LONG GUNS OF THE ROARING TWENTIES: Shotguns & Carbines.
When most of us hear the words "Roaring Twenties" and "long guns" in the same sentence the firearm that probably comes to mind is the Thompson Submachine Gun. Or as it was referred to back in that crime ridden era, "The Chicago Typewriter."But let us keep in mind that a Thompson Submachine Gun in 1921 (the first year they were sold publically) cost a princely $199. Now that might sound cheap by today's prices but at that time one could purchase a deluxe Chevrolet automobile under $600. Needless to say, only well financed gangs--and police agencies--could afford "Tommy Guns" while the rest got by with revolvers, some semi-auto pistols, shotguns and carbines. The latter pair which are the subjects of this report.
The shotgun has long been a favored weapon with American civilians, police ... and criminals. For a settler on the western frontier, a shotgun was an all purpose weapon capable of taking game to feed his family, killing predators preying on his livestock or fighting off hostile Indians. By the late 1870s, double barreled shotguns, with their barrels sawn off to a handy length, were standard equipment for county sheriffs, rangers and town marshals. There was nothing like a pair of cavernous .75 caliber muzzles for readjusting the larcenous attitude of bank robbers or calming down a saloon full of drunken cowboys.
They also saw service on the frontier with the U.S. army, where many troopers carried privately purchased shotguns in preference to the issue carbine. General George Crook, the most successful Indian fighter of the era, always carried a double barreled shotgun, and permitted others in his command to arm themselves in a similar manner.
A commercially produced "sawed off" shotgun was the Ithaca Auto & Burglar Gun. Introduced in 1922, it was a double barreled "pistol" chambered for 20 gauge shells and fitted with pistol grips rather than a buttstock. Three versions were marketed, the Model A had 10-inch barrels and a pistol grip was chambered for, the then common, 2 1/2-inch shells. The Flues Model featured a saw handle pistol grip with an extended spur to help control recoil. The New Improve Double Model had 12.2 inch barrels, reverted to a normal pistol grip and could fire the longer 23/4-inch shells.
About 4,000 guns were manufactured before the National Firearms Act of 1934 placed a $200 tax on each one sold to individuals. They were moderately popular with bank guards, police departments, watchmen and messengers and the less law abiding members of society. At the FBI headquarters in Washington, DC is a display of firearms confiscated from the infamous John Dillinger gang, among which is a Flues Model Auto & Burglar Gun.
In 1887, Winchester introduced their Model 1887 lever-action shotgun. Designed by John Moses Browning, it held five rounds in a tubular magazine under the barrel and was available in 12 and 10 gauge and proved popular with both civilian, express companies and law enforcement officers. The latter often shortened the barrels to make them more maneuverable from horseback or in close quarters. In 1901 the improved Model 1901 lever action shotgun was introduced and production continued until 1920.
They also saw use with the less law abiding members of society. The notorious stagecoach robber Charles Boles--a.k.a. "Black Bart" (1829-1888)--favored a sawed off, single barrel shotgun while the mercurial Doc Holiday used a short barreled double at the famous Gunfight at the OK Corral. (1) One of the weapons discovered in the car of the infamous criminal pair Bonnie and Clyde after they had been killed by Capt. Frank Hamer's posse included a 10-gauge Winchester Model 1901 lever action shotgun. (2)
The first successful pump action shotgun was the Burgess "Folding Shotgun." Introduced in 1894, it had a five-round tubular magazine under the barrel and used a sleeve wrapped around the wrist of the stock that the shooter would pull back to open the action and then push it back into place to chamber a new shell. Firearms savvy Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York State, was impressed enough that he ordered one hundred Burgess riot guns for the NYS Penal System in 1899. (3)
About the same time Winchester offered their M1893 pump action shotgun which was designed by John Moses Browning. When the forearm was pulled to the rear it unlocked the bolt while continued rearward movement pulled the bolt to the rear, cocking the hammer, extracting and ejecting the spent shell. At the same time the lifter was cammed downward to receive the next shell from the magazine, as the bolt went into battery, the lifter was cammed upward behind it, securely locking the bolt it place. The five-round magazine was loaded by pushing shells into the tube where they were held in place by a catch that was activated by the lifter. It was available in a Riot Gun configuration with a 20-inch cylinder bore barrel.
