Needing some info please - The Firearms Forum

jaloney · 11-13-2009, 01:22 PM

I recently acquired a shotgun. this is all the info I have found on it...

J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOLS CO.
Chicopee Falls, Mass, U.S.A.
Browning Pats. Feb.7.1905, Aug.27.1907
4688

The barrel also has FULL on it

Anyone know anything about this type of gun...maybe an estimated value?
Any help greatly appreciated. thanks so much!

Alpo · 11-13-2009, 06:43 PM

J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company made guns back in the first part of the 20th Century. Savage bought them out in 1936. Savage continued to make guns under the Stevens name, and I think they still make a couple.

You got several different types of shotguns. Singleshots, double barrels (both over/under and side by side), pumps, automatics and bolt actions. You haven't said which type you have, and they all would have different values. I'm guessing, though, that you have a single-shot breakopen. Something like this.

The "full" marked on the barrel is the choke. They are talking about choke tubes, in this article, and your gun has a fixed choke, but choke is choke. It will tell you what it is.
http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/Media...spx?mediaid=20

The single-shot, break-open, full choke shotgun is the most common, and least valuable, shotgun out there. You can get one, new, for right around a hundred dollars. Used ones show up in the want ads, all the time, for 75 or so. It has no collector value - there's just too many of them around. It's just a good, inexpensive, all-around shotgun. Like something the farmer would keep in the barn, or behind the kitchen door.

jaloney · 11-13-2009, 10:47 PM

Thank You very much for all of the information.

11-13-2009, 01:22 PM	#1
jaloney Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Needing some info please I recently acquired a shotgun. this is all the info I have found on it... J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOLS CO. Chicopee Falls, Mass, U.S.A. Browning Pats. Feb.7.1905, Aug.27.1907 4688 The barrel also has FULL on it Anyone know anything about this type of gun...maybe an estimated value? Any help greatly appreciated. thanks so much! --> Last edited by jaloney; 11-13-2009 at 03:54 PM..

11-13-2009, 06:43 PM	#2
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,648	Re: Needing some info please J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company made guns back in the first part of the 20th Century. Savage bought them out in 1936. Savage continued to make guns under the Stevens name, and I think they still make a couple. You got several different types of shotguns. Singleshots, double barrels (both over/under and side by side), pumps, automatics and bolt actions. You haven't said which type you have, and they all would have different values. I'm guessing, though, that you have a single-shot breakopen. Something like this. The "full" marked on the barrel is the choke. They are talking about choke tubes, in this article, and your gun has a fixed choke, but choke is choke. It will tell you what it is. http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/Media...spx?mediaid=20 The single-shot, break-open, full choke shotgun is the most common, and least valuable, shotgun out there. You can get one, new, for right around a hundred dollars. Used ones show up in the want ads, all the time, for 75 or so. It has no collector value - there's just too many of them around. It's just a good, inexpensive, all-around shotgun. Like something the farmer would keep in the barn, or behind the kitchen door. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

11-13-2009, 10:47 PM	#3
jaloney Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Re: Needing some info please Thank You very much for all of the information.