Model 1901 īy 1900 it was soon realized that the action on the M1887 was not strong enough to handle early smokeless powder shotshells, and so a redesign resulted in the stronger Winchester Model 1901, 10-gauge only, to handle the advent of the more powerful smokeless powder. In 1888 a 20" barrelled version could be ordered and Winchester offered the shotguns with Damascus barrels. The standard barrel length was 30" with 32" available as a special order. Both 10 and 12-gauge models were offered in the Model 1887 12-gauge variants used a 2 5/8" shell, 10-gauge variants fired a 2 7/8" shell. Shotgun shells at the time used black powder as a propellant, and so the Model 1887 shotgun was designed and chambered for less powerful black powder shotshells. To Winchester's credit, however, they later 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. Browning responded by designing a breech-loading, rolling block lever-action. Designer John Browning suggested that a pump-action would be much more appropriate for a repeating shotgun, but Winchester management's position was that, at the time, the company was known as a "lever-action firearm company", and felt that their new shotgun must also be a lever-action for reasons of brand recognition. Its lever-action design was chosen at the behest of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, best known at the time as manufacturers of lever-action rifles such as the Winchester Model 1873. The Model 1887 was one of the first successful repeating shotguns. The shotgun has become iconic for its use in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. 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 by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Various Law enforcement agencies and Stagecoach companiesĦ4,855 (Model 1887) 13,500 (Model 1901)
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