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Hey all....
I have a 1915 stevens favorite .22 . My question is.... Will new parts for the reissued savage version work in it. The ejector is so worn on mine it will slip past when closing it resulting in pinching the shell and firing it. At minimum I need a knife to pull the spent shell out.
I would love to ressurect this rifle. My grandfather gave it to me (with some stern lessons) when I was about 12 and for that reason it means more than it will ever be worth......thanks
 
The new Stevens Favorite and the older 1915 models are a bit different. I am not sure if the extractors interchange. Even the early ones vary as the later Model 1915 Favorites had a coil spring for the hammer and the earlier ones had a flat spring. The extractors for these two differ a bit too.

However, if you google the Internet, you can find a couple of companies that reproduce parts such as extractors for the Favorite and other older rifles.

Alternately, your extractor can be built up with TIG welding, and filed to shape. A competent gunsmith should easily be able to do it.
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Another route you can go is if you buy a parts gun.There is a load of the old stevens rifles out there in various forms of condition it shouldn t too hard to find one cheap enough for a parts source for yours.
 
Do you go to any gun shows?

Every used parts dealer I have met, had a fair stock of Stevens parts. I think the last extractor I bought ran me about $10.

A cheap fix that I have seen, is to 'stretch' the extractor by hammering the shank narrower in width to make the overall length increase. Bit of a hack, but they were not exactly a top quality gun, and folks did what they could to keep them going.

That brings up the real point. What shape are all the pivot holes in? If it is worn as you say, to the point that the case does not reliably extract, the rest of it is probably in similar shape. The two screws that hold the lever and the block, take the whole force of firing, and are unsupported on either side of the parts they hold, so they flex a fair bit. This causes rapid wear around the pivots when used with modern 'High Velocity' ammo. Depending on the particulars of the internal parts used in that particular rifle, mainly whether it has a spring loaded plunger acting on the lever to hold it up, it may or may not be in pretty poor shape internally, beyond just issues with the extractor.

High Vel ammo is tough on those old guns. It'll work, until it doesn't.

Cheers
Trev
 
trevj said:
Do you go to any gun shows?

Every used parts dealer I have met, had a fair stock of Stevens parts. I think the last extractor I bought ran me about $10.

A cheap fix that I have seen, is to 'stretch' the extractor by hammering the shank narrower in width to make the overall length increase. Bit of a hack, but they were not exactly a top quality gun, and folks did what they could to keep them going.

That brings up the real point. What shape are all the pivot holes in? If it is worn as you say, to the point that the case does not reliably extract, the rest of it is probably in similar shape. The two screws that hold the lever and the block, take the whole force of firing, and are unsupported on either side of the parts they hold, so they flex a fair bit. This causes rapid wear around the pivots when used with modern 'High Velocity' ammo. Depending on the particulars of the internal parts used in that particular rifle, mainly whether it has a spring loaded plunger acting on the lever to hold it up, it may or may not be in pretty poor shape internally, beyond just issues with the extractor.

High Vel ammo is tough on those old guns. It'll work, until it doesn't.

Cheers
Trev
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Just went and looked. The holes look good. Still round. A small bit of play, but nothing I think I need to worry about. I will try 'stretching' it. Cant hurt. At worst I will still need the same piece...
 
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