I bought a PW87 by accident!

So I was at my local sporting goods store and I saw one on the shelf. Next to it was a sale sign that said 15% off all firearms. So I bought it. No idea why. I know they can be a pain and may require some fine tuning ,but it sure does look fun. lol

Century Arms PW87. It's a cheap knock off of a Winchester 1887.

I'll get some this weekend. I'll also see how awesome or awful it is. lol

Well I shot it a bunch this weekend. When I first picked it up at the store it was pretty oily and the action was rough. I cleaned the hell out of it before I shot it. I also took some fine sand paper to all the moving parts too. It was a little gritty still but after 40 or so shells it smoothed up. Mine seems to feed and function decent. I don't find operating the lever that awkward or hard. Its a long throw so if you're shorter and don't have that long of a reach this might not be the gun for you. You'd probably have to shorten the length of pull. I cleaned it up and oiled it again after shooting it. The thing cycles really smooth now. I guess it defiantly needed to be broken in.

I shot mostly cheap low brass shells and some buckshot. Everything cycled fine. Only had a few hang ups on the last shell not being thrown out. This is a really fun gun. Defiantly more fun than my pump guns. Everyone wants to shoot it. lol. I don't think I'd rely on this particular gun for home defense or hunting. I'm not sure how it'll last over time. It'd be kinda fun to use a higher quality one for hunting though. Maybe someday ill find an original or buy an Italian copy....

lobo9er said:

Sweet! I had one and sold it off to a friend. Always liked it and have since been occasionally looking at them or the Chiappa renditions.

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I would love a Chiappa variant of it. But I really didn't feel like spending $1000 on one.