Wow and congratulations! 
It is not often that one can find what he or she actually wants.

Nice find. The optional sights are a plus but not all that common.

From just a quick examination, the very small Peep Hole frames the Hood of the Front Sight.  So in addition to centering on the Pin Head I have a ring of light around the Hood.  Now to be 20 again with sharp eyes.

Actually, they're not "all that rare".  I'd say 60-70 % of all the unmolested Stevens tip-ups I've seen or handled in the last nearly 60 years have had those sights.  They are, however, more common on the larger pocket rifles than on the "real" rifles.

Bill Lawrence

Bore is .300, Chamber is .318.   Haven't measured the chamber length.  Not quite a Sewer Pipe.  Going to be interesting to lap the bore and make up an Everlast Case.  Another project.  He who dies with the most Un Finished Projects Wins😉

Did some one say “sewer pipe” for a bore?

It got better after a lot of scrubbing😁

Mostly leading in that bore?

Bill Lawrence

Checking the fit of the brass.

I have sewer pipe bore tip up in 38 centerfire.the bore is generous(.363) but with .358 hollow base Hornady wadcutters rolled in Lee alox it will shoot 3" at 50 yards often.Mine has the simple fixed sights though.

SBoomer wrote on Dec 24^th, 2021 at 9:18am:


Sorry Boomer, I either missed this or was chasing some other shiny object.

The twist is 1/26ish I think. It’s a 26” barrel and I can not quite get a full twist, BUT, there is a spot in the barrel where the rifling is almost completely gone. No matter what I do, the jag or even a brush wrapped with a patch slips.

I have thought about a rebore or liner, but then would probably want to put a scope on it to take advantage of the potential. 

As it is right now, I set it up in a Pope style front rest and using a Lee 311-100 sized to .307” it will actually shoot about 1 3/4” at 50 yards at 700 fps. 
8/10 on a 2” spinner off the front porch and a set of bags works fine for me.

I’d hate to buy a decent mold, then good sights and ruin all the fun by having high expectations. But if a correct tang sight should present itself.......