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cpace Participating Member Offline Posts: 11 Joined: May 26^th, 2015	Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Jun 15^th, 2022 at 4:58pm	Print Post
	Just received a 44 1/2 with a single set trigger. Not an expert on Stevens but do not recall anything about single set trigger. Adjustment screw on rear of trigger and push forward to set. Factory, modification, or after market? Thanks Carney


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2022 at 6:34pm	Print Post
	Factory, an extra as Stevens called the available options. Single set triggers are somewhat scarce because they didn’t work very well and thus Stevens didn’t sell very many.


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cpace Participating Member Offline Posts: 11 Joined: May 26^th, 2015	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #2 - Jun 16^th, 2022 at 8:13am	Print Post
	That is what I was expecting. In my reference books I could not find any information Thanks Carney


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jfeldman ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1083 Location: Imperial Beach, Ca Joined: Nov 5^th, 2005	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #3 - Jun 16^th, 2022 at 6:18pm	Print Post
	Some recent discussion on Stevens single set triggers............. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Regards, Joe


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2022 at 7:05pm	Print Post
	From the #52 Stevens catalog:


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1945 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #5 - Jun 16^th, 2022 at 8:08pm	Print Post
	So after reading the posts, the $64K question remains. Is the improved version improved?

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #6 - Jun 17^th, 2022 at 9:34pm	Print Post
	Thanks for that, SureShot. I don't know whether the one I got in this 44 is improved or not, but it sure is a sweet trigger. I think it's nicer than the DSTs I have. Decided not to put a different barrel on it, so the original is at Dr. John Taylor's to be linered in the original 22LR.

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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #7 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 5:18am	Print Post
	Here’s a picture of the single set trigger parts from the Stevens #53 catalog, c1911. In the same catalog it states that the single and double set triggers are not furnished on 44 rifles. The trigger plate or removable lower tang on the 44 1/2, is basically the same as one from a standard single trigger other than the threaded hole for the knock off spring.


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #8 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 6:37am	Print Post
	The trigger plate or removable lower tang on the 44 1/2, is basically the same as one from a standard single trigger other than the threaded hole for the knock off spring. So, if an enterprising gunsmith drilled and tapped a single hole and bought the necessary parts from Stevens, could he convert a standard trigger to a single-set trigger? Bill Lawrence


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #9 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 10:30am	Print Post
	MrTipUp wrote on Jun 18^th, 2022 at 6:37am: The trigger plate or removable lower tang on the 44 1/2, is basically the same as one from a standard single trigger other than the threaded hole for the knock off spring. So, if an enterprising gunsmith drilled and tapped a single hole and bought the necessary parts from Stevens, could he convert a standard trigger to a single-set trigger? Bill Lawrence Yes, I have done this with used parts so I would have matching serial numbers on my rifle.


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1945 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #10 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 12:12pm	Print Post
	Sure shot Do you have an idea from the catalogs, when Stevens stopped making double set triggers available on the 44 model?

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1314 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #11 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 2:35pm	Print Post
	Undoubtedly, Sure shot or one of our Stevens experts will be able to narrow rkba2nd's question down even finer. But several years ago much-missed Redsetter and I did our best on this Forum to create an accurate chronology of Stevens catalogs. Included in that research was my original catalog No. 51 (the 136-page edition) with mailing envelope that we dated to late 1903. That catalog states specifically that double set triggers are no longer available for Model 44 rifles. That should get the ball rolling. Bill Lawrence


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #12 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 3:18pm	Print Post
	First of all I don’t consider myself an expert on Stevens, but I am a serious student. I have learned much from everyone on this site the last few years, thank you. My #51 catalog reprint only mentions ideal rifles where it lists extras available for ideal rifles, not model numbers. My #52 catalog c1907-08 does list single set triggers and no double set triggers available for 44 model rifles, as in the picture of the catalog that I posted above. As I said above, the #53 catalog, c1911, says not furnished for either single or double set triggers for 44’s. My gut feeling is that soon after the 44 1/2 rifles were introduced, is more likely when they stopped offering double set triggers for the model 44. The #52 catalog c1907-08, also states that the model 44 rifle is now only offered in rimfire, and .25-20 and .32-20 centerfire cartridges.
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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 913 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #13 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 3:41pm	Print Post
	Oops, further reading in my #51 catalog c1903-04, it specifically says that, under the description of #44 rifles, “This rifle will not be fitted with double set triggers.


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1945 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #14 - Jun 18^th, 2022 at 9:39pm	Print Post
	Sure shot thanks for your reply. I know that it is difficult to nail down dates based on serial numbers, but changes in availability of options can help, which is why I asked the question. I have a 45 model special order 44 with double sets, with no provision for barrel sights, and fitted with a Cummins scope. I have always pondered when it might have been made. Unfortunately we will never know definitively, but you have put me closer.

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #15 - Jul 9^th, 2022 at 12:59pm	Print Post
	I see a couple of 44s in my log with (I now think) serial numbers from the 44-1/2 sequence. These have set triggers of one flavor or another, and have the 6 o'clock extractor. It would seem that Stevens was willing and able to build a custom 44 after 1903, using the lower tang and s/n from the 44-1/2. The highest serial number of these is 9764, suggesting that this wasn't continued past the first few years after 1903. But these are so rare that anything's possible

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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1945 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Stevens 44 1/2 with single set trigger Reply #16 - Jul 9^th, 2022 at 10:55pm	Print Post
	Late again to the party, thanks Bill for your reply and information. I somehow missed your post. I apologize. Krag

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