Brickman301
Ultimate Member
Hey I just picked up a Winchester 1911sl 12 gauge, with a modified choke, a few weeks ago. I haven’t gotten a chance to shoot it yet, but everything seems to function just fine. I won’t use it much, but I have wanted one for a long time. It was Winchester’s Attempt at their 1st semi auto shotgun. They turned down the browning A5 design, and came up with this design. Since Browning owned most of the patents, it’s a odd gun. It’s cocked by pushing the barrel back, as browning had the patent for the cocking leaver, found on all semi autos today. Look up this shotguns history, it’s pretty neat. It was nicknamed the widow maker, as people would set the butt on the ground and push the barrel down to unload it. Doing this put their body/head right over the muzzle. If those old paper shells were to swell from water, it could expand and fire, not ending well for the user.
I thought it was a cool piece of history and had to have one.
I thought it was a cool piece of history and had to have one.
