In 1936, Winchester introduced its Model 37, a single-barrel, break-open shotgun with an exposed hammer spur (or “semi-hammerless” as Winchester called it) and an automatic ejector.

While eclipsed by the far-better-known Winchester Model 97 and Model 12 “trench” and “riot” shotguns, the Ithaca Model 37 served from World War II all the way through Vietnam.

The Winchester Model 12 is more than a century old, but you'll still see these shotguns in used racks and duck camps. Here's why.

The weapons, a Winchester 30-30 rifle and a Model 37 shotgun, were found in the river on Saturday near Shenks Ferry Road in Chanceford Township. Both appeared to have been in the water for a long ...