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i am always amazed at the inventiveness of the gunsmiths back in the early breach loader days.
nice piece of history
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03-20-2019, 08:15 AM | #4 | ||||||
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Please... do NOT alter the patina of this gun. It is just way too wonderful in its present condition. Have it safety checked by a professional double gunsmith and enjoy.
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03-20-2019, 11:47 AM | #5 | ||||||
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J. Stevens & Co. was the business from 1864 to 1886 when it became J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. In 1916 the company was acquired by New England Westinghouse for war production for The Great War and was renamed J. Stevens Arms Co. After WW-I NEW sold it to Savage Arms Corp. which continued to operate it as a separate entity until after WW-II when Savage consolidated all their arms making at Chicopee Falls and their factory at Utica, NY, went to making products for the post war housing boom.
Joe Vorisek states production of this hammer double gun began in 1876 and that it was offered in one grade with Twist barrels and four grades with Laminated barrels. Forest & Stream ad 12-6-1877.jpg Forest & Stream ad 1-3-1878.jpg Forest & Stream ad 3-27-1879.jpg By 1881, double guns are no longer mentioned in J. Stevens & Co. ads. |
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03-20-2019, 11:48 AM | #6 | ||||||
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Now there's a gun with a story. If only these jewels could talk!!
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03-20-2019, 01:44 PM | #7 | ||||||
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I've never seen anything like that before. Very nice find indeed.
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03-20-2019, 04:14 PM | #8 | ||||||
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Kind of reminds one of the N.R. Davis introduced about five years earlier --
No. 19 02.jpg Lot of change and innovation in the new breechloading shotguns in that first 10 to 15 years after the American Civil War. Much of it covered in Ed's book Parker Guns, Shooting Flying and the American Experience. Of course with Ed's Parker-centric point of view. |
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03-20-2019, 05:27 PM | #9 | ||||||
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thats a neat old gun she must have 3 1/2 inches of drop in the stock....i too like old stevens guns i have a few....charlie
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03-20-2019, 06:55 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I loaded up a couple 12ga blanks and test fired it. Both hammers and triggers work nicely and both blanks fired. The left primer hit was a little deeper than the right.
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