I recently acquired a grade 2 1889. Its in fairly good shape, it appears all original with no evidence of the screws being turned (all the slots line up). It has/had some light surface rust and some minor barrel pitting. I'll probably restore it some time this winter, but I can see myself using it this fall for grouse.

There's only one problem, the extractor doesn't rise. The crazy thing is, it rises normally when I have the forend off, its only when the gun is complete that it has a problem. Any thoughts?

Thanks
Kenneth

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.