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I have a Stevens Model 315 that the Mrs and I use for dispatching various garden and other pests around the ranch. This little gun centers patterns about one foot left with both barrels at 40 yards.

I don't reload so spreader loads are out, I guess. I'm not sure it's worth the chips to send it off to correct this problem. I don't have any smiths here locally I would trust to correct the problem. I cannot detect any bend by looking down the barrels or laying a straight edge on them.

It is deadly on squirrels and crows molesting the garden and fruit trees and starlings trying to take over the bluebird houses. Maybe my best solution is to just keep holding to the right about a foot.

I suspect the boys at Chicopee Falls didn't spend a lot of time checking the regulation on these entry-level doubles. Some other likely problems could be if your Springfield No. 311 was made from their introduction in 1929 to 1934 --



it was likely originally chambered for the 2 1/2 inch .410-bore shell which in those days contained 3/8 ounce of shot. Modern day shells may just regulate differently then the shells at the time.

The easiest way is to get a spare stock and remove some of the right side of the comb to bring the barrels to bear, that is if both of y'all are right handed shooters.

http://www.cottagecraftworks.com/stevens-model-315-walnut-stock

Mike

Griz,

If you're willing to try something a little different, p.m. me. Your patterns can be moved.

SRH

What are you shooting at, at 40 yards? What do things look like at 25 yards, a more likely range for shooting what you are shooting? That is one nice looking .410.

Note that he said this was a 315. I can't recall for sure now as many times as this has been posted, but were the early 311's built on the 315 design. The picture clearly shows the rear cross pin higher than the front one which would make it the 315 design. It was most likely built for the shorter shells & lighter loads.
I am in full agreement with 8-Bore, If I were shooting at 40 yards I would not want a .410.

Apr. 20, 1915, refers to the patent date of Patent No. 1,136,247 granted to G.S. Lewis and assigned to the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. of Chicopee Falls, Mass. This patent covers a hammerless double with coil-spring driven strikers, rather than internal hammers rotating about an axle. From the time of the patent until the Mid-1930s this action was used on a number of different Stevens, Riverside and Springfield doubles as well as many marked with a variety of "trade names." The gun of this design was introduced in 12- and 16-gauge as the Riverside No. 315 in the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. Catalogue No. 54, with a list price of $16.50. The plants of the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. were taken over by, as I recall, New England Westinghouse for wartime production during WW-I, and became J. Stevens Arms Co. Sometime after The Great War they were sold off to Savage Arms Corp. and continued to operate as J. Stevens Arms Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Savage Arms Corp. J. Stevens Arms Co. continued to make this gun during the 1920s as the Riverside No. 315. By 1923 they introduced a slightly upscale version called the Stevens No. 330 --



The Stevens No. 330 came with a checkered capped pistol grip walnut stock, while the Riverside had a checkered half-pistol grip walnut stock. By 1925 the 20-gauge and .410-bore were added to the offerings.



During 1929, J. Stevens Arms Co. changed from using the Riverside Arms Co. name for their lower priced line and started using the Springfield Arms Co. name. Also, during 1929 they introduced the Springfield No. 311 --





which was a similar gun but with an uncheckered, some catalogues say �walnut� and some "walnut finish", stock. And, finally for 1929 J. Stevens Arms Co. began offering the Stevens No. 330 with a Jostam Anti-Flinch recoil pad and Lyman twin ivory sights.



For 1936, J. Stevens Arms Co. began phasing these Lewis action guns out and replacing them with guns with the action body marked 5100, or 5000 -- Stevens No. 530, Springfield No. 515, etc. In 1939, Savage added the Fox Model B to their Fox offerings with this insert in some of their Fox Catalogues



The Model B shared many parts with the 5100 action. Also in 1940, J. Stevens Arms Co. introduced a Tenite stocked version of the No. 530, the No. 530M.

Try some different ammo...could be as simple as a different shot size.

If that doesn't work just keep aiming to the right.