | Klu Klux Klan | "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" | 2019 | |
| 1923 - Season 1 | Brandon Sklenar | Spencer Dutton | "1923" (S1E01) | 2022 |
| Babylon Berlin - Season 4 | A Gangster | Ep. 33; Field shotgun | 2022 | |
| Fear the Walking Dead - Season 7 | Uncredited | Silas Sanderson | Trench Gun, on photo; "Gone" (S7E16) | 2022 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor | 1999 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Underground | Used in Panzerknacker Unleashed! (Bonus Mission) | 2000 | |
| Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | With long barrel | 2002 | |
| Resident Evil | 2002 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | Trench gun | 2002 | |
| Shellshock Nam '67 | "Pump Gun" | Trench gun | 2004 |
| Call of Duty 2 | Multiplayer only | 2005 | |
| Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie | Riot gun | 2005 | |
| Medal of Honor: European Assault | "Shotgun" | Unusable | 2005 |
| Condemned: Criminal Origins | "Pump Shotgun" | Heavily modified version | 2005 |
| Call of Duty 3 | Trench gun | 2006 | |
| Commandos: Strike Force | "Winchester Riot" | Riot gun | 2006 |
| Alliance of Valiant Arms | As the "M1897 Trench Gun" | Trench gun, with M1917 bayonet | 2007 |
| Hour of Victory | 2007 | ||
| Team Fortress 2 | "The Panic Attack" | Heavily stylized, left sided ejection port (ejects right anyway), has drum mag clipped to bayonet mount | 2007 |
| The Royal Marines Commando | "Winchester" | Trench gun | 2008 |
| Call of Duty: World at War | "M1897 Trench Shotgun" | Trench gun | 2008 |
| Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts | "Trenchgun" | 2008 | |
| NecroVisioN | "M97 Trench Gun" | 2009 | |
| Killing Floor | Dragons Breath Trenchgun | Trench Gun, loaded with incendiary buckshot | 2009 |
| Red Dead Redemption | "Pump Action Shotgun" | 2010 | |
| Singularity | Trench gun; unusable | 2010 | |
| Karma Online | "M1897" | Trench gun | 2011 |
| Arctic Combat | 2012 | ||
| State of Decay | "1897" | Trench Gun, added in Breakdown DLC | 2013 |
| Warface | Trench gun with bayonet | 2013 | |
| Payday 2 | "Reinfeld 88" | w/Riot, ext. barrel and sawed-off stock; added in Gunslinger Weapon Pack (2020) | 2013 |
| Enemy Front | Trench | Trench gun | 2014 |
| Fistful of Frags | "Pump Shotgun W1893" | 2014 | |
| Sniper Elite III | Trench Gun | 2014 | |
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | Winchester 1897 | can be fitted with a long barrel, bayonet, heat shield | 2014 |
| Killing Floor 2 | Incendiary Trench Gun | Trench Gun, loaded with incendiary buckshot | 2015 |
| Verdun | "Winchester Model 1897 Trench Gun" | 2015 | |
| Battlefield 1 | "M97 Trench Gun" | 2016 | |
| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades | 2016 | ||
| Sniper Elite 4 | "Trench Gun" | 2017 | |
| Playerunknown's Battlegrounds | S1897 | can be fitted with a choke and a shell holder on the stock | 2017 |
| Call of Duty: WWII | "Combat Shotgun" | 2017 | |
| TheHunter: Call of the Wild | "Couso Model 1897" | 2017 | |
| Red Dead Redemption II | "Pump Action Shotgun" | 2018 | |
| Strange Brigade | "AB Woolf Slamfire" | 2018 | |
| Battlefield V | "M1897" | 2018 | |
| Gun Club VR | 2018 | ||
| State of Decay 2 | 2018 | ||
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | "Combat Shotgun" | 2021 | |
| Beyond The Wire | "Winchester Model 1897" | 2022 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunslinger Girl | Triela | Trench gun, with and without M1917 bayonet | 2003 |
| Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage | Various characters | Trench gun/regular gun | 2006 |
| Desert Punk | Desert Punk | Trench gun | 2004-2005 |
| Baccano! | Police officer | 2007 | |
| Michiko e Hatchin | Father Pedro Belenbauza | 2008 | |
| Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino | Triela | Trench gun, with and without M1917 bayonet | 2008 |
| Ajin | Satou | Trench gun with bayonet lug | 2016 |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil | Col. Anson Sioux | Ep. 08 | 2017 |
| Princess Principal | Ep. 03; hanging on the wall | 2017 | |
| Golden Kamuy - Season 1 | Asirpa | "Everybody, Get Together! It's a Murder Hotel!" (S1E11) | 2018 |
| Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie | Col. Anson Sioux | Flashback of Ep. 08 | 2019 |
Animation
| Title | Voice Actor | Characters | Notation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What If...? - Season 1 | Neal McDonough | Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan | "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) | 2021 |
Winchester Model 1893
The Winchester Model 1893 is the ill-fated immediate predecessor to the Winchester Model 1897. The Model 1893 was designed to fire only lower-power black powder shotgun shells, but came at the introduction of the smokeless powder rounds for the 12 gauge shotgun. This model was largely recalled by Winchester and a new Model 1897 was supplied to owners, free of charge. 34,176 were produced between 1893 and 1897.
The easiest way to differentiate between an 1893 and an 1897 is that the 1893's ejection port has an extra cutout at the top of the receiver. The shotgun was only available in 12 gauge, and chambered 2 5/8" shells- a chamber size rarely seen in the modern day. A 30" or 32" barrel were the standard options, but a 20" "Riot" barrel was available as a special order.
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt: Showdown | "Winfield 1893 Slate" | Added in Update 1.8.1 (2022), 20" Riot barrel | 2019 |
See Also
- Winchester Repeating Arms - A list of all firearms manufactured by Winchester Repeating Arms.