Shotguns are one of the core paths into Gun Collectors Club. This page is designed less like a gallery and more like a collector’s map: the goal is to help a reader understand what to look for, why certain examples matter, and where to go next.
Use this page as the shotgun gateway: start with the Winchester Model 42, then explore Browning, Ithaca, Remington, Colt Custom Auto, and Abercrombie & Fitch examples.
Good collecting begins with categories, but it becomes interesting when the category leads to a story: a maker, a model, a finish, a year, a family connection, or a design that could not quite be repeated today.
How to Think About This Category
Featured Collector Guides
These articles are the best next stops from this foundation page. They combine photography, personal notes, manufacturing context, and collector details.
Winchester Model 42 Slide Action .410
A centerpiece shotgun article and one of the strongest pre-64 craftsmanship examples.
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Browning Citori Gran Lightning Midas Grade VI Review & Collector Notes
A personal shotgun story with premium wood and the surprise of changing tastes.
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Browning Auto-5 Serial Numbers, Belgian vs. Japanese A5 & Sweet Sixteen Guide
John Browning’s long-recoil classic and one of the great shotgun designs.
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Remington Model 1100 History, Variants & Collector Notes
The autoloading shotgun that helped define modern American shotgun popularity.
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Remington Model 90-T Trap Shotgun
A focused 1990s single-barrel trap gun with Remington branding, Kolar connection, and competition-shotgun collector appeal.
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Remington UMC Pump Shotgun
An early Remington pump-action shotgun story with bottom-ejection design and pre-Wingmaster historical context.
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Browning Auto-5 Serial Number Tables
A library-style reference for Browning A5 identification, serial-number decoding, variants, and collector context.
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A 1960s Colt Shotgun? Yes (1962-1966)
A rare Colt-branded shotgun story with 1960s collector interest.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Shotguns: Sporting-Goods Prestige & Collector History
A sporting-goods prestige story tied to a vanished retail era.
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Ithaca Flues Single-Barrel Trap
Trap gun tradition and the charm of older single-barrel competition shotguns.
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Ithaca 4E New Improved Design (NID)
Classic Ithaca craftsmanship and the side-by-side collecting tradition.
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About Greg Cook
Greg Cook writes about firearms collecting, personal history, and the stories behind interesting guns. His Army MOS was 76Y, Unit Armorer, and he brings that practical background to his collector articles.