An old Winchester catalog advertisement for its Model 42 pump-action shotgun in .410 bore. Of the many models made prior to the 1964 change, one was the Winchester Model 42 shotgun chambered in ...

When your father, uncle, cousin, friend, etc. is a gun enthusiast, it’s likely there’s a storied firearm (or several) collecting dust in their safe. In my case, it was a Winchester Model 42—built in ...