Which spare parts for win 1897?

[McCrower]

I have an old win 1897 shotgun from 1909 and I am going to use it for cas.  Which spare parts should I bring when travelling around the country shooting  matches?  I don't want to ruin myself buying all sorts of parts, just want the crucial parts that could ruin a great day..

McCrower
Norway

[Abilene]

Howdy McCrower.  Go here:
http://marauder.homestead.com/files/97parts.htm
It is a parts diagram to the '97 and the parts list is marked as to what parts fail the most often.

Plus more tune-up hints, etc. see this page:
http://marauder.homestead.com/shotgun.html

[hp246]

This is not meant to be a smart aleck reply.  If you are going to be travelling around the country, I would seriously consider buying a spare 97.  I have a spare.  I've had to break it out a few times.  Seems like when these things break, it has to go into the shop.  I've yet to have the repair be something that could be done in the field.

[Coffinmaker]

About the only part you can really change at a match, in reasonable time, is the Ejector Spring that sticks thru the side plate.  The answer
suggesting a spare shotgun is spot on.  I shot a '97 at one time (not cowboy, gave it up) and all I took with me, besides the spare '97 was the Ejector Spring.

Coffinmaker

[McCrower]

Thank you guys for replies. A spare 97 is out of the question, I paid 1100 dollars for my Winchester 97 from 1909 in Norway where I live. So I better stock up with spare parts for the one I have. 

[Pettifogger]

Left hand extractor.  The originals are a one piece extractor/leaf spring and do fail.