Four years later, Winchester began marketing the Browning-designed M1897 which used a strengthened, solid top receiver allowing the use of smokeless powder shells. Like the M1893 it was a slide operated ("pump action") shotgun with an external hammer and a five shot tubular magazine under the barrel.
While longer and heavier than most short barreled, double barrel shotguns, with a half a dozen rounds of "blue whistlers" available as fast as the forearm could be manipulated, the M1897 quickly found favor with law enforcement agencies, bank guards, detective agencies and transport companies.
The U.S. Army used them during the Philippine Moro Rebellion (1899-1913) where a load of 00 buckshot could be counted on to stop the most determined, drugged up Muslim Juramentado.
Of course the attributes that made the M1897 a favorite of police agencies were not lost upon the criminal element and they were soon seen in the hands of gangsters, bank robbers, bootleggers, mobster hit men and rum runners.
In 1908, Remington introduced their Model 10 shotgun on the market. Designed by John Pedersen, like the M1897, it was a pump action repeater with a five round tubular magazine under the barrel. While never quite as popular as the Winchester, more than 275,000 were produced by 1929 with many seeing service with sportsmen, police agencies, private security agencies, the U.S. military ... and gangsters.
The following year J. Stevens Arms Company entered the pump gun market with their Model 520. Designed by John Moses, who had severed his relationship with Winchester, it utilized a hammer concealed inside the receiver and was thus referred to in advertising literature as "hammerless." It had a distinctive, humpback receiver and came standard with a five round, tubular magazine under the barrel.
There are photos of Bonnie and Clyde's accomplices, W.D. Jones and Henry Methvin, posing next to an automobile with a cut down Model 520 propped up on the car's bumper.
To compete with the Model 520 Winchester released their M1912 pump action shotgun. Designed by T.C. Johnson it was a "hammerless" (a.k.a. internal hammer) design with an attractive, streamlined receiver. Originally available in 20 gauge, 12 and 16 gauge guns were available from 1913 on. While extremely popular with sportsman, the M1912 riot gun never achieved the same level of acceptance as did the M1897.
1905 saw the introduction of the Remington Auto Loading Shotgun (renamed the Model 11 in 1911). Another Browning design (big surprise right?), it was a long recoil operated shotgun with a four-round tubular magazine under the barrel. Originally manufactured by Fabrique Nationale (FN) in Belgium in 1902, Remington obtained a license to build them in the U.S. and would continue to do so until 1947.
With their high rate of firepower, the Model 11 Riot Gun was very popular with police and--as was the case with so many other shotguns mentioned here --the criminal element. The favorite weapon of the criminal Bonnie Parker was a 20-gauge Model 11 with the barrel and buttstock shortened. There are several famous photos of her and Clyde with her brandishing the gun. (4)
Shotguns such as Bonnie's attenuated Model 11 were known as a "whippet guns" (sometimes spelled "wippet"). The term reportedly originated on the 19th century Western frontier to indicate a short-barreled shotgun that could be concealed under a long jacket or duster hanging under the arm from a leather strap over the shoulder and "whipped" out when needed. Reportedly Bonnie devised a special trick pocket for Clyde, one where his right trouser was zippered so that he could carry a sawed-off shotgun next to his leg and then, employing the break-away zipper, whip it out and fire in one motion. (5)
When the U.S. entered WWI the Army ordered large numbers of Winchester M1897 riot gun specially modified with a ventilated metal handguard, lugs for attaching a bayonet and sling swivels. Known as the U.S. Trench Gun Model 1917 they proved especially useful for night patrols, defending fixed positions and guarding prisoners.
Doughboys became adapt at "slam firing" their Trench Guns: holding the trigger back as you pumped the forearm which fired a shell automatically as the bolt went into battery unleashing a close range barrage of buckshot. Battle hardened German Sturm-truppen learned to fear the barrage of buckshot put out by shotgun-armed Doughboys more than they did machine guns or poison gas.
