WINCHESTER MODEL 1911 SL AUTOLOADER For Sale

$600.00

The Winchester Model 1911 SL Autoloader is a 12-gauge recoil-operated shotgun produced from 1911 to 1921, with some additional production until 1928, totaling 103,246 units. It featured 26 or 28-inch barrels with various choke options and had a distinctive pistol grip laminated birch stock designed for a reliable hold. Despite its innovative design, the shotgun earned the notorious nicknames “The Widowmaker” or “Head Buster” due to safety concerns stemming from flaws in its action mechanism. As a result, it stands as a significant yet cautionary piece of early 20th-century firearms history, representing both the ambitions and challenges of firearm innovation during that period.

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