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Triplebeard Newbie Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Dec 20^th, 2023	Stevens Walnut Hill Mar 6^th, 2024 at 8:55pm	Print Post
	I acquired a Stevens Walnut Hill .22LR with a JW Fecker Scope. It is missing the front sight and the butt plate. Are these fairly easy to find? How do I tell if the stock is the original stock?


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 836 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2024 at 9:03pm	Print Post
	The 417 steel buttplate is going to be pretty hard to find. I have a project 417 myself and I've been looking for one for awhile now. The front sight should be a Lyman 17a. The Lyman 17a front sight is still being made today, you should be able to find one easily.
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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15750 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 10:38am	Print Post
	If you can't find an original steel Stevens buttplate, you might look at Vintage Grips for a Stevens hard rubber copy they sell. Just measure height and width of your stock and compare it to dimensions listed at VG.

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 751 Location: Annapolis, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #3 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 11:19am	Print Post
	Note that there were two butt plate styles that I've observed: a flat completely checkered one and a flat plain steel with shallow horizontal grooves occupying the middle third of the plate. Having recently gone through the same exercise as the OP I can feel his pain of the search. I did find that monitoring eBay and posting WTB ads here and there turned up a few candidates for substitution. Flat steel buttplates abounded in a previous time. My Walnut Hill came to me with a 1 1/4" shortened stock (all else with the gun being correct). I first acquired a repro semi-inlet stock from CPA, but found that when the original stock was shortened they reduced the size of the buttplate accordingly, hence the search. Then I recently stumbled onto a nice original stock on Gunbroker with its buttplate intact which put paid to my dilemma. The new CPA repro stock got traded for a nice original Stevens 44 stock that I also needed so all's well.


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Sure shot Oldtimer Offline Posts: 836 Location: East central Iowa Joined: Jun 22^nd, 2020	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #4 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 12:37pm	Print Post
	My 417 also has a cut down stock. A Mossberg model 44 US buttplate is very similar to the Stevens plate with the horizontal grooves. While not correct it will look okay on my rifle, and fits perfectly. The Mossberg plate probably will be too small for a 417's stock that's not cut down.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2793 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #5 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 1:09pm	Print Post
	A 417 has been on my want list for a long time. I don't remember ever seeing one for sale. Now that I'm a geezer and live in California, I probably never will.


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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 751 Location: Annapolis, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #6 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 2:16pm	Print Post
	I hear you. I too wanted one ever since as a kid I saw a picture of one in a book. Circumstances, other interests, money, etc. always intervened until I acquired this one a couple years ago. I missed out on a .22 Hornet version (WTH was Stevens thinking?) a couple weeks ago when the bidding took off like a rocket towards the end of the auction. Maybe should've hung in there but I do hate bidding wars. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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Triplebeard Newbie Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Dec 20^th, 2023	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #7 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 6:36pm	Print Post
	What do these guns usually sell for? I was told the scope was probably worth 600.


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gewehrfreund Senior Forum Member Online Posts: 418 Location: Cortland Joined: Jan 24^th, 2005	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #8 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	gnoahhh wrote on Mar 7^th, 2024 at 2:16pm: I hear you. I too wanted one ever since as a kid I saw a picture of one in a book. Circumstances, other interests, money, etc. always intervened until I acquired this one a couple years ago. I missed out on a .22 Hornet version (WTH was Stevens thinking?) a couple weeks ago when the bidding took off like a rocket towards the end of the auction. Maybe should've hung in there but I do hate bidding wars. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) I missed out on a nice 417 on GB a couple of weeks ago too. Someone wanted it more than me. The search continues


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Triplebeard Newbie Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Dec 20^th, 2023	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #9 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	Waterman, how come you couldn’t own one is California? It’s just a single shot. Not like it has a 100 round magazine.


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1568 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #10 - Mar 7^th, 2024 at 9:08pm	Print Post
	Triplebeard wrote on Mar 7^th, 2024 at 6:40pm: Waterman, how come you couldn’t own one is California? It’s just a single shot. Not like it has a 100 round magazine. many sellers won't go through the California DOJ hoops to transfer to an FFL.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15750 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #11 - Mar 8^th, 2024 at 10:36am	Print Post
	There are some requirements for selling a modern firearm in Ca. now that make many guns nearly impossible to buy.

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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1815 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #12 - Mar 8^th, 2024 at 12:16pm	Print Post
	I may have a full checkered version. Will check next week.


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slowshot Participating Member Offline Posts: 48 Location: Arkansas Hills Joined: May 7^th, 2021	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #13 - Mar 8^th, 2024 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	I have a savage steel butt plate. don,t remember what off of. has 36 horizonal lines 5 1/8 in. long . 1 3/4 wide. can send pics. to phone if intrested. regards Dennis


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Triplebeard Newbie Offline Posts: 4 Joined: Dec 20^th, 2023	Re: Stevens Walnut Hill Reply #14 - Mar 10^th, 2024 at 6:40pm	Print Post
	Vince and slowshot, please send pics.


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