The LCS cocks by the crank arm(s) at the front end of the cocking rods (16) engaging the machined slots in the shoe of the forend iron itself and rotating them as the barrel & forend assembly is tipped open. That turns the cocking lifters(17 & 18) at the other end that engage and push the hammer(s) back to engage the sears.
I think Numrich has a few too many parts listed for the LCS extractor forend
Kutter,
The cocking rod arms never touch the machined slots/shoes/side walls of the forend iron. The cocking rod arms engage
only the cocking plate as the gun is opened as shown in the following series of pictures,
note the dual "tracks" on the cocking plate....
The cocking rod arms start in the
up position,with the gun closed, as you open the gun by dropping the barrels and the forend, the cocking rod arms are pushed down by the cocking plate in the forend........which in turn pushes the cocking rod cams at the other end up, which engage the hammers and set the sears.
Here are pictures of a 16 gauge L.C. from 1927 with 30" barrels that I am restoring at present as an example:
CAMS DOWN...BARRELS CLOSED.
Best Regards,
