Stevens Favorite 1894

[skwerl]

Hey STevens ''Guru's'' could you help with a queston ?
I have an 1894 Stevens Favorite with a take down bolt which I
have not seen before , also looks as tho the barrel mmay have been replaced.

The more I see of Favorites the more I learn.

thnkz in advance .. skwerl

 

[unstableryan]

I have one taken apart into all the pieces on my computer desk at the moment. Mine is 32 rf. a buddy passed away and his wife gave it to me. I think I want to bore it out to some short .38 cal centerfire and move the firing pin. Grouse and rabbit rifle. .38 s&w short or something.

 

[mbogo3]

.38 Colt brass is available Starline.

 

[Al Flipo]

Your gun has been worked on pretty good, the screw heads are way too clean and have been replaced, the take down bolt has been replaced and set into the frame, the barrel was probably relined.
What is the caliber of the gun.

 

[marshall]

I would say the barrel has been set back, the early and late wood was different , I like the take down screw , neat, Stevens did not do it like that.
I did have a new barrel after market barrel in 22. But it was different markings, forget what it said. circa 1970's .
BTW the block is early model.

Al, the barrel says 22rf.
I would be very leary of 38 cal. The center pin is all that carries the pressure.

 

[Suther]

I only learned about these Savage Single shots recently. Now I really want some, both the falling block and the tip up style guns (I think those ones are called the Stevens marksman?) just look like so much fun, and I love old guns!

 

[skwerl]

The barrel is original Stevens with 1915 sights & the wood is original
chipped and all.

I was wondering if they stamped the receiver when the gun was factory
redone , I have seen this stamp on other Favorites with changed barrels.

Original barrels have the J. Stevens role stamp on them.

Also if factory worked the screws were replaced along with the take down bolt.

Some of my Favorite things ... skwerl

 

[Suther]

The barrel is original Stevens with 1915 sights & the wood is original
chipped and all.

I was wondering if they stamped the receiver when the gun was factory
redone , I have seen this stamp on other Favorites with changed barrels.

Original barrels have the J. Stevens role stamp on them.

Also if factory worked the screws were replaced along with the take down bolt.

Some of my Favorite things ... skwerl

Has anyone else seen a takedown bolt like this? I'm new to the platform (don't even own one yet) but the ones I have looked at had a larger knurled bolthead?

 

[Snider shooter]

First I have seen for the take down screw being in that position. As others have said it looks to have been redone. Different styles of wood and the screw moved. Fun little guns to shoot. I have one that I changed over to 32 Colt from 32 rimfire. Currently another thread running on the conversion.

 

[Suther]

First I have seen for the take down screw being in that position. As others have said it looks to have been redone. Different styles of wood and the screw moved. Fun little guns to shoot. I have one that I changed over to 32 Colt from 32 rimfire. Currently another thread running on the conversion.

Random internet picture:

The screw location looks normal, just the screw head itself looks wrong to me?

 

[marshall]

It has been milled down and counter sunk I think. never seen that before, Factory? Don't think so, but possible.
At one time had a few of them, more of the single shot pistols
The one above is a later one than the original picture ,round barrel, different block, top shape, straight on this, curved on the 1 st picture.
Most of the time the name will be on top of the frame flat, not on the side.

 

[Al Flipo]

The person who did the work to this gun had some skills and did a nice job, you have a nice shooter there.
These guns were not designed for any modern calibers, changing them to .22 magnum and such is just crazy, why do you want to endanger your eyesight.
I reconditioned and changed the caliber to a dozen or so over the years (all to .22LR) and I always made up new pins and screws out of good quality steel to replace these old soft pins and screws.

 

[ErikT]

I acquired one in .32 rimfire years ago that was trashed, and so I did a lot of research into what I could safely convert it to. The consensus throughout the interwebs is that these actions are far too small and soft for anything other than rimfire cartridges, and even the .22 Magnum, as Al Flipo mentioned, is considered dangerous in these little guns. I just fit and chambered an old Cooey .22 barrel onto mine, fit a .22 LR breechblock and new pins, then built new stocks and polished it all up. It's a little darling now, and the kids loved it until they discovered the semi-auto .22 that lived beside it in the safe.

 

[skwerl]

It has been milled down and counter sunk I think. never seen that before, Factory? Don't think so, but possible.
At one time had a few of them, more of the single shot pistols
The one above is a later one than the original picture ,round barrel, different block, top shape, straight on this, curved on the 1 st picture.
Most of the time the name will be on top of the frame flat, not on the side.

Yea marshall , the second is a 1915 with the knurled bolt . An 1894 should have a loop
on the take down.
It does have '''Favorite'' on the receiver top.

 

[skwerl]

This is the usual barrel stamp on an 1894.

 

[skwerl]

This is a 1915 barrel stamp

 

[marshall]

I had one of grandfathers, in 25 , just like that, I had forgot about the loop, I am thinking someone did not like the idea.
The reason I was thinking the barrel as been set back is where the round / hex transition is, it should be a head of the fore wood from what I remember .
wood could be switched? I shot the 25, long, new looking Dominion, real iffy about going bang. I was shooting at about 20 yrs, and you could almost see the lead drifting down range , than a clunk. My 22 CB caps did better, in my Hi Standard Olympic pistol.

 

[BCRider]

I only learned about these Savage Single shots recently. Now I really want some, both the falling block and the tip up style guns (I think those ones are called the Stevens marksman?) just look like so much fun, and I love old guns!

The Savage and other brand similar falling block style single shots are every bit as much fun as you imagine. The LOP is a bit short since the big majority of them are sized as youth guns. But stuff a few reloads between the fingers of your fore stock hand and stick the butt plate in close under your chin and go to town and they are just hugely fun.

Stock up on SV or Quiet ammo though. These oldies from Savage, Remington or other early boy's rifles tend to not do well with a steady diet of modern HV ammo.

 

[skwerl]

I only learned about these Savage Single shots recently. Now I really want some, both the falling block and the tip up style guns (I think those ones are called the Stevens marksman?) just look like so much fun, and I love old guns!

Suther , I'm into Favorites but I do have a nice Marksman.

 

[keith mokry]

Too bad they didn’t make something like this in 3030. It would be a great carry rifle. I have a takedown that has barrel relined