Interesting shotguns. I handled one once & what I most remember was the extremely small spur on the hammer which made cocking & uncocking very difficult.
I always wondered if they were designed to be carried on an empty chamber & the lever worked to get into action but the instructions posted above on the 1901 on how to load 6 rounds would indicate otherwise. I did note in reading about the differences in the 1897 & 1901 that the 1901 had a "trigger block" to prevent accidental discharges so there must have been some issues w/ the 1887.
