The Model 1897 trench guns manufactured during World War I were of the solid-frame variety (above), while the World War II-production guns were of the takedown configuration (above).

The 12-gauge Model 97 trench gun (along with the Thompson sub-machine gun that came along too late to be used in World War I) was a favorite of U.S. Marines for combat in a tropical jungle ...

Although in use by the U.S. military long before World War I, the trenches of the Western Front is where the Model 1897 gained its enduring notoriety (or infamy, depending on which trench you were ...

The Winchester Model 1897, also know as the Model 97, M 97 or Trench Gun, is the most popular exposed-hammer, slide-action shotgun in history. My father's (Ralph L. Costley) shotgun was a 12-gauge ...

Developed by the prolific American firearms designer John Moses Browning, the Winchester Model 1897 pump-action shotgun was better known as the “Trench Gun” in World War I. Originally designed ...