Cika wannan jumla:
A lokacin da aka kai hari a Mexico, wasu sojojin Amurka suna sanye da M97s. Tuni sananne ne kafin Yaƙin Duniya na I, sayar da Model 1897 ya tashi bayan yaƙin ya ɓarke. Wannan saboda an samar da su da yawa don biyan bukatun sojoji. Lokacin da Amurka ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na I, akwai buƙatar ƙarin makamai na sabis da za a ba wa sojojin. Ya zama bayyananne ga Amurka yadda mummunan yakin basasa yake, da kuma yadda ake buƙatar babban adadin wuta mai nisa yayin yaƙi a cikin rami, bayan sun lura da yakin na shekaru uku na farko. Tsarin Trench na Model 1897 ya kasance ci gaba ne na wannan ra'ayin. An gyara Winchester Model 1897 da aka riga ya wanzu ta hanyar ƙara garkuwar zafin ƙarfe a kan ganga wanda ya kiyaye hannun soja daga ganga mai zafi, da kuma adaftan da ke da ƙwanƙwasa don saka bayonet M1917.