The fore stock should pull directly down from the barrel if you grasp near the front. the butt stock is held in place by a long screw or bolt that can be located by removing the butt plate or recoil pad. Take off the butt plate. Use a long blade, hollow ground flate blade screwdriver to loosen the screw that holds the stock to the receiver. Be careful to not slip and crack the wood.
That would depend on the model,gauge,type of wood or synthetic stock etc.You will need to be more forth coming with the info to give a correct answer to your question..
In order to access a value to your Winchester shotgun.You will need to include the model,the gauge,and the amount of original finish remaining on the wood and metal of your shotgun.
it has a wood stock with a small chip shotgun is in fair condition
Contact Browning.
Remove the butt plate on the shoulder stock, at the bottom of that big hole is there's one big screw flat head that holds the stock to the receiver. There may also be a single wood screw at the very end of the lower tang as well on some models.
If your shotgun is like mine there should be a metal plate about half way up the wood stock. In that plat will be a decorative bar - that bar should slide out to the left of the right, thus detaching the wood stock from the barrell.
wood, finish, stock dimensions
You could try Numrich gun parts corp.
The value of your 1897 shotgun which was made in 1914,could only be determined if you supply a more descriptive explanation of your shotgun including marking found on the shotgun,its stock,barrel length,amount of original finish remaining on the wood and metal,if there is a heat shield over the forward end of the barrel etc.These shotguns can be worth quite a bit,and it may benefit you to have it appraised by a member of the Winchester collectors assoc.
There's a lot of used ones on eBay.If you want a new one, Google: "Winchester, stock, long action or LA", you'll get a zillion hits.
Try e-gunparts.com
The stock is the part of a rifle or shotgun that you place against your shoulder. Usually made of wood or plastic, they can have different shapes.