The Army also obtained smaller numbers of similarly modified Winchester M1912 and Remington Model 10 Trench Guns. The latter were unique in having a wooden, rather than ventilated metal, hand-guard. Both companies also provided numbers of their standard riot shotguns to the government. (6)
As tends to happen in post-war environments, penny pinching government bureaucrats decided they didn't need all these shotguns any longer and disposed of many of them by selling them at cut rate prices--or "donating" them--to various police agencies. Many ex-servicemen joined police forces after the war and those who had developed an appreciation of the Trench Guns' capabilities were only too glad to be issued these surplus shotguns.
Many of the photographs of shotgun armed police officers from the 1920s through the 1950s show them armed with government surplus Winchester Model 1917 Trench Guns.
Between April 1920 and April 1921, gangsters stole more than $6 million dollars in U.S. mail robberies--$85 million in 2019 dollars. So when the Postmaster asked President Harding for help the Commander-In-Chief's answer was to "... send in the Marines!"
USMC Commandant Maj. Gen. John Lejeune was instructed to "detail as guards for the United States mails a sufficient number of officers and men of the United States Marine Corps to protect the mails from the depredations by robbers and bandits."
The sight of Marines armed with Winchester and Remington Trench Guns guarding post offices, mail trains, trucks and carriers became common. And the Marines meant business. The Mail Guards' training manual (Questions & Answers section) tells how Marines would respond to robberies, once the gangster tried to break in:
"Q. Suppose he [the robber] is using a gun or making threats with a gun in trying to escape?
A. Shoot him.
Q. Suppose the thief was apparently unarmed but was running away?
A. Call halt twice at the top of your voice, and if he does not halt, fire one warning shot; and if he does not obey this, shoot to hit him.
Q. Is it permissible to take off my pistol while on duty; for instance, when in a mail car riding between stations?
A. Never take off your pistol while on duty. Keep it loaded, locked, and cocked while on duty.
Q. Is there a general plan for meeting a robbery?
A. Yes; start shooting and meet developments as they arise thereafter.
Q. If I hear the command 'Hands Up,' am I justified in obeying this order?
A. No; fall to the ground and start shooting.
Q. Is it possible to make a successful mail robbery?
A. Only over a dead Marine."
For four months, the Marines guarded the U.S. Mail, and for four months, there were zero successful robberies. After a while, the Post Office organized its own guard forces and the Marines were withdrawn. In 1926 robberies shot up again and the Marines were called back. The second time the Marines were withdrawn, people stopped trying to rob the U.S. mail. (7)
In 1919, the passage of the 18th Amendment of the United States Constitution, which outlawed the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages within the U.S., led to a nationwide crime wave as criminal gangs, bootleggers and rum runners fought the law--and each other--to control the lucrative illegal trade in booze. Gang warfare on the streets of many of America's major cities became commonplace as hoodlums used ever more effective firearms in an attempt to "rub out" the competition.
But while the Thompson Submachine Gun got the lion's share of the press, the pump action shotgun was the long gun most commonly seen in the hands of police and their foes, and probably fired more rounds in anger, than the highly publicized "Chicago Type-writer."
Carbines and Rifles
While the shotgun was notable for its on-target effectiveness, to say nothing of its intimidation value, it had three downsides--range, accuracy and penetration. At best the 00 buckshot loads of the day had an effective range of around thirty yards and as their shot pattern spread out it increased the likelihood of, to use the modern term, "collateral damage" to innocent bystanders.
No shotguns of the time were fitted with rifle type sights for use with slugs, the use of which was rare. With the limited amount of firearms training most police of the period received the shotgun was basically a "point and pull trigger" proposition.
While the soft lead buckshot pellets period shot-shells contained could penetrate auto glass, wooden doors and similar barriers, they performed poorly against metal. Being most automobile bodies of the time were formed from heavy gauge steel they were often impervious to lead shotgun and handgun projectiles.
What police needed were light weight, fast handling firearms with high cartridge capacity that were capable of precise accuracy and firing cartridges capable of penetrating hard cover. In other words, a rifle caliber carbine.
