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sportslube Oldtimer Offline Posts: 578 Location: Eau Claire, wi Joined: May 13^th, 2008	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #90 - Jan 18^th, 2025 at 12:18pm	Print Post
	#54074. Original barrel 32 ideal. New Douglas 32-40 and new 32 ideal


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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1063 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #91 - Jan 18^th, 2025 at 1:27pm	Print Post
	sportslube wrote on Jan 18^th, 2025 at 12:18pm: #54074. Original barrel 32 ideal. New Douglas 32-40 and new 32 ideal Is this serial number correct? I've never heard of a Stevens 44 1/2 with a serial number over 12,XXX.


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sportslube Oldtimer Offline Posts: 578 Location: Eau Claire, wi Joined: May 13^th, 2008	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #92 - Jan 19^th, 2025 at 1:24pm	Print Post
	Went and checked it again in better light the stock screw was perfectly centered in the number, # is 5474. Sorry for the mix up


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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 994 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #93 - Oct 26^th, 2025 at 9:33pm	Print Post
	Late for supper, again. 44 1/2 #1365 Original chambering unknown, currently .32 Miller Short in a 29" Douglas barrel.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7517 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #94 - Oct 28^th, 2025 at 12:52pm	Print Post
	Shouldn't this thread be a Sticky?

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sportslube Oldtimer Offline Posts: 578 Location: Eau Claire, wi Joined: May 13^th, 2008	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #95 - Oct 28^th, 2025 at 5:02pm	Print Post
	5474 would be what year then. In 32 ideal Sportslube


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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 994 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #96 - Oct 29^th, 2025 at 9:16pm	Print Post
	A factor that would help to ballpark production dates could be: what was Stevens rate of production of the 44 1/2? Did they start off going gangbusters in 1903 and dribbled them out at the end, or vice versa? Is there anybody still at Stevens who was around back then who we could call and ask? Wasn't it Jack who said he swept the floors as a kid and was yelled at by Pope when he bumped the rifling machine with his broom handle?


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AZshot Full Member Offline Posts: 211 Location: Desert Southwest Joined: Nov 29^th, 2016	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #97 - yesterday at 9:15am	Print Post
	I think educated guesses for dates are all you could do. You could ask AI to estimate yearly production, based on lower production during wars, depressions, economy, etc. I may be wrong, but the problem may be Stevens serial numbers were not only used in the 44 1/4. They also used the same range in the 44 right? I've found with other Stevens the best way to guesstimate a date is to look at the catalogs for features changing. But that's hard with a 44 1/2, and all the high end versions, which may be cataloged, but seldom were bought.


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Sure shot Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1063 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Serial Numbers on Stevens 44 1/2 ... Reply #98 - yesterday at 11:30am	Print Post
	I don't believe the model 44 serial numbers were shared with the 44 1/2. The serial numbers on the 44 1/2's go to 12,000 plus,the 44's go over 70,000.


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