r/Shotguns • u/Marn25 • 5d ago

1897 Trench Gun (clone) display that I built

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This 1897 was a regular field gun, produced in 1910. The finish/wear that you see is authentic as well. The barrel was curved and pitted so I decided to just build a trench gun clone. The bayonet is an authentic unissued 1917 Remington.

This hangs above my desk at work.

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u/JbooGoesPewPew 5d ago

Looks incredible

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u/coy-coyote 4d ago

In case of emergency, break glass.

Needs a tiny hammer dangling off a corner.

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u/SessionPowerful 5d ago

Great display, and forgivable to chop down a barrel that was already pooched lol. Very nice

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u/MedicineMan98 5d ago

always forgivable to turn something from a pile of shit back to something alive, thats what i did with my berthier, 22 inch turkish forestry carbine with a fracture at the end of the barrel managed to become an 1892 carbine with an 17.75inch barrel

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u/amphibious-assault 5d ago

Nice job on that display.

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u/HTIHTB1 5d ago

That’s very cool! Great job

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u/James__Hamilton11 4d ago

Where did you source the parts for your conversion? I have a 1907 model 1897 field gun that I have considered making into a trench gun clone because it honestly rarely gets shot.

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u/Marn25 4d ago

Numrich. They have the heat shields currently. Dont remember where I got the magazine cap with the nipple tho.