[tet68]

There are still people who don't trust an automnatic shotgun and claim the Remington pump is more reliable.

It is in certain circumstances, there is something to be said for simplicity. Get one with TWO action bars, by the way.

[VOA]

It is in certain circumstances, there is something to be said for simplicity.
Get one with TWO action bars, by the way.

Maybe you can correct something I've heard before...
that one of the old Winchester pump shotguns (Model 1897?) was popular in WWI
in "sweeping trenches" because if you simply held down the trigger and cycled
the pump, the beast would just fire as soon as the shell was loaded into the chamber.

True, not true, or sort-of-true?