Redsetter wrote on Nov 9
th, 2018 at 3:22pm:
uscra112 wrote on Nov 9
th, 2018 at 1:55pm:
I've sworn off buying more guns, but thinking about this is making me hungry for a 417 of my own.
Read DeHass' criticism of the 417 sear & hammer before you do--sure put me off wanting one! The 417-1/2 doesn't have that same super-heavy mainspring, & does have a half-cock notch; what it
doesn't have, however, is the same heavy brl. & stock set as the 417, so that queers it for me. No doubt it was once possible to have Stevens fit a 417 brl & stocks to the 417-1/2 action, but little late for that now.
Of course the 418 series is a horse of a different color entirely--derived from the 1915 Favorite, not the 44.
Red,
You might want to pull out your copy of the Stevens Component Parts pamphlet (Form 7034-3), and go to the 418, 418 1/2 page, and compare the notches that are shown on the two hammers that are pictured... 17 Hammer N. S., and 17A Hammer O. S.
Also shown on the 418, 418 1/2 page are 24 Mainspring N. S., 24A Mainspring O. S., 25 Mainspring Plunger comp N. S., 25A Mainspring Plunger comp and O. S.
The page for the 417 and 417 1/2 also shows the two different hammers, two respective mainsprings, and two respective mainspring plungers.