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Feb 18th, 2017 at 8:42pm
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Don't know what this model is exactly.  Some have said it's the rare "Stevens Trapper Model," of which only 16-2/3 were made at the factory.  Others have told me it's the even more legendary "Tanker Model," of which a maximum of 9-3/4 were made, but ordered destroyed by the League of Nations in 1921.

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Reply #1 - Feb 18th, 2017 at 10:03pm
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If it was a Sniper model I WANT IT!!!

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Reply #2 - Feb 18th, 2017 at 10:23pm
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A standard 44 1/2 that someone has shortened the barrel and added a custom forearm.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 18th, 2017 at 11:02pm
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Stevens Blunderbuss model 44 1/28, chambered in 4D roofing.
Harlow strikes again.
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Reply #4 - Feb 18th, 2017 at 11:16pm
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Mine is stamped "musketoon" on the barrel, and has a bayonet stud.
  
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Reply #5 - Feb 18th, 2017 at 11:41pm
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slumlord44 wrote on Feb 18th, 2017 at 10:23pm:
A standard 44 1/2 that someone has shortened the barrel and added a custom forearm.


I'd think so too, if I didn't have a copy of Stevens' incredibly rare GERMAN catalog, which identifies this as their Mannlicher model.
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 19th, 2017 at 6:33am
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All the enjoyable funning aside, I think it's a rather handsome and well-crafted "backpack" rifle.  Also, I vaguely remember - and I'm sure someone here will correct this as needed - that vintage experiments "proved" that the minimum barrel length that still gave good accuracy was 16" or thereabouts.

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Reply #7 - Feb 19th, 2017 at 8:56am
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Looks like the German Bergstutzen copy of the Stevens (pronounced "Stefens")
  
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Reply #8 - Feb 19th, 2017 at 2:37pm
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One last thought.  As a young lad, I would've sure liked this shorty Stevens as a first rifle far more than the bolt action Stevens I did get.

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Reply #9 - Feb 19th, 2017 at 5:03pm
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Stevens 44 1/2 New Model Bicycle Rifle?
  
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Re: Stevens Expert Needed
Reply #10 - Feb 23rd, 2017 at 11:07am
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The rare "Louisville Slugger" model fore end?
  
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