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Frankford Full Member Offline Posts: 162 Location: Clint, TX Joined: Dec 20^th, 2012	Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Sep 30^th, 2014 at 2:33am	Print Post
	A Stevens 44 1/2 in 32-40 came in and Its stamped 00 under the hand guard on the receiver front. What's this mean ? Frankford


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ledball Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1011 Location: syracuse, ohio Joined: Nov 20^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #1 - Sep 30^th, 2014 at 6:35am	Print Post
	No one seems to know what these markings mean. Ledball


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gewehrfreund Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 437 Location: Cortland Joined: Jan 24^th, 2005	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #2 - Sep 30^th, 2014 at 7:09am	Print Post
	One of my two 44 1/2's has this as well, so it sounds like it's fairly common, whatever it means.


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MerwinBray Oldtimer Offline Aw Gees Posts: 938 Location: Kansas City, KS Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #3 - Sep 30^th, 2014 at 1:22pm	Print Post
	mine has it, too.

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #4 - Sep 30^th, 2014 at 1:40pm	Print Post
	I feel deprived. One of mine (which happens to be apart) has only a single "O". The Model 44 had a digit from 2 to 5 stamped there, to indicated barrel weight as supplied from the factory. Could they have started some sort of new code on the 44 1/2? My catalogs don't indicate anything.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7324 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #5 - Sep 30^th, 2014 at 3:03pm	Print Post
	As everyone is saying, no one knows what the marks mean. Some say the "0" means no options and the "EX" means it came with extras, seems logical but, it doesn't hold up. Here is one of my 44 1/2's, marked 44 1/2, 0 and then a 9 that I've never seen on any others but, it's a little crooked and could have been added later by? Frank

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #6 - Sep 30^th, 2014 at 4:19pm	Print Post
	That's the trouble with Stevens history... you can't send for a factory record like you can for many Winchesters. Unless you have the original sales receipt for the Stevens, or other verifiable provenance, it's a guessing game. And the passing of almost 100 years has allowed a lot of time for parts swapping (should I call that upgrading or restoration so no feathers are ruffled??), which causes additional confusion.

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Frankford Full Member Offline Posts: 162 Location: Clint, TX Joined: Dec 20^th, 2012	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #7 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 12:29am	Print Post
	Wow, i'm glad to hear its not condemned or something bad. When Savage merger with Stevens, maybe they have records ? Frankford


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #8 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 5:42am	Print Post
	'Fraid not. Stevens was sold to Westinghouse during WW1, and made a vast number of Moisin-Nagants, until the Red Revolution. Right after Congress started a post-war investigation into "war profiteering" by Westinghouse, there was a fire (of suspicious origin by some accounts), which destroyed all the Stevens records. Some things never change.

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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7324 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #9 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 11:44am	Print Post
	Has anyone ever seen a third number like the #9 (or any other number) stamped in my rifle above? Frank

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #10 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 12:04pm	Print Post
	None of mine have that extra number, Frank.

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Ciao998 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 263 Location: Kennewick, WA Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2013	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #11 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 2:42pm	Print Post
	It's an upside down 6! For the extractor Frank! Lol, really, all I know about stevens, is you never know. John


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westerner Frequent Elocutionist Offline deleted posts and threads record holder. Posts: 11521 Location: Why, out West of course Joined: May 29^th, 2006	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #12 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 2:50pm	Print Post
	What does your Stevens have on it, John? Jodad

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Ciao998 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 263 Location: Kennewick, WA Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2013	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 ID question Reply #13 - Oct 2^nd, 2014 at 6:34pm	Print Post
	Mine is marked just like Franks without the "9" 44 1/2 0 John


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