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arlon Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #15 - Apr 19^th, 2017 at 10:58pm	Print Post
	Skalkaho wrote on Apr 18^th, 2017 at 8:56am: Arlon. Thank God you appreciate your Grand Fathers Gun and his Life! PLEASE do not go to Las Vegas and visit Pawn Stars, so you can "Party" ...I will be pissed! Not likely! I have shot it a bit and it's just fun to shoot. Now I find out it is even more special as it has an optional wide receiver. It's a bit fatter than the standard 44 action. Fortunately I have a 44 in 38-55 to compare it with.


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Leo1885 Junior Member Offline Posts: 85 Location: Beaverton, OR Joined: Sep 30^th, 2007	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #16 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 11:21am	Print Post
	That is really, really cool!


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powderman Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 334 Location: British Columbia Joined: Feb 26^th, 2005	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #17 - Apr 20^th, 2017 at 3:05pm	Print Post
	What an unusually nice rifle with a nice family connection! Regards, Powderman


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arlon Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #18 - May 10^th, 2017 at 4:21pm	Print Post
	Just added a few detail pics. I assume the "1" stamped on the barrel flat is the barrel size/contour?


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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #19 - May 11^th, 2017 at 7:54am	Print Post
	Assuming that the "1" is not a misstamp and is correctly interpreted, just how common are .38-55s in a No. 1 barrel? Bill Lawrence


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arlon Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #20 - May 11^th, 2017 at 9:23pm	Print Post
	Bill Lawrence wrote on May 11^th, 2017 at 7:54am: Assuming that the "1" is not a misstamp and is correctly interpreted, just how common are .38-55s in a No. 1 barrel? Bill Lawrence One thing I noticed was that the "1" stamp has dinged left base of number. The one in the SN was struck with the exact same broken stamp as the one on the barrel.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #21 - May 11^th, 2017 at 10:19pm	Print Post
	Wonderful closeups. What sort of camera are you using ? I need one like it.

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arlon Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #22 - May 11^th, 2017 at 10:55pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 11^th, 2017 at 10:19pm: Wonderful closeups. What sort of camera are you using ? I need one like it. Close up/macro photography is one of my favorite hobbies. I shoot a LOT of bugs (with a Nikon, not a single shot).. I mostly use a Nikon D800E camera with a Tokina 100m F2.8 macro lens. Flash is used with a home made on flash soft box. Check out the bug gallery at pbase.com/arlon (-:}


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16111 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #23 - May 12^th, 2017 at 9:13am	Print Post
	I don't know Stevens barrel weight system. But your barrel looks too heavy to be what I'd typically know as a #1 weight for other makers.

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3874 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #24 - May 12^th, 2017 at 11:18am	Print Post
	Did they ever sell them in sets of multiple calibers? Like British gun sets with the barrels marked 1 and 2.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16111 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #25 - May 12^th, 2017 at 12:34pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on May 12^th, 2017 at 11:18am: Did they ever sell them in sets of multiple calibers? Like British gun sets with the barrels marked 1 and 2. Yes, they did indeed sell multiple barrel sets. Unfortunately, I never looked at my friend's two multiple barrel sets to see if they were numbered #1 and #2. But both barrels were serial numbered to the receiver.

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arlon Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #26 - May 12^th, 2017 at 7:20pm	Print Post
	Since both ones were stamped with the same stamp and in the same orientation I almost wonder if the guy started to stamp the SN on the flat and then realized he was stamping in the wrong place..


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3570 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #27 - May 12^th, 2017 at 8:14pm	Print Post
	Or, noticed the missing serif for the first time and tested it out in a hidden spot to see if it was still usable, or if he needed to explain to the tool room boss that he needed yet another one.


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arlon Participating Member Offline Posts: 43 Joined: Mar 29^th, 2017	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #28 - Feb 13^th, 2019 at 8:28pm	Print Post
	Anyone else have one of these in 38-55 that's being used? I've been shooting it with a 250gr bullet and 20 gr of IMR 4198. Just wondering what the limit on this older weaker action might be?


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Bill Lawrence Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1037 Joined: Mar 17^th, 2014	Re: Stevens Model 52 Reply #29 - Feb 14^th, 2019 at 7:31am	Print Post
	Since your rifle is a .38-55, I expected to see the lugged hammer. But I'd never heard (or more likely at my age simply forgot) that the actions of 44s chambered in .32-40 and up were also thicker/"fatter". Now I don't have a complete set of Stevens catalogs between 1894 and 1916, but as best I can tell, parts lists for the 44 always list only one frame and never list a lugged hammer. In short, I've always wondered: if smokeless powder hadn't "caught on", would Stevens have ever introduced the 44-1/2 action, which, along with thereafter all but refusing to chamber 44-actioned rifles in centerfire calibers, in a way publically admitted that the 44 actions did have safety issues/limitations? Bill Lawrence


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