Antique Stevens Favorite value

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Can anyone tell me what a fair price on an antique Favorite (verified through Miramichi) in 32 Long RF, half octagon/ half round barrel, single screw takedown with saddle ring in very good condition would be?
Does anyone know if Epps carries or will be carrying 32 Long RF ammo?
 
It really depends on condition. One that's grey/brown, indifferent bore perhaps $75 - $150. One in really nice condition, lots of original finish, sharp bore, several hundred.
Just out of curiosity, how did Miramichi determine that the Favorite was pre-1898?
 
tiriaq said:
Just out of curiosity, how did Miramichi determine that the Favorite was pre-1898?
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I have no idea, but they have on their data base that particular firearm was declared an antique (maybe it was just the 3 digit serial number).
 
Just wondering, because the older pattern Favorites were made pre and post 1897. As I understand it, the numbers on Favorites aren't actual serial numbers, but are batch or assembly numbers. They all seem to have low numbers. But it be pre-98, if they say so.
 
I have one of these too and they called it non-restricted. Don't know how or why. It's in 90%+ condition and I paid $250 for it.
I bought some .32RF ammo from Epps about a year ago, new manufacture but all shorts and cost $1/round.
 
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Now that you have a lathe, you can make shells out of brass rod. Use either a hilti/ramset shell or a .22 blank for a primer and leave it sitting about .015" proud which means you have to make the rim of the .32 shell about that much thin unless you have a lot of headspace.
Check the position and size of the firing pin indentation on one of the fired real rimfire shells you have. Some firing pins are large enough to strike a centered blanks and some are not. The advantage of using hilti shells as the primer is that they are larger than a .22 and get you closer to the firing pin.

cheers mooncoon
 
Doug, I saw some of those adaptors in Dixie gun works. I have three or four .32 RF guns. I have been gathering .32RF ammo for years and still do. I have enough to keep me going a long time at the rate I shoot them. You never know, I might take the time to make a set of adaptors. But while I can still find ammo, I doubt it. I would surely do it for one of the bigger more interesting RF guns.
 
The problem with the large RFs is that you have to mount the primer off center so that the firing pin will hit it and of course you have to orient the primer in the right location. The beauty of .32 rimfires is that often you can center the primer and still be able to fire it. The reason for having the primer sit a little bit proud is so that the rim of the basic shell is not absorbing the force of the blow, only the blank shell primer.

cheers mooncoon
 
Hey Casull, if that is the one you got from me, the reason it was registered is the previous owner registered it when he registered everything else......

Doug
 
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