The 1897 Winchester was designed by John Moses Browning along with the 1905 Winchester pump .22 and in 1935 (then sold )the Ithica 37 ,all are slam fire or should we better say 'trip fire" with same basic half cock hammer notch safety except Ithica.
I like the feature to keep a round chambered...
New member and glad to be onboard here,Vincent in Amite and also was a member of Louisiana Air National Guard 236 Mobil Communication at Hammond airport.Yes that was a while back.
Shooter,reloader,hunter and a bit of smithing.