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Reply #15 - Jun 6th, 2016 at 4:41pm
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Bent ramrod  your rifle looks almost exactly as mine does. Mine has about 99% nickle on it. and it was a .22 and converted to 25-20 SS.
  
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Reply #16 - Jun 6th, 2016 at 4:50pm
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frnkeore wrote on Jun 6th, 2016 at 4:27pm:
...They used Marlin (Wallensak) mounts.

Frank


Sure you know that Wallensack scopes were also discontinued about the time the war began, but of course the company continued producing optical goods for the war effort.  Carolyn, on the other hand, seemed to sink with all hands, unless their production facilities were taken over by a larger entity, as Westinghouse took over Stevens in WW I.  
  
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Reply #17 - Jun 7th, 2016 at 12:21am
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Mine is almost bereft of nickel, but the bore is pretty good and it locks up tight.  The barrel is about the same size and weight as the one used on the 044-1/2.

Stevens was pretty astute in looking for possible new markets for its products.  The Gibson Girl was all the rage then, and she was a sportswoman--golfing, fishing, tennis, horseback riding and so forth.  Inevitably, she would get around to shooting if she could be sure she wouldn't get Bubba-ized or lose her femininity in the process.  I can't think of another firm that tried to cultivate this potential market with something the women would like.  It's only now, 100 years later, that companies make the designer color handguns and cute pink rifles to offer the other half of the population.

I think Carolyn's main products were surveyors transits and stuff like that.  Telescopic rifle sights were just a sideline.
  
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