Let me start by saying that this forum is incredible many great people her with vast knowledge. Ok so a litte back story I have known this older gentleman for about 10 years( By way of computer work I do for him) who is a retired DC police officer and I guess during the DC riots he had to provide his own shotgun which he purchased from a pawn shop around 1970 and has been sitting in his closet since he retired. When he brought it out to show to me after we had been discussing our love of WW2 history I fell in love with the shotgun and had to have it, but after reading many different threads on here about the shotguns I quickly realized that there is a lot of variations and that I would need some experts advice.
The first thing I may found out the stock had been replaced there are none to be found and the but plate has no Winchester logo but the rest I hope is right, also I was concerned about the serial number being so high. Serial is E 954977 so I included some picks and any info someone could provide about when the gun was made and if it ever saw action in the Pacific. One more thing if I wanted to get the bayonet for this would that be the M1917. Thanks very very much
Brian