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#J STEVENS ARMS SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP SERIAL NUMBERS#
Letter prefixes crept in on the serial numbers used on both hammer and hammerless doubles from 1913 to 1939. Stevens used plain numbers from their first double in 1878 until 1913.Ģ. For now I can tell you, sticking to doubles only, that:ġ. The short answer is yes, but it would take more space than Gun Digest can give us for this Q&A column to give you complete answers. Can you make some sense out of Savage/Stevens/Fox/Springfield serial number usage that will help me to date my doubles and clue me in on important variations? Can you tell me what the letter prefixes mean? Does it give me a clue to the correct Model designation? I am confused. This one has a capital letter C prefix ahead of a six digit number and it appears only on the left side of the frame.ĭo you know the significance of this C letter prefix? Can I determine the date of manufacture from this letter? Do letter prefixes occur on other versions of the Stevens 311? I have seen Stevens 311s with no serial numbers at all. Other Stevens-made doubles I own have ‘plain' serial numbers, none over five digits, on the frame, barrels and fore end. My interest lies with the really early ones - up to about 1900, so I haven't been very assiduous about logging the post-war ones.I have just bought a Stevens Model 311 double for my collection. This appears to start at about s/n 70,000.īased on that, is seems that the last rifles made before the Westinghouse takeover must be up in the high 50,000 range.Īll very confusing. Many post-war rifles have the word Stevens in a large diamond stamped on the left side of the receiver. Post-war, quite a few rifles have a small oval with the letters SVG in it, stamped on the frame. I have logged a pre-war roll-stamped rifle with a serial number in the 72xxx range, but at the same time I have a rifle with the post-war marking in the low 60xxx range. But it seems that, post-War, they used up a lot of pre-war barrels already rollstamped, or maybe just chose to use up dies they already had. I think that dates from the end of the pre-WW1 production, about 1915, but there is no solid evidence. I have another Plain Jane 44 in 25-20 Single Shot with a SN in the 48,000 range.
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I have a Model 47, with a 44 action in 28-30 caliber. Were the side-plate actions numbered separately? Were the 417s (and maybe the 418s) numbered in sequence with the rest of the 44 actions? There were no 44s (or other Stevens) made during WW1.ĭid post WW1 Stevens rifles have the same set of markings? The 28-30 was only made for the 44 action between 19. Going from memory, the 7 o'clock extractor disappeared and the 6 o'clock extractor appeared in 1900. My understanding is that the 404 and 414 were numbered right along with the rest of the 44 actions. Those can be tied to general number ranges. There are no absolute numbers, but there are years associated with changes in the 44 action and calibers.