Posted on 01/02/2020 6:17:45 AM PST by w1n1
The "trench gun" may be one of the most interesting gun of World War I. When one hears the word most think of the Winchester Model 1897 fitted with a metal handguard and bayonet adapter assembly. What some people don't know is the other shotgun that was issued to the doughboys was the Remington Model 10 pump-action shotgun.
Winchester was at the peak of its production during WWI. This is where Remington made its way in with the Model 10 to fill the demands.
The term "trench gun" was never an official designation but was widely used to denote a short-barrel “riot gun”. World War I "trench warfare" initially was equipped with Springfield M1903 rifle and Colt M1911 pistol in its small-arms arsenal. However, a special weapon to aid our troops in trench warfare was needed.
A conventional bolt-action infantry rifle was too long and lacked the firepower needed to overcome the interlocking trenches and a determined German defenders armed with machine guns.
With a repeating shotgun the soldier in a trench could sweep both sides of it with multiple buckshot rounds. A soldier with a shotgun, can quickly pump and fire, could suppress German trench assaults and clear suspicious dugouts with deadly efficiency. Read the rest of Remington Model 10 trench gun.
Cool. I watched that WW1 documentary last week “They shall not grow old” where they restored all these movies from WW1, it was wild. They looked like they were taken a week ago, so much detail you could see the rotten teeth of the English soldiers...
https://youtu.be/IrabKK9Bhds?t=56
Is being semi-literate a requirement for "writing" for this august outlet, or does it merely provide a leg up? Consistently awful, no evidence of editing, ever. Pretty bad, even by FR's low standard.
Ok...I want a bayonet on my Mossberg 500.
It’s a requirement. If anything written properly is posted, it was stolen from somewhere else.
No problem:
https://www.ncstar.com/optics-acc/mounts/shotgun-mounts/mshbaymos-bayonet-mount-for-mossberg-500
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That’s just clever.
and on my Remington 870 too.
The trench shotgun never lived up to its potential due to the paper cartridges that quickly ruined in the wet conditions of Western Europe.
I happen to own one of the 1897 models. My dad bought it in the 30s, and used it for pheasant and duck hunting long after that. I used it a few times in the 60s, before I moved away from home. When I moved it from my parent’s home a dozen years ago, it was covered by a newspaper. The front page had a picture of henry Kissinger, wearing bell bottom pants and proudly sporting pork chop sideburns.
Can I have two bayonets on my DP-12?
That documentary was fantastic. I took my Dad to see it in the theater last year. It’s amazing what they did with that old footage. When I saw it, there was a short film afterwards with the director talking about the process they used which was fascinating.
I know people that carried a 97 even in Vietnam.
The 590 might be more technically correct.
Fell in love with one YEARS ago and finally got a repro at a gun show: 
God, I love racking that puppy!
I have a 590a1. It came with a bayonet.
I see that model at the Mossberg website. That’s a fine piece of artillery.
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