Good Winchester 1901 10 Gauge Obsolete Calibre

This is another nice Winchester 1901 Shotgun. The gun has a good shiny bore, with some decent original finish. Although these shotguns were designed for nitro powders many were used with black powder and often the bores suffer as a result but not this one. It has the original steel butt plate which was sometimes removed and replaced with a rubber "anti flinch" pad to extend the length of pull. The woodwork is good with no problems as are the mechanics. This is a pretty good representative gun.
The model 1901 was basically a redesign on the earlier 1887 model. Both 10 and 12-gauge models were offered in the Model 1887. It was soon realized that the action on the M1887 was not strong enough to handle early smokeless powder shot shells, and so a redesign resulted in the stronger Winchester Model 1901, 10-gauge only, to handle the advent of the more powerful smokeless powder. No 12-gauge chambering was offered, as Winchester did not want the Model 1901 to compete with their successful 12-gauge Model 1897 pump-action shotgun. Other distinguishing characteristics of the Model 1901 are:
a two piece lever
the Winchester trademark stamp was moved to the upper tang, behind the hammer
serial numbers between 64,856 and 79,455
This particular shotgun has a serial number can be dated to 1907. A real “Cowboy” gun.
This is a good 1901 and would be considered scarce in the USA but rare in the UK. I am finding these increasingly difficult to source in the USA as there are actually more registered Winchester collectors than the number of these guns that were manufactured! This shotgun is chambered for the short 10 gauge cartridge and does not require a license to own it in the UK.

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