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texasmac Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1866 Location: Central Texas Joined: Aug 16^th, 2004	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #15 - Oct 26^th, 2022 at 7:50pm	Print Post
	The barrel is definitely 26". If you assume the scope bases are 7.2" apart, then using the photo, measure the length of the barrel and do the math. Using the photo I measured the base spacing at 2" and the barrel at 7.26". So 2X=7.2(7.26), therefore X or the barrel length is roughly 26.14". Wayne

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1301 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #16 - Oct 26^th, 2022 at 7:51pm	Print Post
	I think the caliber stamp has been filled with White-Out or white paint to enhance readability. Also, while the lugged hammer is so often seen on .32-40 and larger 44s, the .28-30 would also almost surely merit one. Bill Lawrence


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S99VG Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 495 Location: CA Joined: Feb 1^st, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #17 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 3:47pm	Print Post
	When were lugged hammer 44s made?


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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1301 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #18 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 4:26pm	Print Post
	Forum member uscra112 can likely answer this definitively. But my memory is that the lugged Model 44 hammers were dropped (as were 44 chamberings that were deemed to need them) when the 44-12 action was introduced in 1903/1904. Also, I don't believe they were ever used on the 100-series of pre-44 rifles. Thus I'd date them to roughly 1900-1903. Bill Lawrence


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4034 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #19 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 7:15pm	Print Post
	Been watching that one..... In my log, .28-30s show up much too early to be originals, even back into s/n in the mid "teens", which suggests that they have been rebarreled to .28-30 after 1900. This is the only .28-30 that has the lugged hammer, as far as I can see. My SWAG is that this one is yet another rebarrel job, but with Stevens, as we know only too well, anything is possible. I'd love it if it were provably original, because it would provide a benchmark to help correlate serial numbers to dates....... Lugged hammers show up very early. s/n 5051 is the first, and they continue until the 44-1/2 took the big cartridges away from the 44. Yes, that sure looks like "torch color" to me. I hate it, but it doesn't do the receiver any harm. I just bought a Favorite like that.

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1301 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #20 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 7:32pm	Print Post
	AS far as the Model 44 in question possibly having a replaced barrel, note that the serial number on the barrel and the lower tang match: 40343. Bill Lawrence


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4034 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #21 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 7:35pm	Print Post
	MrTipUp wrote on Oct 29^th, 2022 at 7:32pm: AS far as the Model 44 in question possibly having a replaced barrel, note that the serial number on the barrel and the lower tang match: 40343. Bill Lawrence When Stevens rebarreled a rifle, the new barrel was given the receiver's number.

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1301 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #22 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 7:38pm	Print Post
	Ah, that likely explains the very slightly different fonts. Bill Lawrence


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4034 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #23 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 8:46pm	Print Post
	Yes, it would.

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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 833 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #24 - Oct 29^th, 2022 at 9:23pm	Print Post
	The bidding is up to $2325!


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1561 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #25 - Oct 30^th, 2022 at 12:15am	Print Post
	Sure shot wrote on Oct 29^th, 2022 at 9:23pm: The bidding is up to $2325! that's crazy for what appears to be a parts gun!


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4034 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #26 - Oct 30^th, 2022 at 12:26am	Print Post
	The more you pay, the more it's worth! Hope the buyer has $$ left over for brass. Look closely at the base of the tang sight. There seems to be a little lever (?) there that I haven't seen before.

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3750 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #27 - Oct 30^th, 2022 at 12:50am	Print Post
	What? The locking lever? Shouldn't there be a flip out aperture with that?


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4034 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #28 - Oct 30^th, 2022 at 5:56am	Print Post
	Thought that might be it. None of mine have it.

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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 833 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens 44 being sold as Stevens 44 1/2 Reply #29 - Oct 30^th, 2022 at 10:45am	Print Post
	There is a Allen head cap screw in the front hole of the mount base on the tang sight, it really looks out of place.


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