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25 February 2005, 22:48
AzDeerSlayer
can any one tell me about this shotgun.
Have this shotgun and dont know any thing about it and cant find any info on it. On the side it says; J.stevens Arms & tool Company/Chicopee Falls,mass.USA/Browning pats.feb.7.1505.aug.27.1907. Any info. will help
26 February 2005, 00:02
hikerbum
you might try at www.shotgunworld.com


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26 February 2005, 01:02
TrapperP
quote:
Originally posted by AzDeerSlayer:
Have this shotgun and dont know any thing about it and cant find any info on it. On the side it says; J.stevens Arms & tool Company/Chicopee Falls,mass.USA/Browning pats.feb.7.1505.aug.27.1907. Any info. will help


Does it look like this one? If so, I can tell you a bit about it.


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26 February 2005, 01:11
AzDeerSlayer
that shotgun does look like it but with different wooden parts.
12 July 2005, 11:12
steveb3006
You might try http://www.faqfarm.com and go to the firearms/stevens section tons of answers to your stevens questions,The J Stevens Arms & Tool Co.changed names in 1913 to J Stevens and dropped the arm and tool. I have an old J Stevens Arm & Tool Co. singleshot 12 gauge and it says 1913..


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12 July 2005, 17:33
Dr. Duc
Savage bought Stevens in 1928 and that looks to be a Stevens version of the Savage 28A. Made from 1928 to 1931. The bolt ,etc were related to the Browning A5. The Savage 720 was the autoloader version of the A5. I think I'm correct but this is a brief look before work.


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17 August 2005, 01:37
CRUSHER
savage 28 aka stevens 520


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19 August 2005, 18:36
wsj
TrapperP:

I've got one that looks like that and I'd appreciate whatever you could tell me about yours. Does it have a locking lug on top of the bolt that fits in a rectangular (sort of squarish) cutout in the top of the receiver?

Mine's a 16 ga. 'Ranger' with no other marking. I assume it a store brand of some major manufacturer's model. It's checkered and has has a solid rib.

Any info's appreciated. Thanks. -WSJ
20 August 2005, 21:18
fla3006
Stevens 520, also produced for Sears & Roebuck (Ranger) and Montgomery Ward (Western Field) are neat & interesting if primitive pump guns, lots of fine machine work and craftsmanship characteristic of the day (teens-20s). I just picked up this very nice specimen:



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23 August 2005, 02:30
dockinabox
Stevens also made some rare trenchguns that also had that receiver configuration. Many have had their handguard/bayonnet lugs removed. The telltale would be three, evenly spaced, transverse knotches under the barrel, fore of the forend, where the old parts used to attach.