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Brownie Participating Member Offline Posts: 21 Location: Prineville Joined: Jan 4^th, 2013	Stevens Tip Up Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 11:58am	Print Post
	Do any of you have an opinion of this rifle on gunbroker? 391513893 Thanks in advance.

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slumlord44 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2850 Location: Lebanon, Illinois 62254 Joined: Dec 21^st, 2007	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #1 - Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 1:03pm	Print Post
	Looks pretty good to me. I have it on my watch list. His reserve and where the bidding goes will determine if it is a good deal or not. What are your concerns about it?


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Brownie Participating Member Offline Posts: 21 Location: Prineville Joined: Jan 4^th, 2013	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #2 - Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 4:06pm	Print Post
	I am not too familiar with what to look for as in original or not. He mentiions a repair to forarm?? Do you have an estimate of value. From the little research I have done it apears to only have been made in 22rf and 25 rf, this one is 25-35 ??? Safe???? Thanks for the reply.
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ACGould Full Member Offline Posts: 138 Location: Central San Joaquin Valley Joined: Sep 3^rd, 2004	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #3 - Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 7:25pm	Print Post
	Given the stock, sights and butt-plate I would venture a guess that the forearm was a home or gunsmith made later addition. As far as it being a "25-35", it is to doubt! If it was, the first round of factory ammo would leave the rifle in pieces if the shooter was still alive to admire it. If anyone who is interested in the rifle would ask the seller to take a rough measurement at the mouth of the chamber one would quickly know if it was a 25-35 or, one of the .25 Stevens rounds such as 25-20 SS, 25-21 or 25-25 which are much smaller in diameter. This is all too common. A dolt on GB recently posted a "Frankenstein" cobbled together Low Wall in 25-35 only to come back later noting that he had "just found out" that it was a 25-20 WCF! I have made a few good buys on GB but they were the result of posting lots of questions and talking to the seller after requesting his telephone number. Be careful out there, Leon (ACGould)


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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #4 - Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 10:29pm	Print Post
	The 1888 catalog lists only .22 RF & CF for the Ladies' Model, numbers 11-14. Wouldn't doubt, however, that others, maybe .32RF, were available on special order. No .25s of any kind listed in this catalog. Wouldn't have believed that Tip Ups were chambered for anything as powerful as the .44-65, but it too is listed.
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Brownie Participating Member Offline Posts: 21 Location: Prineville Joined: Jan 4^th, 2013	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #5 - Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 10:45pm	Print Post
	Thanks a lot guys. I think I will stay away from that one. No reason to borrow trouble.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18328 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #6 - Feb 4^th, 2014 at 11:18am	Print Post
	Redsetter wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2014 at 10:29pm: The 1888 catalog lists only .22 RF & CF for the Ladies' Model, numbers 11-14. Wouldn't doubt, however, that others, maybe .32RF, were available on special order. No .25s of any kind listed in this catalog. Wouldn't have believed that Tip Ups were chambered for anything as powerful as the .44-65, but it too is listed. I think the seller has the model wrong. I think it's a Stevens Premier, not a Ladies' Model. There were a lot of interesting calibers available in the old Tip Ups, and some I also have been surprised at, ass I wouldn't have thought the action lock up capable of some of those calibers. I think both of the Stevens rifles he's selling are pretty neat guns, but the other is more to my liking.

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Redsetter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3468 Location: New York Joined: Aug 6^th, 2013	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #7 - Feb 4^th, 2014 at 12:51pm	Print Post
	Should ask seller to weigh it. 5.5 lb. for the Ladies' vs. at least 7 for the Premier.


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ledball Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1021 Location: syracuse, ohio Joined: Nov 20^th, 2009	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #8 - Feb 4^th, 2014 at 3:02pm	Print Post
	The Stevens Tip- up was chambered in 32/35, which came out about 1880, but I don't think it was ever chambered for the 32/40 Ballard. The 32/35 was and still is, a very accurate cartridge. Ledball


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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2346 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #9 - Feb 4^th, 2014 at 4:06pm	Print Post
	I've seen a Stevens tip-up chambered in 32-40. I believe it was original, at least it looked original. The owner never shot it, and I don't think I'd want to shoot it either.


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Brownie Participating Member Offline Posts: 21 Location: Prineville Joined: Jan 4^th, 2013	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #10 - Feb 4^th, 2014 at 6:30pm	Print Post
	The 32-35 and the 32-40 were blackpowder in 1880 and the 25-35 brought out around 1895 was smokeless. I think pressures would be a lot different.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 18328 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Tip Up Reply #11 - Feb 5^th, 2014 at 11:31am	Print Post
	I know of a friend who has an original Tip Up in .38-55 also. But since the gun at auction seems to be some sort of .25 caliber, I'd guess it's some Stevens .25 caliber, and definitely not a .25-35 Win. that came much later.

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