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Stevens Sideplate
Sep 2nd, 2012 at 7:55am
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I just bought an incomplete small sideplate for $75.00 which I consider a bargain if only for the cool factor. I don't have it in hand yet but I have seen a couple of out of focus photos. The hammer is missing as well as the mainspring, butt stock, and butt plate. It's hard to tell from the pics but it doesn't look too bad otherwise.

Here is the question. What should I do with it? Leave it as is because of it's rarity or try to restore it.
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Reply #1 - Sep 2nd, 2012 at 2:11pm
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Hmmm. Let's see. If I found a 1913 Stutz in a barn that had the tires rotted off and the leather upholstery in tatters, should I leave it as-is, or restore it?

In both cases you have a pile of cool parts, or you could have something you could use. What to do!!! Undecided Roll Eyes Cry
  
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Reply #2 - Sep 2nd, 2012 at 3:01pm
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Here's a link you might try.  I can't tell if the sideplate and the 1884 have any interchangeable parts - you'll probably have to give them a call.  Hope this helps.
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Reply #3 - Sep 2nd, 2012 at 3:02pm
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CRS strikes again  Lips Sealed
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Re: Stevens Sideplate
Reply #4 - Sep 2nd, 2012 at 4:52pm
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I would try to restore it. Finding parts will not be easy but I have found that you can find parts for almost any thing if you are paitient enough. Price could be an issue but for what you have in it you can afford to spend a lot. Even if you end up with more in it than it is worth, if you keep it long enough, you will come out on it because of inflation.
  
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Reply #5 - Sep 2nd, 2012 at 4:53pm
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And this could be of use. A little more direct. About the best I've come across so far.

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I've just become the custodian of an 1894, so I'm learning too.
  
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Re: Stevens Sideplate
Reply #6 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 5:27pm
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    I had thought that the 1884 WAS the sideplate model...am I wrong? Wink                                                      jfeldman wrote on Sep 2nd, 2012 at 3:01pm:
Here's a link you might try.  I can't tell if the sideplate and the 1884 have any interchangeable parts - you'll probably have to give them a call.  Hope this helps.
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Reply #7 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 6:13pm
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The Sideplate Favorite was (I believe) the 1885 model.  Enclosed is a picture of my Sideplate Favorite with a couple of 1894 hammers above the action.  As you can see, they are not exact replacements.

Good score anyway for $75.  Restore it, definitely.
  
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Reply #8 - Sep 3rd, 2012 at 11:31pm
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32Bxl - I should have said 1894 instead of 1884.  I believe the sideplate was the 1889.  Someone jump in here if I'm wrong, please.  Did I mentions CRS? Grin
Hope I haven't murkied the waters too much.
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Reply #9 - Sep 8th, 2012 at 12:12pm
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    Grin Oh...okay.  1889 is what I'd read somewhere before.  The sideplate type locks up a lot better than the 1894's and later, in my opinion
  
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Reply #10 - Sep 14th, 2012 at 1:51pm
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The small sideplate arrived today. I am very pleased with the condition of the parts. Very little rust and no pitting. The action is tight and the only part missing is the hammer and mainspring. The spring is no problem and if one of you sideplate owners will help out the hammer won't be either. If someone would take a scan of the hammer and measure the thickness I can make one. I'll probably have a few more questions too. Oh yes, it is a .22.
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Reply #11 - Sep 15th, 2012 at 4:31pm
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Digitall423,

Here's a photo of the hammer with some scaling devices.  I couldn't get the scanner to work for some reason.  The hole is large enough to slip a 0.195" gauge through, and the hammer is 0.253" thick.
  
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Reply #12 - Sep 15th, 2012 at 7:02pm
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Did anybody read the linked page?

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"1889 Sideplate Version"
  
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Reply #13 - Sep 16th, 2012 at 10:36pm
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The patent date on the barrel of my Sideplate Favorite is 1885.  Maybe the 90-degree angled-receiver Favorites are the ones that have the 1889 hammer.  Some of them have main springs that abut on a screw on the inside of the tang, rather than being attached with a screw through a hole in the spring or abutting on a cast-in boss.  I'll have to take one of the 90-degree Favorites I have apart sometime to see when I have time to unearth one from my safe.  But the Sideplate hammer is different from both the 1889 and the 1894 hammers, at least in the specimen I have.  The photo I posted shows the two that Wisener's illustrate above my Side-Plate.
  
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