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Rainman74 · December 13th, 2011, 07:57 PM

Anyone know where you can get the history of an old Winchester 1897? It belonged to my Grandfather and I got it when my father passed.

mercman · December 14th, 2011, 10:30 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1897

DukeRustfield · December 15th, 2011, 12:05 AM

Another tidbit is these guns were purchased very commonly through the Sears catalog, which was the pre-pre-pre-Everything Walmart. We had an antique Sears catalog and I was amazed just how many guns it had. But really that was the way people bought and shipped stuff. Catalog -> post office. Didn't matter how remote you were, it would get there eventually.

rangejunkie · December 15th, 2011, 03:28 AM

Ok well does the stock have checkering on it or is it smooth. Also if it is checkered does it have a black diamond on the side of the stock near the hand grip?

1KPerDay · December 15th, 2011, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainman74

Anyone know where you can get the history of an old Winchester 1897? It belonged to my Grandfather and I got it when my father passed.

If you're looking for an actual history of YOUR particular gun, no, there's not a compendium of where a particular serial number has traveled. If you write winchester you MAY get a letter indicating when and where it was first delivered, but since then there's no way of knowing.

Cool boomstick, though. Enjoy it.

Rainman74 · December 15th, 2011, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rangejunkie

Ok well does the stock have checkering on it or is it smooth. Also if it is checkered does it have a black diamond on the side of the stock near the hand grip?

Stock is smooth, no diamond. I found this site.
http://oldguns.net/sn_php/winmods.htm

Found out the gun was born in 1899.