srevens favorite

roseau river rat

roseau river rat

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does annyone out there still shoot a stevens favorite .22...
im shoot mine all the time and find it to be a fun and very accurate little plinker...mine is fitted with a tang peep sight as well as a globe front...
i would like to get my hands on another...possibly even a ,25 cal and sleeve the barrell to .22 and modiffy to fire the .22...if annyone wants to sell one????
Dan...........
 
I've got an oldie in .32 thats going to be hitting the EE soon:


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Yup, that's a tiip down m12 marksman, I have one that has been rebarreld.
The Favorite ( of which I also have one that we shoot regularly) is not actually a true falling block....
Cat
 
Wrong Way said:
It is! Question is......is that good or bad?
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That it is a Marksman and not a favorite?:redface:
Dunno, I think the caliber is more of an issue than anything, because unless one has a bunch of .32RF around, the rifle is a collector only.
Tha, and I am not too sure you would want to shoot original .32RF , because of its collector value?:confused:
It is a perplexing dilema, for sure, 'specially if one likes to shoot old guns!
Mine was rebarrled because the barrel was bulged.
I had a few extra Anschutz barrels hanging around, and one wound up on the tip down!
Complete rework of innards was in order, and a friend did a wonderous job on it.
Cat
 
its good and bad...good if you can find .32 ammo....the only problem with converting it to say a .22rf is the firing pin wouldnt line up with edge of the case...im not sure if those old actions can be re-chambered for anything else strength wise??...
 
the more i read up on stevens the more i am convinced trying to convert one may not be worth the effort although like i say i love the little .22 that i have...i guess if i could find another decent one i would probably get it...i saw a really nice long barelled heavy target model on a blog ,but its a very old post and the guys e-mail seems obsolete...too bad.........
 
Converting is a cinch for a good gunsmith.
I had my buddy do a 25 Stevens long into 22RF, the same time he did this tip down (previously mentioned) into Khornet!!:eek:
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NOTE! I only load minimum loads, nothing high pressured.
It is extrem;y accurate.
The scope is mounted on a rail that was made by my friend also.
he change the firing pin, bushed the face, main spring, made a few screws, and a bunch of other stuff that didn't please him.
He is that kind of person.
Bought himself a new vertical mill and started replacing parts with ones he made before he even fired it up!!:confused:
Cat
 
there was another company manufacturing a ''copy''of the Stevens favourite -a higher quality .22,unfortionately out of production
 
Wrong Way said:
The "marksman" and the "Favorite"....I'm confused. I've had two people tell me it's a marksman....but it says favorite on the reciever.....?

Is the marksman a model designation of one of the favorites?
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The favorite is a rear swinging block ( a form of falling block)
The Marksmen is a tip down, as pictured.
Yours says "favorite"??!!
Now I'M confused!!
Cat
 
ok so he sleeved the barrel.then im guessing he must have re-made the breech block to allow him to re drill the hole for the firing pin? or drilled a much bigger hole put in a bushing?...and re-drilled it....i am also a machinist and i have made allot of flintlock parts and the like but i have never really tried annything like youre friend did but i want to start playing around with it and seeing what i can come up with...Dan.......
 
yah i was about to say its a marksman period:circa 1912-1933...according to the single shot bible as i like to call it by Frank de Haas...originally chambered for .22 .25 .32.....this action to me looks very simillar to say an nef handi rifle.
i think it looks fairly strong as opposed to the falling or say(swinging) block action of the favorite....
 
roseau river rat said:
ok so he sleeved the barrel.then im guessing he must have re-made the breech block to allow him to re drill the hole for the firing pin? or drilled a much bigger hole put in a bushing?...and re-drilled it....i am also a machinist and i have made allot of flintlock parts and the like but i have never really tried annything like youre friend did but i want to start playing around with it and seeing what i can come up with...Dan.......
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The barrel was simply turned to diameter at the breach , then rechambered.
The big part was the action itself.
I will take it apart and so you the remade parts.
Extractor, springs, block, etc.
I am not sure which one is more colleectable, but I certainly have seen mainy Tip downs.
My friend is a true
scratch " guunsmith , and has made auto pistols, etc.
he was born in War time occupied Europe, and it was a bit of a neccesity.
cat
 
Wrong Way said:
Not really the same as the nef, as when you pull down the trigger guard, the action pivots. It doesn't just "release" and fall open, but they are connected. If you swing the guard half way down....the action opens half way. It feels very solid.
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And they take down with one screw!
Cat
 
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