Since the late 1860,s the lever-action rifle/carbine had been the preferred weapon of American sportsmen, hunters, explorers and law enforcement personnel. Many were chambered for revolver type cartridges such as the .38-40 and .44-40 which allowed the use of the same ammunition in one's revolver and rifle. Rifles and carbines such as Winchester's Model 1892 and the Marlin 1889 found quick acceptance. The Model 1892 was especially popular being manufactured until 1945 with over one million produced and were seen quite often in the hands of police officers from the Roaring Twenties and Lawless Thirties.
Another Winchester that was popular with police during this era was the Model 1894. The first American-made sporting rifle chambered for a smokeless powder cartridge, the .30-30 WCF, it provided improved range, accuracy and penetration over the pistol caliber Model 1892. They served for many decades being especially popular with Southwestern agencies such the Texas Rangers well into the 1970s. On the other side of the law, a number of late 19th and early 20th century western outlaws, such as the controversial bounty hunter Tom Horn, favored the Model 1894 and photos from the twenties and thirties show them being carried by moonshiners in the mid West and Southern states to protect their illegal stills from the "Revenooers" (federal revenue agents).
In 1891, Winchester had begun a long term R&D program to develop a semi-automatic rifle and for over a decade their engineers, William Mason and Thomas Johnson examined several operating systems.
Johnson developed a operating system in which a relatively light bolt was attached to a counterweight which "balanced" it during recoil. This system was later referred to as a "blow back" operating system.
Johnson located the counterweight forward of the bolt in a cutout in the forearm under the barrel. As the bolt reached the limit of its rearward travel, it impacted against a spring loaded buffer in the butt-stock which not only prevented undue stress to the receiver, but provided a bit of forward impetus to the bolt to insure proper functioning. The recoil spring then pulled the bolt/counterweight forward where it picked up the next cartridge from the magazine and chambered it as it went into battery.
Johnson's rifle was released as the Model 1903 Self-Loading Rifle--the first commercially manufactured semiauto rifle--was chambered for Winchester's proprietary .22 Winchester Automatic rimfire cartridge. Its success encouraged Winchester to introduce a centerfire version--the Model 1905 Self-Loading Rifle.
The Model 1905 was basically an upsized Model 1903 which utilized a detachable, five-round magazine. Pressing on the knurled end of a rod (called the "operating sleeve") that extended from the front of the forearm retracted the bolt to charge the rifle or extract an unfired cartridge.
Model 1905s could be had chambered for two new cartridges, the .32 and .35 Winchester Self-Loading (WSL). The pair's performance was unimpressive to say the least, being sorely underpowered for hunting deer sized animals--a fact that customers quickly realized.
The rifle's blowback operation prevented the use of high pressure cartridges. This became glaringly obvious when Remington introduced their Browning-designed Model 8 Semi-auto Rifle the following year. Chambered for the .25, .30, .32 and .35 Remington cartridges, it provided performance far superior to its Hartford-made rivals.
In an attempt to counter Remington's new rifle, Winchester had Johnson redesign his rifle to accept a more powerful cartridge. Known as the Model 1907 Self-Loading Rifle, it was little more than an up-scaled Model 1905 rifle. The new rifle was chambered for the .351 WSL cartridge which propelled its 180 gr. bullet to 1850 fps which was still below that of the .30-30 cartridge and the competition's .30, .32 and .35 Remington.
The Model 1907 attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies, who felt that its short overall length and high rate of firepower made it an excellent choice for use by officers in patrol cars, prison guards and security details. To address this segment of the market, beginning in 1914 Winchester offered the option of a ten-round magazine.
The Nebraska Safety Patrol, Maryland State Police, Santa Rosa County (FL) Sheriff's Department, South Bend (IN) Police Department , Calcasieu Parish (LA) Sheriff's Office, Oak Ridge (TN) Police Department, the Asotin County (WA) Sheriff's Department, North Dakota State Prisons, Texas Department of Corrections, and Louisiana State Penitentiary all issued Model 1907s some of which remained in service well into the 1980s.
