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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #15 - May 12^th, 2021 at 7:47pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 12^th, 2021 at 7:31pm: End of that barrel looks very odd. Should be flat, and the BB should clamp up against it. That's kind of what I thought too but everything seems to lock up pretty parallel


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #16 - May 12^th, 2021 at 7:49pm	Print Post
	Is the back of the breechblock tight against the shoulders in the frame when the action is closed?

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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #17 - May 12^th, 2021 at 7:54pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 12^th, 2021 at 7:49pm: Is the back of the breechblock tight against the shoulders in the frame when the action is closed? Absolutely closes up like a vault


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #18 - May 12^th, 2021 at 8:01pm	Print Post
	Good. Having the shoulders in contact takes a lot of load off the link. If they're not, the load on the BB pivot screw is very high. John Taylor showed us a breechblock torn right apart.

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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #19 - May 12^th, 2021 at 8:36pm	Print Post
	I just went down by the house in my little 50 yd range in rann 10 test loads out of it over the hood of the truck. I used 20 g of 4198 and a tapered 265g Welsh design. Everything went pretty well the bottom group is with the barrel sight and the top group is when I flipped up the Lyman. I cast the bullets about a 1/2 hour before I shot them and just rubbed lube on them. Primers looked great and everything seems fine so it looks like there might be a little bit of promise with this one.


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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 293 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #20 - May 13^th, 2021 at 9:12am	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 12^th, 2021 at 7:31pm: End of that barrel looks very odd. Should be flat, and the BB should clamp up against it. The back of the barrel on my early 44 in 32-40 has the same chamfer.


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #21 - May 13^th, 2021 at 9:44am	Print Post
	jimmy wrote on May 13^th, 2021 at 9:12am: uscra112 wrote on May 12^th, 2021 at 7:31pm: End of that barrel looks very odd. Should be flat, and the BB should clamp up against it. The back of the barrel on my early 44 in 32-40 has the same chamfer. Thanks for confirming that because I swore another 44 I saw a few years ago had a very similar breech end.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #22 - May 13^th, 2021 at 11:53am	Print Post
	Trying to make it look like a Maynard? It almost looks to me like the rim will be exposed.

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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 891 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #23 - May 13^th, 2021 at 1:25pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 13^th, 2021 at 11:53am: Trying to make it look like a Maynard? It almost looks to me like the rim will be exposed. This was my exact thought, looks like a Maynard.


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1304 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #24 - May 13^th, 2021 at 2:26pm	Print Post
	Stevens purchased the Massachusetts Arms Co., maker of the Maynards, in 1883. Perhaps there's some connection, though I'd guess the 44 in question was built some 20 years later. Bill Lawrence


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #25 - May 13^th, 2021 at 2:49pm	Print Post
	Based on features I can see, it's 1896 to 1900. I'm speculating that maybe the bevel has the same function as it did for the Maynard - to let the shooter get a grip on the rim of partially extracted shell to remove it. I'd very much like to add this one the the Model 44 database.
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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #26 - May 13^th, 2021 at 3:13pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 13^th, 2021 at 2:49pm: Based on features I can see, it's 1896 to 1900. I'm speculating that maybe the bevel has the same function as it did for the Maynard - to let the shooter get a grip on the rim of partially extracted shell to remove it. I'd very much like to add this one the the Model 44 database. Do you want me to get you a picture of the serial number on the barrel? It does not match receiver number btw


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #27 - May 13^th, 2021 at 3:43pm	Print Post
	Yes. please. And that answers the question of whether it's the original barrel.

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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #28 - May 13^th, 2021 at 4:58pm	Print Post
	uscra112 wrote on May 13^th, 2021 at 3:43pm: Yes. please. And that answers the question of whether it's the original barrel. The guy I bought it from took the 38-55 off of another gun and put it on this one and luckily it indexed. He said he did nothing to the breech end.


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 38-55 case dragging block. Reply #29 - May 13^th, 2021 at 5:49pm	Print Post
	More pics.


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