Dean, is that a Marbles no.5 beeches front sight? If so? Those babies brings good buck

It is Jim. But the bore is like a sewer pipe, so we’ll never know how accurate it ‘was.’

The front sight is a two position. Flip it up and there is the blade sight within a circle - flip it the other way and up pops a different blade with no circle around it.



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Is this one a “Favorite”? J. Stevens .25 cal. Rimfire.

Was my grandfather’s rifle. He used it on chicken coop predators and garden pests.

Has a cracked the stock from when he attempted to club a ground hog with it and it glanced off a rock.

Was gifted to my brother when he entered his early ‘teens.

7.37 pounds. Looks like it has a “bull barrel”.

Here are cuts of display advertising for the J. Stevens "Favorite", from the 1890 John P. Lovell Arms Co. GUNS AND HUNTING SUPPLIES catalogue.

That is a Stevens Model 44 1/2 I believe. Under the fore end wood would be a marking if it had a Pope barrel on it making it more collectible. If it had a shotgun but, it would be an 044 1/2 I believe

Looks like basic IDEAL No. 44 1/2 to me.

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My brother says that the number under the fore-end is "2", with no abbreviations or punctuations before or after that single digit. So, it should be the Standard barrel. It starts octagonal from the breech, then is round out to the muzzle.

Thanks Jim and Dave for identifying it.

Ok so no Pope barrel no biggie. Still a nice gun. You can always relive to 22 RF and have fun all day.

Jim:

What is involved in that process?

The few boxes of ammo we have for it now (.25 Stevens Long and Short) is just mused over, never shot any in decades.

It might be better sport, for the J. Stevens to be used for the garden and yard nuisances he deals with now, than the Model 12.
Surgical removal.

Reclining is not a big deal. Liners for .22 cal RF are about $50-70 depending and a good riflesmith can install one in a day. Pricing will vary but not too expensive. I did a few myself in days past but not worth the investment in drill bits and chamber cutters etc for one job.