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Section 5: Shotguns Subject: model 97 Msg# 1128897
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| That's an awesome story. I picked up one in the last couple of years. It was made in 1906 and is stiff. I eventually plan on sending it off to get slicked up prior to getting back into Cowboy Action Shooting. I like the shotgun and mine hasn't been chopped. I will take pictures and post them. | ||||||
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Back in 1960 when I was stationed at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, TX they would check 97 "trench guns" out to us on weekends to clear out the jackrabbits in an effort to keep them off of the runways. We would load them up with BB and often fill a pick-up with jackrabbits, you could hold the trigger back and they would fire as fast as you could pump them. We did this for months until one Saturday when we went to evening chow and they were serving fried RABBIT, there was no way in hell the mess cooks could convince us that it wasn't the jackrabbits we shot that morning! Image below from ElmerJohnston - Image Title: model 97 Image Info: must have been at the big dig Larger image available! Click image to see it.  |
