I bought one of these too. FUN little scattergun. Incidentally, the hinged joint in the middle of the lever really makes it more of a copy of the 1891 model, but they call it an 1887 for some reason.Picked this up today:
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It's a Chinese copy of the 1887, but I couldn't resist when I discovered they are <$350 shipped. I own a bunch of guns and have one heirloom shotgun from my grandfather, so this is the first scattergun I have bought.
When I picked it up, the LGS had a bunch of shotgun shells on the clearance rack, so I also bought 200 rounds of bird shot for $40.
I bought one of these too. FUN little scattergun. Incidentally, the hinged joint in the middle of the lever really makes it more of a copy of the 1891 model, but they call it an 1887 for some reason.
Is yours new? If so expect to have to do a little "tuning" on it. They are notorious for poor ejection right out of the box. BUT the good news is that they are really easy to disassemble, and with 3 files you can slick one right up.
You need a fine cut triangular needle file to sharpen the extractor hooks (undercut them a bit), a big flat file to create a small bevel at the bottom of the breech block face and to dress the bearing surfaces of the rolling block assembly, and a small flat file to do a little cleanup and smoothing of the machine marks in a few places. With those 3 files and a little elbow grease you can have one running like a top in just an hour or so.
Look it up the internet, there are a couple of good videos on U-Tube.
Goddang it, now I have to get one of these.