The very early 06 prefix guns had issues with poor heat treatment on the trigger and hammer. Thank the China factory for that.
Both of ours are 06 prefix in the 260 number range. In the thousands of rounds my wife and I have fired(mix of factory and my reloads)in ours. We have broken 1 left side extractor and I had a weird failure when the hammer spring broke .
Have never seen the trigger parts worn as bad as the picture you posted shows.
Cap had no other choice but to go to a China maker.
No other company he contacted had any interest in making them.
If it wasn't for Coyote Cap, there would be no reproduction '87.
Remember this, the Winchester 12ga versions were black powder only and the shell was much shorter then.
Respectfully, I can not agree with buy'n back my own property(), not with what component prices and inventory are today.
110% agree on heavily tip'n the scouts for all they do!