specifically in the confines of trench warfare. An atypical hero emerged, the militarized Winchester Model 97 Riot Gun, a 20"-barrel, 12-ga., cylinder-bore version of John Browning’s Model 1897 ...

The Model 1897, later designated the “M97,” was a reliable gun that had been ... use prior to World War II, original World War I Winchester and Remington trench guns are scarce today and ...

Improvements were eventually made to this design, and four years later, the Winchester Model 1897 shotgun came into ... the Model 97 became known as a "trench gun" used by American soldiers ...