A friend of mine brought this 'ol girl to me to "have a look at" and see what I thought about "resurrecting" her.
I thought there must be some "Stevens experts" here and if nothing else they might like to see it. 
I'm not even sure of what model it is ? 
Owner grew up on a farm, his uncles had it, cut it down with a hacksaw. Just kids, playing around on a farm. Of course highly illegal in its current form (at least here in Canada).
Obviously needs a lot of work, new barrel, wood, etc. etc. Action seems to work, though loose. Firing pin broken. Pins are all worn loose. Basically, it needs "everything".
Owner seems willing to spend some money on her - probably more than its really worth, but for him its the sentimental value, because he played with it as a kid. Says he'd just like to take it out and shoot a few Grouse with it again.

cuslog wrote on Jan 26^th, 2017 at 10:40pm:


He'd better have a VERY liberal idea of "some."

Yup.  Won't even have to move the firing pin to make it a .22.  New screws and new extractors are available from Wisner's, maybe also Numrich. Wood shows up on Gunbroker and evilBay from time to time.   It'll make an excellent project, and not too costly.  If originality is not paramount, a Marlin Model 60 barrel can easily be machined to fit.  They show up on Gunbroker for as little as $40 sometimes. I Otherwise get a clapped-out Stevens barrel and reline it. Cost won't be prohibitive at all.   

I'm probably being paranoid...
But I would get that barrel and stock off of the receiver and, at least, store them somewhere else.

Measure the dimensions and contours of the barrel shank that fits into the receiver, and save the barrel stub for future reference.  There were several different shank sizes and shapes for that vintage Favorite, and a new or replacement barrel may or may not fit.  Much easier transferring the shape of the old barrel shank itself to the new barrel than divining it from measurements on the inside of the receiver.

broken_arrow wrote on Jan 27^th, 2017 at 6:46am:


Yes, my first thought too. If the Coppers up here saw that, on a good day they'd just seize it and have it destroyed - on a bad day they'd seize it and charge you with possession of a prohibited weapon - which carries possible jail time.
Owner hasn't yet decided what to do with it but if it stays here with me for very long, that barrel will be separated from the action.

Here's your buttstock:  (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

If it's a 1915 receiver, get 1915 wood.