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Beautiful 44. I bet it shoots as well as it looks.

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Hi Jack :

Nice J. Stevens rifle !  I've never met a J.Stevens that I didn't like.

However, some one who owned that rifle after it left Chicopee Falls didn't quite know what the two small 5-40 threaded holes in the upper tang were there for.  But you being the smart fella that you are can fix that to be right in no time at all.

Happy shooting,   

C.M.M.

Spent some time at the range this evening.  I only shot 25 rds or so at 100 yds. through the Stevens at the end when the conditions were almost perfect.  1st shot was off to the right.  The next 5 grouped well.  It seems to like Federal Premium Gold Medal Match like my Martini.

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Jack

This rifle appears to have a removable lower tang?  Was this ever an option from Stevens? If so can anyone tell me who does this kind of work and about how much the cost factor would be to convert one?

Don G

Its possible that this rifle is a 44 1/2 Stevens, the picture dosen't let us see the breechblock, it could be the 44 1/2 with the different extractor.   ledball

It's a 44.

     Joe.

It's definitely a 44, and I personally love them. Sure they're not as strong as a 44.5, but they are good for the calibers Slumlord mentioned, and are asthetically much nicer to my eyes. 
I've had a few 44.5's and like them, but I like the looks of my 44's more.

I'd have to disagree also that 44s are junk. I own three of them and have found them all a pleasure to shoot. The one that I have in 22LR is relined with a TJ liner and it is a tack driver. The one that I have in 32-40 has proven accurate with breech seated cast bullets. Yes I know that they are not as strong as a 44 1/2 however if you feed them the right stuff you've nothing to worry about. In my 32-40 I shoot 12.5 grains of IMR4227 behind a SAECO #632 cast bullet. Check out the target that I have posted. There was a 12X Unertl scope on the rifle when it was shot. The barrel is the original, and not relined. Only modification to the rifle in the addition of the Unertl scope.Still think that they are junk?

                            Sendaro

Jim Goergen and I started collecting single shots on almost the same day. Recently he mentioned the revisionist view that 44s were now considered no good. I still have some high grade 44s in their original calibers that I shoot very often. None of them have ever loosened up. I also have noticed that G&H 03 Springfields do not command the same price as those made on Model 98 or Model 70 actions. In all of these cases, I am happy to go along with the new view and pay the lower prices.