Der Ami,
Will for sure be using low pressure loads as these 1887's were designed for black powder. The later model 1901 design was modified for smokeless shells. One of the treasures that came with this shotgun was a note my great- grandfather had wrote to my grandfather in Jan 1940 when he sent him the shotgun. In the note he made mention of the black powder shells it liked even listing the shot sizes that patterned well. The note was placed behind the butt plate where it currently resides. I really hate looking down the bore at the pits and I light ream would really make it easy to clean and maintain. Pits can hide things an otherwise smooth bore would not. For the record it has 30" barrels that measure around 0.710" at choke so I guess modified. I believe chamber length is 2 5/8" but not confirmed yet.
