The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...
 

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A photo from a recent visit to my club; took along my Parker SBT (obviously the good), my 16ga A Grade Fox (which I guess on this board would constitute the bad) and my little Stevens .410 (marked 5100 but which Researcher pointed out in a thread on another forum is a Stevens 530, and which most folks would agree is the ugly)...

Let me first issue the disclaimer that I am not a trap shooter by any definition, and shoot clay targets only in the hope that it might help me hit the occasional bird come fall, but for the record: I shot the .410 very poorly, the A Grade some better even from the down position, and the SBT best of all. I would report the scores, but my card has, unfortunately, been misplaced... :rolleyes: .

PS: I admit to making this same post on the Fox Collectors board, with guns in slightly different order :).

good looking treo of guns i would have a hard time finding the ugly one in this group..i too have a stevens 410 model 311yours is a little earlier than mine...the stevens 410 was my first shotgun did i mess up i traded it off i bought the 311 410 to ease my mind....charlie

I can't remember the exact amount I sold my .410 5100 for last year, but it was north of $1000.

You know, I was thinking today: all they would have had to do is round off the edges a bit, and they could have marketed those old Stevens .410's as round actions :)!

I like all three. I have a soft spot for the old Stevens small bore guns. North of a thousand is about the highest I have heard of one going for. I guess collectors are starting to take notice.

I want a Savage/Stevens .410 to be my next SxS!