This is a long shot, but does anyone know where to find parts for a J. Stevens Favorite Model 1915 rifle .22LR caliber? Looking for a breach block assembly, complete, and the lever. Gunpartscorp.com shows out of stock.
I inherited this rifle from my father, which was given to him by his father in 1940. I remember shooting it as a kid back around 1970 or so. Sometime there after, one day my Dad told me to never shoot it, as there was problems with it. Well being young and dumb, I took it out one day when I was the only one home. Placed a round in the chamber, attempted to close the block and it fired out of battery. The extractor/ejector was messed up some how and it dented the rim of the cartridge, thus firing the round. I looked down and saw the back of the case blown out, and panicked, thinking I had embedded brass in my face. Luckily, it all missed me. But did I ever get my butt chewed out for shooting a gun that I was told never to touch. My Dad removed the breach block so that would never happen again. That was 41 years ago. He never got it fixed. The parts he removed have long since been lost, and I’d love to be able to fix that little rifle up and give it to my grandson when he turns 11 years old, same age I was when I first shot it. I’ve got 9 years until he turns 11, so I’m in no hurry. But I’d sure have a blast shooting that thing for awhile. Thanks.
I inherited this rifle from my father, which was given to him by his father in 1940. I remember shooting it as a kid back around 1970 or so. Sometime there after, one day my Dad told me to never shoot it, as there was problems with it. Well being young and dumb, I took it out one day when I was the only one home. Placed a round in the chamber, attempted to close the block and it fired out of battery. The extractor/ejector was messed up some how and it dented the rim of the cartridge, thus firing the round. I looked down and saw the back of the case blown out, and panicked, thinking I had embedded brass in my face. Luckily, it all missed me. But did I ever get my butt chewed out for shooting a gun that I was told never to touch. My Dad removed the breach block so that would never happen again. That was 41 years ago. He never got it fixed. The parts he removed have long since been lost, and I’d love to be able to fix that little rifle up and give it to my grandson when he turns 11 years old, same age I was when I first shot it. I’ve got 9 years until he turns 11, so I’m in no hurry. But I’d sure have a blast shooting that thing for awhile. Thanks.