steve004 said
Very nice.  I enjoyed it.  I’ve never fired my M1887, despite owning it a whole lot of years.  This does provide some inspiration.  

Thank you very much.  Its a lot of fun to shoot, and it always attracts a lot of attention at the range.  It becomes show and tell almost every time.

Thank you very much.  I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Mark Douglas said
Fantastic work on the shotgun, the ammo and also on the filmmaking.  Thanks so much for sharing it with us.  Mark  

You are welcome!  glad you enjoyed it, Thanks. 

TXGunNut said
Good job! Very interesting details on the load development. BP does draw a crowd, good to let the onlookers in on the fun. 

 

Mike  

Thank you sir, glad you enjoyed it.  The show and tell aspect of firing these old guns is half the fun.  If someone takes an interest, I normally let them take a shot.  That did backfire on me once.  There was a trap tournament going on, and I let one guy shoot it.  Within minutes, 15 guys formed a line asking to shoot it.  I had to turn them away, with arguments of “why did this guy get to shoot, but you won’t let us.”  Sometimes you just can’t win, lol.

Chuck said
Nice video.  Like Steve I have an 1887 that I have never shot.  I do have all the components and a kit for loading 10 ga. brass shells.  My gun is in very nice condition so all I need to do is learn the proper loading techniques.  Is the book you show in the video available on line?    

Yes, ballistic products partnered with magtech to publish it.  It’s available on the ballistic products website, which is where I found it.

they also sell everything to load the shells… when products are in stock. 

I included it n my video, because I figured most people would be unaware of it.  

steve004 said
Littlef –

Let me add that I particularly appreciated how you addressed the pitted bore issue.  The bore on mine is far from pristine also.  Which, is certainly not uncommon on these Model 1887’s.    

Thanks Steve, I appreciate it.  That was just trial and error over the course of two years, and missing way more clays than I was hitting.  That flex hone does a nice job.  I don’t have gauges to measure barrel thickness, so I was really conservative on how much I honed.  The shot cups were an experiment as well, that turned out to work really well.  However, they are a pain in the butt to make.  Adding the comb pad was the last thing I did.  After I got the barrel honed, the shot cups sized right, and powder charge dialed in, it became apparent that it was patterning really low.  Bit by bit, working the problem.