Found this today and purchased it as it looked correct , what do you guys think? Serial no. Is e 900000 range
Thanks for your opinionsIMG_1427.jpgIMG_1427.jpgIMG_1430.jpgIMG_1428.jpg
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Model 97 riot gun
Found this today and purchased it as it looked correct , what do you guys think? Serial no. Is e 900000 range
Thanks for your opinionsIMG_1427.jpgIMG_1427.jpgIMG_1430.jpgIMG_1428.jpg
Last edited by schoolbd; 07-22-2017 at 02:38.
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You are not showing enough of the gun to express any opinion.Originally Posted by schoolbd
I will tell you that a riot gun with a bomb on the receiver might be unusual or not right. You need to show more of the gun.
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Interesting. The serial is way too high for a WB stock, so almost certainly a replacement stock.
It does seem to have riot type parts, normally anything in that range with a bomb on the receiver would be a trench. They stopped making 97 riots somewhere I think in the 930.000 range. The riot guns seen are always early guns. They would have the WB but not the bomb on the receiver. Anything is possible, but I would not personally pay a lot for that gun. Too many questions.
BUT I had a mint to new trench s/n 935000 GHD stock no bomb on receiver. Who knows.
Last edited by scosgt; 07-23-2017 at 03:01.
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It is a high serial number for a riot gun, but I have date on a couple of riot guns in the 937xxx range. One has the "US" only on the receiver and a WB marked stock. The other has both the "US" and the Ordnance marked receiver and did not have a stock cartouche. There are a lot of WB marked stocks in the 937,000-938,000 serial number range, but the vast majority of those 97s are trench guns.
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Might be the same gun!
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According to research from Cody museum my gun was made in 1942 and the barrel is marked 42 ?
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Thank you for the input guys
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AND it's on gunbroker.
Still not convinced it is right.
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Yep put it out there , being I wasn't there in 1942 and overseeing production it's hard to say what went on. It looks good to me. Thanks again for your input
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