tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post112272958676968152..comments2023-10-05T10:19:06.886-05:00Comments on Blogonomicon: Stevens Favorite: A favorite old .22AlanDPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00910363728370240226noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-47756182347634111712015-03-20T12:39:26.845-05:002015-03-20T12:39:26.845-05:00probably got the gun about 1940 from my dad. S/n...probably got the gun about 1940 from my dad. S/n 69695. Works well and all there "except" the lower part of the butt plate is broken and that super mini screw that holds the wood hand grip to the barrel is missing. Butt plate may be hard to find but you'd think I could come up with a working screw.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-36405627300527242672014-04-18T09:36:52.899-05:002014-04-18T09:36:52.899-05:00Oh, how I wish I could find that rifle with serial...Oh, how I wish I could find that rifle with serial #A43 ..<br /><br />This was stolen from my family a couple of decades ago by a gun repair shop in Farmington NM..<br /><br />FYI - If the OP reads this, or if anyone else finds the Stevens .22 serial #A43 please contact me, I'm not a poor man, and that gun is probably worth more to me than anyone else.<br /><br />Again, I'll be the highest bidder on serial A43 guaranteed - if you want to sell, please contact me.Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000915598814625542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-21980218474960670222014-02-24T22:02:02.036-06:002014-02-24T22:02:02.036-06:00stevens tried to fool competitors with their ...stevens tried to fool competitors with their serial numbers and sometimes the first of a series might be s 875. and a number a 43 could have really been the 2311 one made . its true and makes it diffuculct to date.. date the gun by extractor dimensions and the early ones had a few things to look at.. if it has 1794 on the barrel it was made before 1915.. oh the 1794 is a patent date april 17th 1894 the date was ended in 1915Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-39078084728803538752011-01-11T13:57:23.475-06:002011-01-11T13:57:23.475-06:00that is a favorite i have several they usually hav...that is a favorite i have several they usually have the date behind the hammerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-82743971842900135792010-06-26T12:42:03.314-05:002010-06-26T12:42:03.314-05:00From what I can find out the numbers may not have ...From what I can find out the numbers may not have been in sequence. But someone posted on another forum that if it has a removable side plate on the right side of the reciever it was one of the first 1000 guns produced which should make it around 1894. Mine is stamped 168 but has no removable side plate full octagon barrel original butt plate (which someone said was kind of hard to come by) and the takedown screw that should have held the d-ring, but no d-ring. It's a shame we can't find out exact dates on these little rifles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-50336047345623529822010-05-05T03:04:07.047-05:002010-05-05T03:04:07.047-05:00Old post but a good one. The number under the leve...Old post but a good one. The number under the lever that one of them mentioned is not a serial number. The old favorites didn't have a serial number. One way you can guestimate the age is to measure the barrel. I know on the marksman the barrel was 20 inches between 1911 and 1927, then it became 22 inches. I,m not sure which one this is that you have but it is an interesting rifle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-11227160218540477592009-08-06T23:38:16.827-05:002009-08-06T23:38:16.827-05:00I just bought a favorite,and it looked so clean i ...I just bought a favorite,and it looked so clean i thought it was a replica, and found out the serial# under the lever is A43 ,one of the first 50 made,98% wonder what its worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-17135676915494383242007-06-25T22:40:00.000-05:002007-06-25T22:40:00.000-05:00"it's significantly heavier than " etc.I thought t..."it's significantly heavier than " etc.<BR/><BR/>I thought this gun was as light as they come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-1123293156961932012005-08-05T20:52:00.000-05:002005-08-05T20:52:00.000-05:00Lovely, lovely! Old .22's are marvelous things.Lovely, lovely! Old .22's are marvelous things.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6232479.post-1123290504370310752005-08-05T20:08:00.000-05:002005-08-05T20:08:00.000-05:00That old rifle was designed for offhand target sho...That old rifle was designed for offhand target shooting and small game hunting. If only you could find a tang peep sight for it, you'd really have something.<BR/> The nose heaviness you mentioned is there on purpose, it damps out some of the shooter's unsteadiness in offhand as well as smooths out the swing when trying to pot a running bunny.<BR/> There was a time when poor kids were given a small handful of cartridges and expected to bring home a critter for the pot for each one expended.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328124105257667842noreply@blogger.com