Springfield/Savage 187H (.22 semi-auto) Review
It's a POS, IMNSHO. The firing pin is easy to break. Some of the screws are very difficult to get to with a screwdriver. And it's not an easy re-assembly job (I'm not sure one person could do it).
My buddy that has the Mossberg 500 we recently rebuilt inherited a Springfield/Savage 187H from his father several years ago. At that time it would not fire. Took it apart and found that the firing pin was broken. Replacement pin (used) was easy enough to acquire but, while researching, found out that this is a common problem with the 187H, especially if dry fired. Ended up buggering some of the screw heads because of the position they were in (bought a set of gunsmithing screwdrivers afterwards to try and avoid that problem in the future).
Skip forward a few years and, after sitting in the back of a closet, the 187H was quite dirty and starting to rust. Being the OCD bastard that I am, I volunteered to strip it back down and give it a good cleaning/oiling. Big mistake. We have finally got it back together and test-fired but it took several tries and a lot of cussing. Bought some silicone impregnated socks for future storage of the Mossberg 500, the 187H, and another gun that we cleaned up.
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