U.S. Border Patrolmen serving on the Mexican border found the Model 1907 especially useful in combating bootleggers and smugglers but, being the Depression era Patrol's budget could not provide them to field officers, according to the late Col. Charles Askins, many patrolmen carried privately purchased 1907s.
In the late 1920s, the FBI purchased a number of Model 1907s for issue to their agents but it is reported that the .351 cartridge's performance against the heavy steel bodies of the automobiles of the day was found lacking. Accordingly, in 1938 the Agency replaced their Winchesters with .30 caliber Remington Model 81 rifles (see below)
In the 1920s and early 1930s, a gunsmith in ban Antonio, Texas, Hyman Lebman (also spelled "Lehman"), modified a number of Model 1907s for selective fire, shortened the barrels to 16 inches, installed a muzzle compensator of his own design and a forward pistol grip.8 Several were purchased by the infamous gangsters John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Homer Van Meter.9
1935 saw Winchester introduce the Model 1907 Police Rifle. It came standard with the 10-round magazine, a steel buttplate, sling swivels, and sling while the tip of the operating rod was enlarged to make it faster and more positive to chamber a round or clear a misfire. Options included a fixed rear sight and an adapter to accept a bayonet. In addition the George F. Cake Company in Dallas offered fifteen- and twenty-round magazines for the 1907 as late as the late 1950s.
Two years after Remington's Model 11 semiauto shotgun appeared on the market the company followed it with a Browning-designed Remington Auto-loading Rifle, which renamed the Model 8 in 1911.
It utilized the same long recoil operating system as the shotgun and also featured the same distinctive, hump backed receiver but the barrel was encased in a full length metal jacket which contained the recoil and buffer springs inside of an inner tube (known as the "recoil spring case").
It utilized a non-detachable, five-round, single-column box magazine in front of the trigger guard that was loaded with chargers (stripper clips) through the open action. The safety was a lever on the right side of the receiver that appears similar to that used on the famous Soviet AK47 and AKM assault rifles.
The Model 8 was Remington's answer to Winchester's Model 05 and 07 semiauto rifles but being it featured a locked breech--as opposed to Winchester's blow back rifles--it was capable of using much more powerful cartridges: the .25, .30, .32 and .35 Remington which provided superior range and penetration over Winchester's .351 WSL.
Thanks to its high rate of firepower, the law enforcement community found the Model 8 attractive. Local police departments and prestigious agencies such as the Texas Rangers and the Investigative Division of the Department of Justice (forerunner of the FBI), purchased them. To meet demand from police for more firepower to combat the criminal gangs of the era, in 1928 the Peace Officer Equipment Company of St. Joseph, Missouri began selling .30 and .35 caliber Model 8 rifles modified to accept a detachable, fifteen-round magazine. Less expensive--and more powerful --then the Thompson Submachine Gun, numbers were sold to various agencies while many officers purchased them privately.
The Model 8's most historically significant moment occurred on May 23, 1934 when a posse of law enforcement officers, led by Texas Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer, shot and killed the infamous criminal couple, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker on a country road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Hamer was armed with a .30 caliber Model 8 while a .35 caliber Model 8 was used by Deputy Prentis Oakley. (10)
Many of the shotguns, rifles and carbines mentioned in this article remained in U.S. police service well into the 1970s. And while today's law enforcement agencies are equipped with high-tech shotguns and selective fire assault rifles, I believe that the firearms from the Roaring Twenties and Lawless Thirties would still be capable of providing the fire power and reliability needed to counter today's criminal gangs, violent illegal aliens, drug smugglers and bank robbers as they had been against the likes of Bonnie and Clyde and Machine Gun Kelly.
I would like to thank the following for providing materials used to prepare this report: Joel Kolander, Sarah Stoltzfus, Tim Hawkins, Vincent Scarlata, Blake Stevens, Leroy Thompson, Collector Grade Publications, Frank Iannamico (MachinegunBooks.com), Rock Island Auction Company and Morphy Auctions (Morphy Auctions, com).
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ENDNOTES:
(1) Black Bart never once fired his shotgun during a robbery.
