Manufactured in 1942. Standard World War II production Winchester Model 97 Trench Gun with take-down barrel, four-hole handguard/bayonet adapter and Winchester commercial blue finish. The Trench bayonet adapter is unmarked and fitted with a single nickel silver sight bead and thick wire sling swivel. The left of the barrel is roll-stamped "MODEL 97-WINCHESTER- 12 GA./-TRADE MARK-" in two lines partially covered by the handguard, followed by "2 3/4 CHAM./CYL.". Oval Winchester "W/P" proofmarks are stamped on the top of the barrel and the receiver. The left side of the receiver is roll-stamped with the later style roll-stamped "U.S. flaming bomb" property mark. "Flaming bomb" stamp on the top of the barrel. The serial number "E/941669" is roll-stamped across the bottom of the receiver and "941669" on the bottom of the take-down adapter. The pistol gripped stock is fitted with a blued sling swivel and checkered steel buttplate. The Winchester Model 97 Trench Gun was extensively utilized in the Pacific Theater during World War II and remained in the Army and Marine inventory until the 1990s. This classic military shotgun is desirable in any condition.