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aimlowsqueeze Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Location: Oklahoma Joined: Sep 23^rd, 2010	Stevens 44 or Tip up Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 9:35pm	Print Post
	I have the opportunity to get into this part of the shooting sports with either a Stevens 44 or Stevens Tip Up. Both are in .32-40. The Stevens 44 is going to be about $100 more than the Tip Up. Both have been refinished at some point and have brand new walnut stocks and forearms. I would certainly like some "experienced" advice before I commit to one or the other. Please advise. Thanks in advance!


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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #1 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 11:10pm	Print Post
	aimlowsqueeze, Do you happen to know the model # of the Stevens Tip Up?

	There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading, the few who learn by observation, and the rest who have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves. Proud Noodlehead
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ACGould Full Member Offline Posts: 138 Location: Central San Joaquin Valley Joined: Sep 3^rd, 2004	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #2 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 11:12pm	Print Post
	If restocked/refinished both are screwed as collectors items and at the same time aren't worth much as shooters as they are weak actions and easily overstressed if loaded with smokeless. If cost is an issue, used CPA/Shuttleworth Stevens turn up from time to time on GunBroker and elsewhere--these are strong replicas of the Stevens 44 1/2 action which was designed for smokeless powder. Otherwise look for a rebarreled or original Stevens 44 1/2 or High Wall Winchester. Enjoy, Leon


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aimlowsqueeze Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Location: Oklahoma Joined: Sep 23^rd, 2010	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2010 at 6:39am	Print Post
	No, I don't know the model number of the Tip Up. It is just being sold as a "Stevens Tip up. Thank you for your help.


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Reg Full Member Offline Posts: 180 Location: Wray Colorado Joined: Apr 28^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #4 - Sep 24^th, 2010 at 9:36am	Print Post
	R.E. "Single Shot Rifles"


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rustyrelx Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 474 Location: Wallace Idaho Joined: Oct 9^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #5 - Sep 24^th, 2010 at 5:57pm	Print Post
	There are many good reliable rifles out there. A collectable rifle doesn't make it a shooter sometimes you cannot beacuse of value. If the action is tight on either rifle then its moot. As to what you might expect from a rifle that old, ya get what ya pay for. Myself I would lean toward the tip up. Tipups are asthetically/artistically pleasing to me and in centerfire usefull. So its in taste. Does your taste got towards clunky? Does you taste go towards streamlined? The caliber is good and neither is a "match" rifle so its just what your eyes like as well as safe. What the heck buy them both you'll be happier... Don rustyrelx


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aimlowsqueeze Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Location: Oklahoma Joined: Sep 23^rd, 2010	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #6 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 8:56am	Print Post
	thanks guys...I am weighing all the information that has been provided and will be making a decision. I am drawn to the Tip Up and really don't know why. It is just something about the looks


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Joel Black Full Member Offline Posts: 165 Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2010	Re: Stevens 44 or Tip up Reply #7 - Sep 26^th, 2010 at 12:06pm	Print Post
	Does the tip up have a forend?


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