Good show Jack! Sometime in the early 60's a young woman came to my father's office with a box full of old pistols that had belonged to her grandfather, I think my father gave her $50.00 for them. The catch was that they were all missing parts and needed work. This is one of the pistols after I made grips and a spring for it.

Thanks for the advice.  This pistol went for 1/2 of what I have been seeing others (in better shape) go for. 
Wes Turner will be glad it is not a high wall.

I had one when I was a teen. I think I gave a buck for it. Had to build up the locking wedge with some braze. It was fun to shoot.

.22 long rifle.  The bore is not the best but it is fun to shoot. If I wasn’t a relative of Harlow Parkenfarker I would consider relining it myself.

SchwartzStock wrote on Dec 10^th, 2023 at 3:42pm:


I had one, made in Germany, imported by Hawes. I want to say that those were mostly discontinued by the mid 1970s.

I didn’t know then about holding back the locking button, and mine was soon rattling like a castanet. But it had two disadvantages to begin with, prior wear as it was used, and a frame made of zinc alloy. In a few words, nothing to write home to Mom about.

You have to make sure the round is fully seated by hand or the rim will hit the firing pin and  it will not close.  The existing firing pin is too short for a spring but I am going to try and make one that is spring loaded.  The spring will only have like 2 coils.

Otony wrote on Oct 27^th, 2023 at 2:07pm:


When you close the action on your SxS or O/U or any other break type action, do you snap it shut? Of course you do. Having done as much (or more) accuracy improvements and range testing on Stevens Tip Up rifles as most folks in modern times, I can emphatically state that a firm snap shut is a big contributor to accuracy! I have hundreds of shots testing the whole “snap” equation ranging from a wimpy breechlock closure to a light tap with a copper bar to FULLY and CONSISTENTLY seat the barrel catch before each shot. Of all the dozen or so Stevens Tip Ups that I have owned, all but two had excessive wear in this area. Many can be brought back to a nice lockup by simply removing slight material on the back flat to allow the upper taper more travel to seat. In my opinion the single most useful improvement is a new oversize barrel hinge screw.