Winchester Model 1887

Winchester Model 1887
An 1887/1901 shorter-barreled shotgun
Manufacturer	Winchester
Specifications	Lever-action shotgun
Used by	Armistice
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A lever-action shotgun with a single, shortened barrel from the late 1880s, this weapon is used by host characters in the Westworld, most prominently Armistice.

Background

The shotgun uses a lever-action mechanism for reloading, similar to the Winchester repeating rifles of the time, by the same manufactuer. Commercially available pump-action shotguns were developed late in the 19th century. The Model 1887 was designed by the famous firearms engineer John Browning.

The particular specimen seen in Westworld appears to be a short-barreled 1887/1901, an updated version from the early 20th century. It was improved with a trigger block, the ability to fire higher pressure smokeless rounds, etc. Armistice's 1887/1901 seems closely patterned on the shotgun used by Paul Newman's character in the 1972 Western film The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.

Appearances

• Season One
  • The Original
• Season Two

Trivia

• There is a continuity error involving the weapon during its use in the pilot episode, The Original. We see Armistice picking up a Model 1887 shotgun for defending the street during the Mariposa Saloon heist, but as soon as we see her shooting, the weapon is clearly a Winchester Model 1873 rifle (which Armistice uses frequently throughout the series).

Gallery

Armistice with her Model 1887/1901 at the beginning of the Mariposa Saloon heist ("The Original")

Behind the Scenes: Filming the heist in "The Original", with Ingrid Bolsø Berdal still using the 1887 shotgun instead of the 1873 rifle

See also

• 12 gauge double-barreled shotgun - A double-barreled shotgun used for self-defence and hunting (most probably a Charles Parker 1878 model).
• Colt Model 1878 shotgun - A short, double-barreled "coach gun".
• Winchester Model 1873 - A lever-action Winchester rifle, one of the contemporaries of the 1887 shotgun.
• Winchester Model 1897 - A late 19th century, pump-action Winchester shotgun.

External links

• Winchester Model 1887 and 1887/1901 article at Wikipedia.org
• Winchester Model 1887 shotgun in other media (Internet Movie Firearms Database.org)