OK
Here was a question on the Remington Society
1889 extractor question
I recently acquired a 10 ga Rem '89 and can't seem to find any technical info about it. In particular, I was wondering if the extractor is designed to only function with the hammers cocked. That is how mine functions.
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=502


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