Pawnshop Pump

SWAMPUS · January 7, 2012, 11:29 AM

New to forum.Hi!I prowl old country stores and pawnshops in my travels looking at old shotguns.Have picked several treasures.Saw a 12ga pump in N.C. that has since intrigued me.On top was "Winchester/------"Can't remember the other name other than it was a well known mfg'er.The odd thing that got to me was on top of reciever was a 1/2" hole.I slid the action forward and a lug popped up into the hole,presumable to help lock the action.Gun was serviceable(owner claimed it shot),but in bad appearance,bbl's zero blueing,stock dirty.I.E. good project gun.My ? anyone know anything about it?Sorry for lack of details,but wife was in truck waiting.I plan on going back next trip to cabin in N.C.ps-hole was square.

Lee Lapin · January 7, 2012, 11:46 AM

Maybe a Stevens 520 or 620? I don't know where the "Winchester" would have come from though. The 520/620 are Browning designs, the 520 is a 'humpback' in the old Browning style and the 620 is streamlined.

SWAMPUS · January 7, 2012, 08:05 PM

Come to think of,it did have a slight hump.Damned sure not streamlined!Seem to remember it was kind of clunky.Liken to an A-5 to pump conversation,if you could even imagine one.Anyway,when and if I can get to my place later this mo. I"ll slip over to Sylva and check.

TheKlawMan · January 7, 2012, 08:46 PM

Per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Auto-5 the A5 was first offered to Winchester to produce but that fell through. I wonder if this could have been a prototype.

Lee Lapin · January 8, 2012, 11:28 AM

Come to think of,it did have a slight hump

Like this one?

- pic from http://ugca.org/03mar/savage.htm

That's a later version of the 520 (the 520-30), in WW2 trench gun garb, the older ones actually had a double hump like the receiver of a BAR. And there's a picture of a 620 just below the pic of the 520 at the ugca link.

They were also sold as 'store brand' guns by Montgomery Ward...

January 7, 2012, 11:29 AM	#1
SWAMPUS Junior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: FLA.PANHANDLE Posts: 8	Pawnshop Pump New to forum.Hi!I prowl old country stores and pawnshops in my travels looking at old shotguns.Have picked several treasures.Saw a 12ga pump in N.C. that has since intrigued me.On top was "Winchester/------"Can't remember the other name other than it was a well known mfg'er.The odd thing that got to me was on top of reciever was a 1/2" hole.I slid the action forward and a lug popped up into the hole,presumable to help lock the action.Gun was serviceable(owner claimed it shot),but in bad appearance,bbl's zero blueing,stock dirty.I.E. good project gun.My ? anyone know anything about it?Sorry for lack of details,but wife was in truck waiting.I plan on going back next trip to cabin in N.C.ps-hole was square.

January 7, 2012, 11:46 AM	#2
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	Maybe a Stevens 520 or 620? I don't know where the "Winchester" would have come from though. The 520/620 are Browning designs, the 520 is a 'humpback' in the old Browning style and the 620 is streamlined. __________________ Mindset - Skillset - Toolset. In that order! Attitude and skill will get you through times of no gear, better than gear will get you through times of no attitude and no skill.

January 7, 2012, 08:05 PM	#3
SWAMPUS Junior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: FLA.PANHANDLE Posts: 8	HUMPED? Come to think of,it did have a slight hump.Damned sure not streamlined!Seem to remember it was kind of clunky.Liken to an A-5 to pump conversation,if you could even imagine one.Anyway,when and if I can get to my place later this mo. I"ll slip over to Sylva and check.

January 8, 2012, 11:28 AM	#5
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	Come to think of,it did have a slight hump Like this one? - pic from http://ugca.org/03mar/savage.htm That's a later version of the 520 (the 520-30), in WW2 trench gun garb, the older ones actually had a double hump like the receiver of a BAR. And there's a picture of a 620 just below the pic of the 520 at the ugca link. They were also sold as 'store brand' guns by Montgomery Ward... __________________ Mindset - Skillset - Toolset. In that order! Attitude and skill will get you through times of no gear, better than gear will get you through times of no attitude and no skill.

January 7, 2012, 08:46 PM	#4
TheKlawMan Junior member Join Date: June 23, 2009 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 2,149	Per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Auto-5 the A5 was first offered to Winchester to produce but that fell through. I wonder if this could have been a prototype.