So I've yet to see a REAL Winchester Model 1897 Shotgun that was not a takedown model, but there may be some out there, but they must be super rare.
I mention this because I see people all the time misidentifying the Winchester 1893 with the Winchester 1897.
Is anyone here a Winchester expert?
A big problem is that Norinco made an 1893 clone and called it the Model 97. Doh!!!