Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Can someone point me at where to find disassembly and reassemble instructions for the 1887 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 YouTube has some good videos. That is what I used until I got to where I could do it from memory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 Not difficult. Open the action. Take some padded pliers and compess V spring and work it out. Push pin out at pivot of lever and block. All the action guts should fall out. Anything else is pined or screwed. Not specifically a good disassembly video but well worth the watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 3 hours ago, Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 said: Can someone point me at where to find disassembly and reassemble instructions for the 1887 https://marauder.homestead.com/files/Model_87dis.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: https://marauder.homestead.com/files/Model_87dis.html I'd pad the jaws of the pliers to keep from nicking the spring. They are hard to find. I broke one and fitted one from Chiappa 1887. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 Posted March 17 Author Share Posted March 17 Thanks for all the replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 4 hours ago, Warden Callaway said: Not difficult. Open the action. Take some padded pliers and compess V spring and work it out. Push pin out at pivot of lever and block. All the action guts should fall out. Anything else is pined or screwed. Not specifically a good disassembly video but well worth the watch. I had never heard of, much less seen a lever action shotgun before getting into CAS. And those have all have been 20” barrels. When I see a longer barrel like that in the video, it still looks odd to me, even tho the gun was designed that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: I had never heard of, much less seen a lever action shotgun before getting into CAS. And those have all have been 20” barrels. When I see a longer barrel like that in the video, it still looks odd to me, even tho the gun was designed that way. Cowboy Action Shooting is a fantasy game. The originals were made to shoot black powder and longer barrels gave better performance. My original made in 1887. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 ive always wondered if these were something i might warm to , today at the gunshow i looked at one closely - $600 seemed a bit stiff but it looked a good quality shotgun , still not convinced to make the plunge tho . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 My 1888 vintage Winchester has a 30" bbl, and I love it. I am unusual in that I prefer long barrels on my shotguns. I also have a Terminator style one with an 18.5" bbl on it, and I did get a standard shoulderstock to supplement the pistol grip one it came with. But I prefer the longer tube. I wish the Chiappa's with long barrels had a fixed choke instead of screw ins. Maybe the ones from Cimarron will have that configuration... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Beware there is a video on YouTube where the guy drives out the lever pivot pin with a hammer. BTW, he did not remove the V spring first. If you need a hammer to disassemble an 1887 you are doing it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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