Are you gonna take your backhoe and did a series of trenches now? The biggest thing I'd want to check is chamber length.Anyone have much experience with a Win 97? One has made it itself part of the family here it seems. Anything special to watch out for or not to do under any circumstances? Just as soon not bust anything. This is a WW1 trench model. Tks!
....The biggest thing I'd want to check is chamber length.
I think you should trade it to meAnyone have much experience with a Win 97? One has made it itself part of the family here it seems. Anything special to watch out for or not to do under any circumstances? Just as soon not bust anything. This is a WW1 trench model. Tks!
No, but a 2 5/8" chamber might be an issue....and it's not like it's a "goose-gun," so a 2 3/4" chamber is not a problem.
I had one which was a police-gun. Rode in a cruiser for several decades and showed it - on the outside. On the inside, it was almost like new. Virtually no wear on the parts. It was going to be my deer slug-gun and I had planned to mount a Lyman or Williams receiver sight on it and a Remington ramp with a sourdough blade on the front.
Someone offered me $400 for it (I'd bought it for $275) so I sold it and bought a brand new Ithaca-SKB 20 gauge auto with the slug barrel and a ribbed shot barrel.
The 97 was the only shotgun I ever loaded for. I found a used 12 gauge LEE whack-a-mole set at the pawn shop in town and took it home. I only ever loaded a couple boxes of shells for it, but they all went off and actually patterned well-enough for close-quarters rabbit-hunting.
Currently, my shotgun is a short, Mossberg 500, 20 gauge of the same general form. I have absolutely nothing against that Mossberg, but I don't get excited about shotguns, so handling it doesn't really "stir" me or make me WANT to shoot it. Handling that 97 made me want to fill a coat pocket with shells and go out in the back yard. I was more confident handling and shooting that one as well.
All you need is a 1911 and M1919 an you'd REALLY be set to go.
Do, however, leave the Chauchat at home...
Someone offered me $400 for it (I'd bought it for $275) so I sold it and bought a brand new Ithaca-SKB 20 gauge auto with the slug barrel and a ribbed shot barrel.