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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 542 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Stevens 44 question Jan 29^th, 2021 at 10:51am	Print Post
	I have 2 Stevens 44's I have recently acquired. Both are marked 44 and 0 on the face of the action. Both have the lower tang bent to form a pistol grip. The tangs do not look like they were once straight then bent. Serial #'s are 30432 and 13962. Both have 6 o'clock extractors. Did Stevens make pistol grip actions stamped 44 in this serial # range ?


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LarryLee Participating Member Offline Posts: 47 Joined: Aug 23^rd, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #1 - Jan 29^th, 2021 at 3:47pm	Print Post
	The Model 47, Schuetzen and ladies modesl had pistol grips, possibly among others. Wayne


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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 542 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #2 - Jan 29^th, 2021 at 7:41pm	Print Post
	They weren't stamped 44 on the action face.


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #3 - Jan 29^th, 2021 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	Possible special order rifles? Looking at the reprint Stevens catalogs that I have, you could special order many things and Stevens would accommodate you, called “extras” to be added to the price of the rifle. $5.00 to $7.00 dollars for a plain pistol grip stock, depending on the year of the catalog. It seems in the earlier Stevens catalogs, many extras were available to add on to your rifle, as time went on the later catalogs, such as the 1914 catalog, they had less extras listed, and it seems like Stevens was less likely to accept special orders. Isn’t it fun trying to figure things out after 120 years or so without factory records.


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scharfe Oldtimer Offline A good plan today beats a perfect plan tomorrow. Posts: 542 Location: ny / pa line Joined: Dec 18^th, 2006	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #4 - Jan 30^th, 2021 at 10:26am	Print Post
	I actually enjoy it. When you reach a dead end you speculate. No provenance does not mean no history. I have an original Rolling Block Target rifle. It turned up in Montana and in very good shape. Did it belong to some well heeled rancher, some Remittance man ? Did it ever drop a Buffalo ? A boy's entitled to his dreams ain't he ?


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #5 - Jan 30^th, 2021 at 1:11pm	Print Post
	Good point, and a great attitude scharfe.


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weneedtoo Junior Member Offline Posts: 86 Joined: Sep 9^th, 2017	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #6 - Jan 30^th, 2021 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	I too recently acquired a Stevens 44 that is stamped 44 and 0 on the face of the frame. #34501 What do you guys think?


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2845 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Stevens 44 question Reply #7 - Feb 1^st, 2021 at 7:36pm	Print Post
	weneedtoo wrote on Jan 30^th, 2021 at 2:23pm: I too recently acquired a Stevens 44 that is stamped 44 and 0 on the face of the frame. #34501 What do you guys think? That was the Stevens marking for Plain Jane Model 44 rifles.


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