The Trap and Pigeon Grades had the black diamond. Early on the Tournament Grade also had the black diamond, but in the February 1914 Winchester shotgun folder they state they are omitting it from the Tournament Grade. What the folks on the factory floor were doing and when the folks in the office got it in the folders and catalogs can vary!
In the mid- 1930s for both the Model 12 and 97 the Tournament Grade was replaced with the Standard Trap and the Trap Grade was replaced with the Special Trap, but they continued using the Trap Grade picture in the catalogs through 1938. In the 1939 Catalog only the Model 97 Standard Grade is shown and they state, "Furnished also, on special order only, in Trap Gun or Pigeon Grade." By the 1940 catalog only the Model 97 Standard Grade is listed and no mention of any Trap Gun or Pigeon Grade.
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