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John Taylor Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1819 Location: Lewiston, ID Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2006	Stevens favorite Mar 28^th, 2025 at 9:42am	Print Post
	So I picked up this little wall hanger from a gun shop. The firing pin had been welded over and the 25 cal. barrel was in bad shape. I hade a 32-20 barrel on the shelf that was in good shape so I cut the chamber end off and fitted it to the action. I made a new breach block from a piece of truck spring, tougher than the original. It is all together except for the forearm because the barrel is a little lager than the original. Chambered in 32 S&W and test fired. Next is to make a forearm and fit sights to it.

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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 17439 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #1 - Mar 28^th, 2025 at 11:31am	Print Post
	Pictures?

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3855win Participating Member Offline Posts: 11 Location: Canada Joined: Sep 9^th, 2019	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #2 - Mar 28^th, 2025 at 12:01pm	Print Post
	From Canada I bought a very niece 1915 favorite 32 rim fire turn it in to 32 SW it shot very well had a lot of fun with it.


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John Taylor Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1819 Location: Lewiston, ID Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2006	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #3 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 12:56pm	Print Post
	This has been a fun project. Need to make a forearm and scope mount.

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MrTipUp Frequent Elocutionist Offline Quality is to a product what character is to a man Posts: 1382 Location: Indiana Joined: Feb 19^th, 2020	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #4 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 2:11pm	Print Post
	Nice work! Nonetheless, and pardon my reprehensible ignorance, what size truck mounts springs that wide and thick? Bill Lawrence


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John Taylor Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1819 Location: Lewiston, ID Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2006	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #5 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 3:50pm	Print Post
	The springs were given to me. May have come from a mobil home axel. I make lots of parts from old springs because I don't need to worry about toughness and no heat treat after.

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idjeffp Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 356 Location: Boise, ID Joined: Nov 11^th, 2017	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #6 - Apr 1^st, 2025 at 4:43pm	Print Post
	Inspiring John! Just finished a Stevens No 26 Crackshot .22LR barrel reline... Jeff P


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John Taylor Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1819 Location: Lewiston, ID Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2006	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #7 - Apr 15^th, 2025 at 6:42pm	Print Post
	Time to take it to range. Forearm was made from a piece of scrap. Scope is from DGW. Mounts, I have not idea where they came from.

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jhm Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1918 Location: georgia Joined: Sep 4^th, 2011	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #8 - Apr 15^th, 2025 at 8:34pm	Print Post
	"Put togethers" are so much fun. Little of this and one or two of those and you have a working shooting gun and if you are lucky they turn out to be a good shooter... JMH


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jimmy Senior Forum Member Offline Now available in Oklahoma. Posts: 369 Location: Skiatook Joined: May 12^th, 2009	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #9 - Apr 16^th, 2025 at 7:42pm	Print Post
	That's awesome.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7546 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #10 - Apr 17^th, 2025 at 2:14am	Print Post
	I'd have to have a close of of the mounts but, they look like Mossberg, modified to fit a std scope block.

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toppkatt Junior Member Offline Posts: 67 Joined: Feb 7^th, 2020	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #11 - Apr 17^th, 2025 at 4:37am	Print Post
	Your 'scrap' fore end looks pretty good. I'd like to see your other 'good' pile


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John Taylor Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1819 Location: Lewiston, ID Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2006	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #12 - Apr 17^th, 2025 at 10:41am	Print Post
	frnkeore wrote on Apr 17^th, 2025 at 2:14am: I'd have to have a close of of the mounts but, they look like Mossberg, modified to fit a std scope block. The scope mounts came off a piece that looked like it could have been a side mount about 6" long. I bought it at a gun show about 15 years back for $10, still had the tag on it.

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John Taylor Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1819 Location: Lewiston, ID Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2006	Re: Stevens favorite Reply #13 - Apr 17^th, 2025 at 10:42am	Print Post
	toppkatt wrote on Apr 17^th, 2025 at 4:37am: Your 'scrap' fore end looks pretty good. I'd like to see your other 'good' pile I do some machine work for a custom stock maker and ask him to send me scraps that would otherwise go into the stove.

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kootne Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 460 Location: Libby, Mt. Joined: Mar 6^th, 2012	Re: Stevens favoritethat Reply #14 - Apr 17^th, 2025 at 11:19am	Print Post
	I had an 1894 Model Stevens Favorite .32L RF that had a shootable bore. I shot it with the .32 Long Colt cases bored for .22RF using a #2 nail gun blank for propellant and primer. I relieved the firing pin to make a modern style strike hitting only the .22 rim. I put a set of blocks on it and modified side mount parts very similar to what you did. I think my scope was a 2.5x. I modified an old Lyman tong tool to load with. That little gun was more fun to plink with than anything I've had. I shot the dickens out of it for several years and sold it to a friend. He said he really likes it also. Now I'm missing mine, I'm thinking I should do another one. You will enjoy yours, I'm sure. Here's a couple shots of how my mounts turned out.

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