Stevens Trench Gun 520-30
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jbtrucker
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30-30remchester
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I had one of these that was minus the handguard. The price of an original handguard is often the same as the gun itself. After years of looking I found a handguard for sale for $800. I paid $175 for the gun. Both the handguard owner and myself are military collectors and both wanted to see the gun complete. So we did the only logical thing to be done. We flipped a coin to see who would buy the others half and complete the project. Dang he has a nice complete trench gun now.
Baltimoreed11754
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BearBio
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I put together a faux Model 12 trench=paid $250 for the Model 12 with 30" FC.
Dr.Tramp
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I have a Stevens model 77C riot gun that used to belong to the Baltimore PD. A friend bought it at a Baltimore city surplus equipment auction, I bet they don't do that anymore, kept it for a while and then sold it to me.
It's a beast with magnum, slug, or buckshot loads but not too bad with regular loads.
Reminds me of the Stevens shotguns we used in Nam.
Ride Safe. Dr.Tramp..............
It's a beast with magnum, slug, or buckshot loads but not too bad with regular loads.
Reminds me of the Stevens shotguns we used in Nam.
Ride Safe. Dr.Tramp..............
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AJ
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You had Stevens shotgun in country? All I ever saw were Remington M870 Mk 1's.
bigl1911
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I have am 1987 trench gun - i will post a picture - never took one since it is not a smith
Nice repros - thanks for sharing.. Big!
AJ
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I have am 1987 trench gun - i will post a picture - never took one since it is not a smith
Nice repros - thanks for sharing.. Big!
This is my repro combat shotgun. I used it on active duty to train students in the use of the Combat Shotgun.
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When I was in Vietnam in 68-69, we had a 97 Winchester in my platoon. What it was doing there I have no idea, but it was carried by a Sgt E6 named Jimmy Walkup. He was maybe 20 years old and on his second tour. I didn't have an appreciation for the gun then, just saw it as another shotgun.
AJ
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Have a picture of my Father-In-Law on a ship standing guard in Korea. He is carrying an M1897. Canfield put it in his book on Combat Shotguns.
Found the picture.
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bigl1911
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I will post on a new thread.. I very much appreciate everyone's comments.
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Dr.Tramp
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The ones I saw were carried by American and Vietnamese MPs and other base personnel that I met at China Beach. They were being replaced with newer shotguns like the 870M out in the field but the Corps hates to get rid of functioning firearms and is the last service to get new stuff so I also saw some military model Winchester 97s and 12s, and Remington model 10s still being used while I was there.
Here's an interesting article on Vietnam era shotguns.
Ride Safe. Dr.Tramp...............
Combat Shotguns of the Vietnam War | An Official Journal Of The NRA
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AJ
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Had not thought of China Beach in a long time. We would go there when we were able to do so.
This is my version of the USMC 870 MK 1. I built it up when I was teaching Combat Shotgun on active duty.
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