WINCHESTER MODEL 1911 SL AUTOLOADER 12GA SHOTGUN, "THE WIDOWMAKER" OR "HEAD BUSTER" #82762, 1925 MFR (12TH TO THE LAST MFG), MOD CHOKE, 28" BBL, VG BRIGHT SMOOTH BORE W/LIGHT PITTING, ORIGINAL FINISH W/LOSS ON UNDERSIDE OF BARREL AND SPECKLING THROUGHOUT, EXC STOCK AND FOREND WITH NO CRACKS AND MINOR DINGS/SCRATCHES FROM AGE, 13 3/4" LOP, 2 3/4" SHELLS AND NO MAGNUM LOADS-THESE GUNS WERE NOT MADE TO HANDLE TODAYS AMMUNITION PRESSURES, ORIGINAL WINCHESTER PLASTIC BUTT PLATE, 85+% OVERALL

IT WAS WINCHESTER'S FIRST AUTOLOADING SHOTGUN, BUT DESIGN FLAWS KEPT IT FROM PROVIDING COMPETITION FOR THE AUTOLOADING SHOTGUNS MADE BY REMINGTON ARMS AND BROWNING ARMS COMPANY. PLEASE USE CAUTION: THE NOVEL METHOD OF CHARGING THE 1911 COULD BE POTENTIALLY LETHAL IF DONE INCORRECTLY. SOME USERS MISTAKENLY CYCLED THE BARREL BY PLACING THE BUTT OF THE WEAPON AGAINST THE GROUND AND FORCING THE BARREL DOWN. IN THIS POSITION, THE MUZZLE OF THE WEAPON WOULD BE POINTING TOWARDS THE FACE OF THE USER, AND THE SWELLED SHELL COULD FIRE, INJURING, OR KILLING THE USER. THIS SAFETY ISSUE LED TO THE MODEL 1911 BEING NICKNAMED "THE WIDOWMAKER".