(2) www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/remington-timeline-1934-guns-ofbonnie-clyde/248369
(3) www.forgottenweapons.com/burgess-folding-shotgun/
(4) Bonnie reportedly murdered two Texas Highway patrolmen with her Model 11.
(5) www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/remington-timeline-1934-guns-ofbonnie-clyde/248369
(6) Canfield, Bruce N. UNITED STATES COMBAT SHOTGUNS. Pages 57-60.
(7) www.wearethemighty.com/history/intense-rules-for-marineguards?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4
(8) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_S._Lehman
(9) Dillinger's Hebman Model 1907 is on display at the FBI museum in Washington, DC.
(10) Henwood, John. The Great Remington 8 and Model 81 Autoloading Rifles. Collector Grade Publications, p. 28.
Photos by: James Walters (unless otherwise indicated)
Caption: A group of 1930s police detectives armed with a pair of Thompson Submachine Guns, two Remington Model 8 rifles and a Remington Model 11 Riot shotgun.
Caption: The Ithaca Auto & Burglar Gun was a double barreled, 20 gauge "pistol." (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: The famous Western lawman, John Slaughter, favored Winchester's Model 1887 lever action shotgun.
Caption: The Thompson Submachine Gun was the symbolic firearm of the Roaring Twenties and Lawless Thirties. (Courtesy of Frank lannamico -www.machinegunbooks.com)
Caption: A Chicago hoodlum displays his sawed off, double barreled, hammer shotgun and the violin case he uses to carry it around.
Caption: The FBI's display of guns confiscated from the John Dillinger gang included a Ithaca Auto & Burglar gun, Remington Model 11 riot and "whippet" guns, and two Winchester Model 07s, one of which is a Leman full auto conversion.
Caption: Winchester's lever action Model 1901 shotgun was popular with both law enforcement agencies and gangsters during the 1920s. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: The Burgess Folding Shotgun was one of the earliest pump action shotguns. This is a riot gun model with a 20 inch barrel. (Morphy Auctions)
Caption: John Browning's Winchester M1893 was the first truly successful pump action shotgun. Note the exposed hammer and open top receiver. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: Comparing a Winchester M1893 Riot Gun (bottom) to a later M1912 Riot gun. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: This early M1897 riot gun is identifiable by its thin wristed, rounded pistol grip. (Bruce Canfield)
Caption: A later production M1897 riot gun. Note the more substantial stock wrist. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: Two of New York's Finest in an armored motorcycle. The officer in the sidecar is holding a M1897 Riot gun.
Caption: A Boston police officer, wearing a gas mask and carrying a M1897 riot gun, taking a suspect into custody.
Caption: 1902. A member of the U.S. officered Philippine Constabulary, armed with a long barreled M1897 Winchester, guarding a group of Moro datus (chieftains).
Caption: Two Chicago police officers, one with a M1897 riot gun, at the scene of a gangster's recent "demise."
Caption: Chicago, 1929. Chicago detectives, with M1897 riot guns, demonstrate how the St. Valentine's Day Massacre went down for newspaper reporters.
Caption: 1924. The infamous Birger Gang, a group of southern Illinois bootleggers, were well armed with Thompson Submachine Guns, M1897 Riot guns, lever action and semi-auto rifles.
Caption: Remington's Model 10 shotgun was very popular with police agencies ... and gangsters. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption; The Browning designed Stevens Model 520 shotgun was a "hammerless" design with a distinctive hump back receiver. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: Nashville, 1933. Police officers guarding the infamous bank robber and kidnapper "Machine Gun" Kelly. Note one detective is holding a Remington Model 11 shotgun.
Caption: Members of the Clyde Barrow Gang, Henry Methvin and W.D. Jones pose for Bonnie's camera. Note the Stevens Model 520 riot guns propped up next to Bonnie's Model 11 whippet gun.
Caption: In this famous photo, the criminal Bonnie Parker holds Clyde Barrow "prisoner" with her Model 11 shotgun.
Caption: Clyde Barrow poses with a BARs and a M1911 pistol in a shoulder holster. Note Bonnie's Model 11 "whippet" gun next to the other BAR.
