New Cimarron 1887 "Winchester" lever action 12ga shotgun 

True, at the time he was focused on making one of the first pump actions. The company was so interlocked with lever actions he was forced to make this version first

How do you like the Chiappa? The matte finish is not too bad. I tried buffing the finish in an inconspicuousarea area, it turned to a satin finish, but it was easy to take off too much.

​​@@Tornado1861 overall I love it. It runs flawlessly and is beautiful with the case color hardening. When I first got it the elevator bolts needed tightening and there was what looked like metal shavings in the receiver. Unsure why but it runs great. It's also more than twice the price of this one, so there's that.

​@Tornado1861 how is that possible? Isnt the matte finish due to the surface of the metal before bluing? I thought that it would have to be polished and then reblued. I would rather this gun be polished but my research told me it would be expensive to have done.

@@jessemorrison339 I may refinish it in the future. My options from easiest to most difficult are: Give it an antique finish. Strip it, polish it, and cold blue. Strip it, polish it, and try rust blueing. As a test, I used some red polishing compound on a buffing wheel. It went from matte black to almost satin, but I could tell at irregular surfaces it was wearing down to bare metal.

It's a beautiful unique shotgun.

I could probably have it reamed to take removable chokes.

I have only been able to load 5+1 of factory 2 3/4" shells. It won't quite load 6+1, but it is close, I have even tried shortening the mag spring. I can easily do it by substituting two 2 3/4" in the tube with two 2 1/2" shells.

Duh. You don’t buy one of these for the practicality

@@clownworld4655 You a so right. And I am practical .

Inflation in action.

I looked it up and the average wage for worker was $50 a month , now in my area of Missouri it around $4000 a month so using that in today’s money that would be $2000 for this shotgun or half what a man made a month ,

Fine that'll be $1000 minimum

Who cares where it’s made.

Made in China :(

@@Tornado1861 damn it :/

So this is basically the old pw87 from century arms just more expensive now... thanks

​@@ivannieves5708 From what I've read, this is made in a different factory than the PW87. The lever is a different design as well, the Cimarron is one piece lever while the PW87 is a two piece.

It's chinese junk. Don't buy it.