1897 WINCHESTER

Doco Overboard · Nov 18, 2016

I stumbled across an c prefix 1897 shotgun with two serialized barrels one is a 20'' cylinder marked tube in 12 gauge the other is 30" and marked full. The gun is also a take-down model with hard rubber butt plate and in reasonable shape. Could anyone give any insight on what I'm seeing. There are no ordnance markings or LE rack numbers or markings that can be seen.

mdonzi · Nov 20, 2016

sounds like nice old 97 buy it there great guns.

Doco Overboard · Nov 22, 2016

The shorter tube has been stamped over modified with cyl. I was hoping someone knew more about factory conversions. It is two serialized barrels matched to the receiver however and was professionally done a long time ago. I chose to stay away from it because I don't need another and I cant confirm a riot option, thanks for the reply though.

303_enfield · Nov 22, 2016

Doco Overboard said:
The shorter tube has been stamped over modified with cyl. I was hoping someone knew more about factory conversions. It is two serialized barrels matched to the receiver however and was professionally done a long time ago. I chose to stay away from it because I don't need another and I cant confirm a riot option, thanks for the reply though.

Somebody made a deer barrel. What was/is the asking price?

Doco Overboard · Nov 22, 2016

500 bucks, minor forearm splits on both the 3 screw fore-end, 30% finish on the shortened barrel. Hard rubber butt plate on factory inlet for teardrop steel plate with correct rounded pistol grip. No oil drenched wrist with no cracks improved ejector spring with tight lockup on both tubes with no adjustment to interrupted thread mechanism. There is some very minor pits (g) to the barrel in front of the forcing cone in one or two spots on each barrel from BP shot shells bores are generally good. Chambers have not been length-ed or forcing cones opened up. 70% finish remaining on action and additional barrel.

303_enfield · Nov 22, 2016

So $500 for a card cutter an sell the short barrel. $500 isn't a bad price in todays market.

Doco Overboard · Nov 23, 2016

Yeah, the problem is, once I get a hold on something I have a hard time parting with it so I figured I'd just let it go. If I picked it up I couldn't separate the barrels and would just relegate it to the vault and maybe someone else would enjoy it more. If I was really into 97's it would be a no brainer. Then again, if it's still around for awhile I can still grab it. I have a E prefix thats a pretty good card gun. Maybe if I dont go deer hunting tomorrow morning I'll take it to the Federalsburg VFW turkey shoot.

CombatAK · Dec 7, 2016

I just got one of these but the barrels had different serial numbers. The receiver and full choke are from 1925 and the modified choke is from 1931. Also, the wooden slides are different. The older one is kind of straight and the newer one is kind of rounded over. Did Winchester just sell barrels? Both barrels are 30".

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