Caption: Clyde Barrow poses with Bonnie's Model 11 shotgun and a M1899 Krag-Jorgensen carbine.
Caption: Capt. Frank Hamer (right) and one of his deputies pose with one of the BAR'S and a Model 11 shotgun taken from Bonnie and Clyde's car after their "demise."
Caption: The U.S. Trench Gun Model 1917 had a ventilated metal handgun and accepted the M1917 "Enfield" rifle bayonet.
Caption: A Winchester Model 12 Trench Gun with its long M1917 bayonet. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: 1918. U.S. Army officers training with Model 1917 Trench Guns, (courtesy Leroy Thompson)
Caption: 1918. A platoon of Doughboys, armed with Model 10 Trench Guns, pose for a photo.
Caption: Remington's Model 10 Trench Gun featured a wooden handguard. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: Members of the Denver Police Department armed with surplus M1917 Trench Guns with bayonets mounted.
Caption: Officers of the Boston Police Department with government surplus M1 917 Trench Guns.
Caption: 1930s Police officers armed with surplus M1917 Trench Guns.
Caption: U.S. Marines, armed with M1917 Trench Guns, guarding mail trucks.
Caption: M1917 Trench Gun armed Leathernecks protecting a mail truck.
Caption: A Marine, armed with a Remington Model 10 Trench Guard, standing guard in a U.S. Mail facility.
Caption: Constables of the Toronto, Ontario police armed with a Thompson Submachine Gun, a Winchester M1897 Riot gun and Colt Police Positive revolvers.
Caption: Winchester's light, fast handling Model 1892 carbine was a favorite of American police agencies. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: Winchester's Model 1894 quickly became the rifle of choice for many American law enforcement agencies. This is a short barreled "Trappers" Model. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: Police officers armed with a Thompson Submachine Gun, a Remington Model 10 riot gun and a Model 1892 Winchester carbine.
Caption: 1910. A group of Texas Rangers armed with Model 1894 Winchesters ... and plenty of .30-30 ammo!
Caption: 1930. FBI officials pose with a Thompson Submachine Gun, a BAR and a tear gas projector. Note the cabinet behind them contains M1894 Winchesters, M1897 Riot Guns and a pair of double barrel shotguns.
Caption: Winchester's Model 1905 was the company's first semiauto, centerfire rifle. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: The Winchester Model 1907 fired the more powerful .351 WSL cartridge. This rifle has an aftermarket aperture rear sight.
Caption: This Winchester Model 1907 rifle was used by the Nebraska Safety Patrol. Note the extended, ten round magazine. (Rock Island Auction Co.)
Caption: A group of police detectives armed with a mixture of Winchester Model 1907 and Model 92 rifles.
Caption: Texas Range Daniel Hinojosa carried a Winchester Model 1907 rifle.
Caption: A selective fire Hyman Lehman Model 1907. Note the muzzle compensator, forward pistol grip and extended magazine.
Caption: The special order Model 1907 Police rifle came with a ten-round magazine, steel buttplate, sling swivels, and sling while the tip of the operating rod was enlarged.
Caption: Another Browning design, Remington's Model 8 rifle was very popular with police agencies including the Texas Rangers and FBI. It could be taken apart for easy storage. Note the AK-style safety lever.
Caption: The Peace Officer Equipment Company of St. Joseph, Missouri modified Model 8 rifles to accept detachable, fifteen-round magazines.
Caption: Texas Rangers in the mid-1920s armed with Remington Model 8 rifles. The Ranger second from the right in the white hat is Capt. Frank Hamer, the nemesis of the infamous Bonnie & Clyde. (Photo courtesy of Collector Grade Publications)
Caption: Capt. Frank Hamer, the nemesis of Bonnie and Clyde, used a .30 caliber Remington Model 8 to end the criminal couples bloody career.
Caption: In the 2019 film The Highwaymen, Kevin Costner played Frank Hamer and was correctly armed with a Remington Model 8 rifle. (Photo source Netflix)
Caption: Two of Frank Hamer's deputies after the Bonnie and Clyde shootout. One is armed with a BAR while Prentis Oakley carries a Remington Model 8.
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