There is/was a copy of the Winchester 1897, first by Norinco and then by IAC when Norinco get sanctioned and banned from shipping guns to the US.
They became popular with the cowboy shooting community when the price of original Winchester 97's went up and could no longer be found cheaply in decent condition.
I have one that I got cheap, it's a decent enough gun for it's purpose and you won't get all upset when it picks up the scratches, dings and other cosmetic damage that comes with shooting cowboy.
I remember when that happened. People started believing that all of the 1897s would end up with their barrels cut short from cowboy shooting and if people started putting them back there wouldn't be any available. Fortunately that didn't happen. Now you see quite a few of them.
