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Seem to be at least somewhat useable out of the box.  They have 20" and 26" available.  There's been a few discussions and reviews about it over the past year, here's one.

 

 

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A friend just got one recently.     Seems to function good,  No complaints except new and rough but hoping will smooth up with use             GW

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I got one in the spring, didn't even shoot it sent straight to Lassiter. I will say fit and finish is a 1000% better than my daughters pw87.

When we got it back from Lassiter it runs like a champ.

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1 hour ago, slow poke gear said:

I got one in the spring, didn't even shoot it sent straight to Lassiter. I will say fit and finish is a 1000% better than my daughters pw87.

When we got it back from Lassiter it runs like a champ.

I bought one about four months or so ago. How long did it take to get it back from Lassiter?

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6 hours ago, Whitey James said:

I bought one about four months or so ago. How long did it take to get it back from Lassiter?

It took about 6 months. 

But if you want an 87 that will run he does a great job!

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I bought one earlier this year.

Fit and finish is much better than the Pw87.

Haven't shot it much but as with other '87s, it likes a firm hand at the controls.

I had built some 2 1/2 inch rounds for a PW 87, but the Cimarron doesn't like them. It runs fine with my usual 2 3/4 Cowboy load and miscellaneous factory loads I tried.

Overall, a nice shotgun for the money.

Choctaw

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I'm happy with mine stock out of the box .

This is me playing with my stock 87  the first time out with it .

Cowboy loads first run .

Slugs second run .

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/hQdePdgjW-Y?feature=share

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I've shot mine in a couple of Wild Bunch matches before I picked up a 97. It has loosened up nicely and runs smooth. I am on the waiting list with Slater to have the drop 2 mod done to it. Plan on using it for Classic Cowboy.

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I bought one in June and had it shipped straight to Slater. Yesterday, Slater texted that he hopes to have it ready sometime within the next couple of weeks. I’m excited!

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On 12/25/2024 at 10:11 AM, Will Kane said:

I bought one in June and had it shipped straight to Slater. Yesterday, Slater texted that he hopes to have it ready sometime within the next couple of weeks. I’m excited!

I picked it up from my FFL earlier this morning and have been practicing with it (dummy rounds) since then. All I can say is WOW!!! 🤠

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The 87 is a great gun.

I have an original Winchester, and a Chiappa "Terminator" one.   I also got a standard stock for the second one, giving me an 18.5" barrel one in standard configuration.   My Winchester has 30" barrels.

The Chiappa a great out of the box, but I did feel that the trigger return spring was bit too heavy, so I replaced it with a lighter one.   That's the only mod I have made.   I am not sure who makes the Cimarron, so I won't hazard a guess.

Once you learn how to use it, the 87 is a lot of fun to shoot.

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Picked mine up today.  Fit and finish seems ok, have not disassembled and looked for machining marks in the receiver.  Did a dry function check loading a shell in magazine then loading a fiocci translucent hull in the chamber.  Racking lever the fiocci hull ejected just fine.  With my IAC fiocci translucent do not want to eject while other brand hulls will.  Leading me to the conclusion that the fiocci translucent hull is just a tiny bit longer than standard.  I will attempt sporting clays on Thursday of this week and render a range report. Hopefully I have some fiocci translucent factory loads to test.

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I have one, I enjoy it.  I'm not going to do the double drop mod to mine, however many people will want to do this. (Sometimes I got shoot wild bunch and I like loading the magazine). Plus I enjoy shooting it outside of CAS and Wildbunch.

 

Just make sure you check the two screws on the side of the receiver, they will loosen up.

 

If you cut down the magazine spring some, you can actually put another shell into the magazine tube also.

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 said:

Picked mine up today.  Fit and finish seems ok, have not disassembled and looked for machining marks in the receiver.  Did a dry function check loading a shell in magazine then loading a fiocci translucent hull in the chamber.  Racking lever the fiocci hull ejected just fine.  With my IAC fiocci translucent do not want to eject while other brand hulls will.  Leading me to the conclusion that the fiocci translucent hull is just a tiny bit longer than standard.  I will attempt sporting clays on Thursday of this week and render a range report. Hopefully I have some fiocci translucent factory loads to test.

