I started my Pheasant hunting career with one of these G.S. Lewis designed J. Stevens hammerless doubles that was marked RANGER on the side of the receiver, a Sears, Roebuck & Co. "trade brand." It was my Mother's shotgun. It had been restocked for her with a straight grip and a quality trigger guard with long backstrap by my Great Uncle Art Gustafson, a Seattle area gunsmith. So, even at thirteen I needed a lace-on pad for extra length.
Pheasant Hunting 1959.jpg
Phil's lovely set of Stevens doubles appear to be the gun that was the follow on to the J. Stevens No. 330, the No. 530 from 1936 to 1947 or the Model 530 from 1948 onwards.
Stevens 530, Fox Model B ad 1953.jpg
For 1939, Savage Arms Corp. took the internal parts of the No. 530 and put them in a bit nicer profiled black gun metal finished receiver, and fitted it with a bit nicer stock and called it the Fox Model B --
1939 Flyer introducing Model B.jpg
Threaded Mode