Wow....what have they done here??????
LOL.....
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Terry

3800.00 dollars.  Nice case colors on the action.

       Joe. 

bpjack wrote on Apr 12^th, 2016 at 11:51pm:

I don't think you could paddle a canoe with that.  The lack of control would send you in circles at best, probably just cause a tip over 

Well, you guy's don't know as much as you think!   It's a "fiddle" stock.  It's for a type of Schuetzen-style shooting originating in the Blue Ridge Mountains area of Kentucky and Tennessee, and in parts of West Virginia.  Just hold the rifle just like playing the fiddle, hence the name.  The 90-degree sight is missing, otherwise you would have easily deduced the proper horizontal hold and "L" sight-line.  It makes shooting with the strong crosswinds of the Applichian mountains a lot easier.  The breech-loading tool looks and handles almost like "violin bow."

I bet you guys don't even know about the "banjo" pistol-stock.  It was primarily used for duels in rural Arkansas.  I think there is a tune or music- piece about them.

You guys believe me, right?

I can’t decide who has contributed more mistakes to the ad. It was certainly placed by someone who had no knowledge of what he has. As opposed to who ever did the stock work that had no sence of proportion or style. I guess he was trying to make a Schoyen-style stock. And by the way that’s no canoe paddle ask Leadball.

40 Rod

See, we "rebels" know these rare weapons.

Rebel, are the mounts left- handed, i.e., adjustments are reversed for "lefties". Oh, and it's pronounced "Faquier," French designer.

Look where the palmrest is located, this belonged to one long-armed fellow. I like my canoe paddle buttstock much better after seeing this one.   Ledball

Because the photos are so (purposely?) uninformative, I may be wrong about the following; and if so, I'll surely be corrected.

First, while the action does appear to have a Stevens-style removable lower tang fitted with double-sets triggers, what screws and pins I can see suggest that the action is NOT a 44-1/2.  Moreover, it's my memory that the action's "trade mark" stamp was not applied until after WWI, at which time the 44-1/2 action was gone.

In short, I think it's at best a 44 action.

Bill Lawrence

marlinguy wrote on Apr 13^th, 2016 at 3:30pm:


That extra screw, though not common, is found on some 44 1/2s chambered in 22 RF that used the Stevens kicking extractor (ejector).

I had forgotten about 44-1/2s with a kicking extractor.  So, having reviewed the auction pictures again, the crux for me is that the lever appears to be pivoting on a pin rather than a screw; if so, it's a 44-1/2.

Bill Lawrence

Appears to be a 44 1/2.

Shorter breech block, higher sidewalls, correct pins and screws with ejector.....?

The rest of it........ Weird.

John

Bill,

Looking at the enlarged LH and RH view pictures, my eyes don't see a screw slot in the end of the lever pin.

That's the point - i.e., since there's no screw slot, the lever pivoting on a pin rather than a machine screw and the action is therefore a 44-1/2 rather than a 44.

Bill L.

The right side of the action does not look like a Stevens 44. If you will look closely you can see how the side wall on the 44-1/2 slopes upward while the 44 does not. The side wall on the 44 does not support the breech block as high as the side wall does on the 44-i/2. Gentleman, it is a 44-1/2. Live with it.

"Special order"  Looks like a 44 1/2 on one side and a 44 on the other. 

     Joe. 

Seller:
Felix Cruz
2716 S Palm Grove Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90016

It's definetly a 44 1/2. The octagon R/S flat gets lost in the shadow & appears as a deeper curve on the side of the breech block, if you look closely at the L/S view you can see the curve of the block going from side to side & it's definetly not a factory job. If the price was right I'd buy it, reshape the butt after fitting it to the action & maybe make a set of pistol grips, although the wood looks like it came from the end of an apple crate. As far as the lever goes, it looks like a standard S-lever with finger grips soldered on, something done frequently back in the day. If it's got a fine bore it's probably worth about $750.     ...MIKE...