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Sorry for the lack of pictures! I will try tomorrow.
I know we are all familiar with the offerings of Winchester, Parker, LC Smith and the like, What has grabbed my attention the last few years is fine guns from "cheaper makers".
The Stevens 535 is as nice a pump shotgun as I have ever seen. According to a period Stevens catalog, the internal parts of this gun were hand polished. The engraving and finish is as good as on any Model 12 or 97 Winchester I have. Steven made some fine single shots but this is by far the nicest Stevens Shotgun I have ever seen. It sold for $100, according to the catalog and was the most expensive gun by far they offered at the time.
I will post more pics tomorrow, but I finally gave up on the slow Photobucket process tonight. The wood on the Stevens is fantastic.
Last edited by wallis vernon; 04/10/18 05:25 PM.
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I am sorry I had about 5 nice pics of this gun and Photobucket will not cooperate!
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Neat old Stevens. Photobucket has become unusable. You might try Imgur.
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Back when I was shooting on a National Guard smallbore rifle team, I decided to buy my own rifle. Found an old Mossberg target rifle. Cleaned up the bore, had a new front sight installed, added a web sling . . . I think I had about $30 in it. (That was in the mid-60's.) Very well made and very accurate. Was a great deal for a college kid. The Armory was located between my house and the college I was attending. Had a 50 foot indoor range. Whenever I had time, I'd stop by the armory, draw some ammo, and do a little shooting.
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For a number of years my Squirrel rifle was a Mossberg 42MC if memory serves me correctly. This was a bolt action with 7 shot detachable magazine (clip). The original sights were an abomination but I fitted it with a Bushnell 3x7 variable scope made for .22's. This was a rather inexpensive scope for grooved receivers on .22's. This rifle didn't have grooves so I machined an aluminum block with the grooves to attach to the top of the receiver. After a bit of use I just left the scope set on 5x & never changed it thereafter. In spite of being a relatively Cheap rifle it was a Tack Driver. It accounted for a pile of them Bushy Tails over the years I shot it.
The first shotgun I owned was a J Stevens Arms & Tool Co 12 ga double. It was one of their low end models, a 325 if memory serves me correctly, wish I still had it but traded it off many years ago.
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Daryl, that is a spectacular Stevens! I had no idea they made guns of this quality.
Hopefully, Wallis will find another photo hosting site and show us his gun. Wallis, try tinypic.com. Owned by Photobucket but not restricted and very easy to use.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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Daryl, nice Stevens!
I have some older Stevens.....like WW II era. They are/were all good shooters. Nothing as fancy as Daryl's Stevens though!
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There was a Stevens 375 that had less engraving, but was still nice.
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