It ain’t no toggle link rifle - especially a short stroke modified version. As such, it’s hard to remember you gotta run that lever hard and slam it forward all the time. Some hulls eject easier than others. 
😊

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4 hours ago, Kid Rich said:

That lever moves forward very easily, you should not have any problem running it in conjunction with a short stroked 73.

kR

It does. It’s that the lever throw is much longer than a rifle and it’s easy to stop or slow down before it reaches full travel. You gotta slam it all the way to the stop. 

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8 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

It does. It’s that the lever throw is much longer than a rifle and it’s easy to stop or slow down before it reaches full travel. You gotta slam it all the way to the stop. 

I like to cut my stocks down a little short so you can hit the bottom of the throw with authority.

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1 hour ago, slow poke gear said:

I like to cut my stocks down a little short so you can hit the bottom of the throw with authority.

 

THIS ^^^^

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2 hours ago, slow poke gear said:

I like to cut my stocks down a little short so you can hit the bottom of the throw with authority.

 

54 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

THIS ^^^^

 

13 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

That was part of Coyote Cap’s action job. 

 

Assuming the LOP is around 14 inches, about how much are you cutting off? Are you cutting the stock at the factory angle, or are you changing the angle like CC did (about minus 2 to 4 degrees iirc)? Thx

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ive not thought to shoot one of these till now , i may have to look into one of these , 

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3 hours ago, El Sobrante Kid said:

 

 

 

Assuming the LOP is around 14 inches, about how much are you cutting off? Are you cutting the stock at the factory angle, or are you changing the angle like CC did (about minus 2 to 4 degrees iirc)? Thx

I have a gunsmith do the cutting and fitting of the recoil pad for me so I assume it is pretty close to factory angle. I am 5'10" on my new Cimarron 87 I had the smith take 2.25" off the stock, then fit a 3/4" recoil pad. 

That is the distance that works well for the way I run an 87, but every one is different.  My first 87 I started with an inch and kept going till I could hit the bottom of the throw comfortably.  87s like to be run hard, that is how they eject the spent shell. So you want to hit the bottom hard.

Hope this helps.

 

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I've been runnin an 87 for 6 or 7 years now and never cut the stock or had a problem runnin it. Ya'll are gettin way to technical about this. One of the worst things about an 87 is the advice that I've had from people that don't shoot one.

KISS

kR

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9 hours ago, El Sobrante Kid said:

 

 

 

Assuming the LOP is around 14 inches, about how much are you cutting off? Are you cutting the stock at the factory angle, or are you changing the angle like CC did (about minus 2 to 4 degrees iirc)? Thx

I don’t know. It’s a Cap gun, so it’s whatever he would have done. 

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LOP for an 1887 shotgun is going to be driven by the ability of the shooter to reliably get a full lever throw.  For me. that means the LOP on my 87 is shorter that it would be for any other shotgun. 

 

I have two friends that also shoot an 87. Neither one has shortened the LOP as their arms are long enough that they can get a full lever throw without shortening the stock.

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24 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

LOP for an 1887 shotgun is going to be driven by the ability of the shooter to reliably get a full lever throw.  For me. that means the LOP on my 87 is shorter that it would be for any other shotgun. 

 

I have two friends that also shoot an 87. Neither one has shortened the LOP as their arms are long enough that they can get a full lever throw without shortening the stock.

You know those funny looking gloves that major league baseball base runners now use that extends the fingers 4 or 5 inches to make it easier to steal a base?  Maybe adapt something like that?   :P:)

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I recently got my 87 Cimmaron back from Lassiter.

I've ran 40 dummies through it and shoot a 5 stages last week with no problems!

It's not pretty, but it's a work horse.

 

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Shot 50 round sporting clays course.  Overall love the gun, a bit stiff still but use will probably smooth out or send it home with Lassiter at end of EOT.  Will not have him do the drop 2 mod just in case the WB bug bites me.  Feeds, extracts and ejects Federal shells just fine.  Does not like translucent Fiocci at all.  Some stick hard in the chamber.  This was so problematic that instead of report pairs, clays were thrown on known ejection.  I had to demount the gun and work hard with both hands to get lever to open with about 1/2 of the Fiocci translucent shells.  Federals fed shot extracted and ejected just fine but one has to work the lever with some authority.  This is no different than my IAC Lassiterized gun.  Yes I just made up a word.  It is possible to get doubles with a lever, did it several times when shooting federals or the fiocci last.  Am toying with the idea of having screw in flush inter-changeable chokes fitted.

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Cpt Dan,

 

What's the advantage of a screw in flush inter-changeable chokes fitted that you wanted?

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