Well it turns out the 20 gauge 20" barrels are lightly troubled with some light rust patches in the bores...
The outer finish looks pretty dern good in the ol' patina aspect.
Frame seems to be the colorful process.
Overall it looks like the last shooting owner didn't own a tooth brush to set aside for de-grunging the poor ol' thing...
One repair is to "tweak" the trigger guard square... the front of the guard is pushed to the side as if a feller had his booger hook in the boom hole when he fell on his hand... I will be delicate in hopes it don't snap in 2...
As for estimate of vintage... here goes...
No Ser# was found but `I do have a TS E and the "E" is inside a circle on both the frame and mating lug.
On the little block that has a spring loaded pin on the barrel there is a larger circle with a large "S" filling the circle and a "P"in the top half of the "S" and what looks like an "I" in the bottom half...
One side of frame states "J. Stevens Arms Company Chicopee Falls, Mass. U.S.A. other says "Stevens" with a little stamp of pointed dog in grass.
Action locks up tight enuff for me.
Action lever settles a little left of center if this denotes wear.
Safety does auto reset and blocks both triggers... Releases smooth.
There is a free floating "extractor?" that just raises the shell out of the chamber a tad bit.
Couple real small chips at one firing pin hole.
I cut down a pair of shells to be only the brass with primer. Both were well deeply dimpled after test fire.
It has the tenite furniture... I will be trying to swap to wood if at all possible as soon as possible.
Tenite furniture looks free of cracks that would be noticeable and is up for dibs...
Pics someday...
Will shoot it after I spend a bit of time and $$$ on cleaning the bores.
The outer finish looks pretty dern good in the ol' patina aspect.
Frame seems to be the colorful process.
Overall it looks like the last shooting owner didn't own a tooth brush to set aside for de-grunging the poor ol' thing...
One repair is to "tweak" the trigger guard square... the front of the guard is pushed to the side as if a feller had his booger hook in the boom hole when he fell on his hand... I will be delicate in hopes it don't snap in 2...
As for estimate of vintage... here goes...
No Ser# was found but `I do have a TS E and the "E" is inside a circle on both the frame and mating lug.
On the little block that has a spring loaded pin on the barrel there is a larger circle with a large "S" filling the circle and a "P"in the top half of the "S" and what looks like an "I" in the bottom half...
One side of frame states "J. Stevens Arms Company Chicopee Falls, Mass. U.S.A. other says "Stevens" with a little stamp of pointed dog in grass.
Action locks up tight enuff for me.
Action lever settles a little left of center if this denotes wear.
Safety does auto reset and blocks both triggers... Releases smooth.
There is a free floating "extractor?" that just raises the shell out of the chamber a tad bit.
Couple real small chips at one firing pin hole.
I cut down a pair of shells to be only the brass with primer. Both were well deeply dimpled after test fire.
It has the tenite furniture... I will be trying to swap to wood if at all possible as soon as possible.
Tenite furniture looks free of cracks that would be noticeable and is up for dibs...
Pics someday...
Will shoot it after I spend a bit of time and $$$ on cleaning the bores.
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