I first heard about the Winchester Model 12 from John Hewitt, who wrote a regular column for Gray’s Sporting Journal until 2007, when a stroke ended his writing career. The Model 12 figured ...

Following the successes of its Model 12 and 1300-series shotgun designs, Winchester added an entirely new iteration to its stable of imported guns, the Super X Pump, or most simply known as the SXP.

The 12-gauge Model 97 trench gun (along with the Thompson sub-machine gun that came along too late to be used in World War I) was a favorite of U.S. Marines for combat in a tropical jungle ...