US's Trench Gun: The Winchester Model 12 with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson
Royal Armouries
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24m
This episode was created in collaboration with Real Time History exploring Shotguns in Saipan - their episode will air on November 15th so go check it out when it goes live at @realtimehistory .
Meanwhile, join Jonathan as he gives his longer hands-on with one of the trench shotguns of the 20th century, the Winchester Model 12.
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