Airsoft Model 1887 Shotgun for Sale

Shotgun

Winchester Model 1887 shotgun
Reproduction of a Model 1887
Type	Shotgun
Identify of origin	United States
Service history
Used by	Various Law enforcement agencies and Stagecoach companies
Production history
Designer	John Browning
Designed	1887
Manufacturer	Winchester Repeating Artillery Company
Produced	1887–1899^[one] 1901–1920 (Model 1901)^[1]
No. built	64,855 (Model 1887); 13,500 (Model 1901)^[i]
Variants	M1901
Specifications
Mass	8 lbs. (3.half dozen kg)
Length	39¼ in. (997 mm)
Barrel length	twenty in. (508 mm), xxx in. (762 mm)

Caliber	12-gauge, 10-gauge
Action	Lever-activity
Feed system	5+ii circular tubular mag
Sights	front end bead

The Winchester Model 1887 (Dellosso Shotgun) and Winchester Model 1901 are lever-action shotguns originally designed by famed American gun designer John Browning and produced past the Winchester Repeating Arms Company during the belatedly 19th and early on 20th centuries. The shotgun has become iconic for its use in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the video game Phone call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Overview [edit]

The Model 1887 was one of the first successful repeating shotguns. Its lever-action design was chosen at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Visitor, best known at the time equally manufacturers of lever-action rifles such as the Winchester Model 1873. Designer John Browning suggested that a pump-action would be much more appropriate for a repeating shotgun, simply Winchester management's position was that, at the time, the visitor was known as a "lever-action firearm company", and felt that their new shotgun must also exist a lever-action for reasons of brand recognition. Browning responded past designing a breech-loading, rolling cake lever-action. To Winchester'southward credit, withal, they after introduced a Browning designed pump-action shotgun known as the Model 1893 (an early production version of the model 1897), after the introduction of smokeless powder.^[ii]

Shotgun shells at the fourth dimension used black powder as a propellant, and then the Model 1887 shotgun was designed and chambered for less powerful black powder shotshells. Both 10 and 12-gauge models were offered in the Model 1887; 12-judge variants used a two 5/8" shell, x-estimate variants fired a two 7/8" shell.^[2]

The standard barrel length was thirty" with 32" available every bit a special gild. In 1888 a 20" barrelled version could be ordered and Winchester offered the shotguns with Damascus barrels.^[2]

Model 1901 [edit]

By 1900 it was soon realized that the activity on the M1887 was not strong plenty to handle early on smokeless powder shotshells, and and then a redesign resulted in the stronger Winchester Model 1901, 10-gauge only, to handle the advent of the more powerful smokeless pulverization. A 12-gauge chambering was not offered, as Winchester did non desire the Model 1901 to compete with their successful 12-gauge Model 1897 pump-activeness shotgun. Other distinguishing characteristics of the Model 1901 are:

The shotgun was offered with only a 32" barrel.
A two slice finger lever with a trigger block to prevent accidental discharge.^[3]
The Winchester trademark postage stamp was moved to the upper tang, behind the hammer.^[3]
The choke blazon was stamped on the left side of the barrel well-nigh the receiver.^[3]

Although a technically sound gun pattern, the market for lever-action shotguns waned considerably, as John Browning had predicted, after the introduction of the Winchester 1897 and other contemporary pump-activity shotguns. Model 1887 product totaled 64,855 units between 1887 and 1901. Between 1901 and 1920, an boosted xiii,500 Model 1901 shotguns were manufactured before the Model 1887/1901 product line was discontinued.^[4] ^[3]

Reproduction [edit]

Gold plated Model 1887 Mare's Leg Reproduction

Over the years, a number of gun companies tried to produce Model 1887/1901 shotguns that could bedroom modern, smokeless shotgun shells—largely for the cowboy activeness shooting discipline—but with picayune commercial success. Recently however, three firearm companies take successfully produced viable models for the commercial firearms market place:

ADI Limited of Australia, produced a small trial run of mod Model 1887/1901 shotguns, chambered for modern smokeless 12-judge shotshells. The Australian National Firearms Agreement regulates lever action shotguns as Category A guns, while pump shotguns fall under the more than tightly regulated Category C. Commercial production on this firearm by ADI was anticipated for 2007, following several years of delays due to distribution issues, merely this has not withal happened.
Chinese artillery manufacturer Norinco currently produces the Model 1887 shotgun chambered for modern smokeless 12-approximate shells, a version of which (featuring a 20" butt) is manufactured for the American firearms firm Interstate Arms Corporation (IAC) and exported for sale in the United states of america, Canada, and Commonwealth of australia. As the only legal repeating shotgun (besides Mossberg bolt-action shotguns) for non-Primary Producer firearms owners in Australia, information technology has proven very pop with hunters and sporting shooters alike. U.S. and Canadian sales, notwithstanding, have been largely focused on cowboy action shooting participants, attributable to the set availability of affordable pump-action and semi-automatic shotguns in near parts of the U.S. and Canada. In recent years, this particular firearm has become popular with regular American and Canadian firearm owners.^[5]
The Italian business firm Chiappa Firearms manufactures modern reproductions of the Winchester Model 1887 series shotguns. The shotguns appeared on the Australian and the European firearms markets in belatedly 2008. Chiappa's replicas are offered with barrels ranging from 28 to eighteen.five inches. They too offer a model with a rifled barrel and two models with pistol grips.^[five]

In some countries, gun laws restrict buying of pump shotguns only are more permissive of ownership of lever-action shotguns.

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Kirkland, K. D. (2007). America's Premier Gunmakers : Winchester. Eastward Bridgewater, MA: Earth Publications Group JG Press. p. 64. ISBN1-57215-104-eight. OCLC 220935084.
^ ^a ^b ^c Shideler, Dan (7 August 2011). "Winchester 1887". Gun Digest 2012. Iola, Wisconsin: Gun Digest Books. pp. 167–173. ISBNane-4402-1447-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Adler, Dennis (10 November 2015). Winchester Shotguns. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 88–xc. ISBN978-one-5107-0924-9.
^ Flayderman, Norm (17 Dec 2007). Flayderman'south Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values. Iola, Wisconsin: F+Westward Media, Inc. pp. 321–322. ISBN0-89689-455-X.
^ ^a ^b Sadowski, Robert A. (27 October 2015). Gun Trader'due south Guide to Shotguns: A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Reference for Mod Shotguns with Current Market Values. Skyhorse Publishing. pp. 47–48. ISBN978-one-63450-965-7.

Bibliography [edit]

Madis, George (1977). The Winchester Book. Dallas: Taylor Publishing. OCLC 138931.

External links [edit]

Winchester Model 1887 – Iconic Image
IAC reproduction M1887 shotgun