1940 Winchester Model 1912 Shotgun

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Winchester Repeating Arms Company, “1940 Winchester Model 1912 Shotgun,” Madison Historical, accessed December 22, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2003.

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This shotgun is a Winchester Model 1912 internal-hammer, pump-action gun with an external tube magazine. The United States military used this type of gun in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The owner of this particular gun used it to hunt geese, deer, squirrels, turkeys, rabbits, and other animals.

This shotgun was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was scanned by Jenna Christeson.

2019 Civic Memorial High School Class Visit

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