Stevens Firearms Serial Number Lookup
IIRC, we have discussed this before. There are no absolute numbers, but there are years associated with changes in the 44 action and calibers. Those can be tied to general number ranges.My understanding is that the 404 and 414 were numbered right along with the rest of the 44 actions. Going from memory, the 7 o'clock extractor disappeared and the 6 o'clock extractor appeared in 1900. The 28-30 was only made for the 44 action between 1900 and 1903.
The 38-55 and 32-40 were dropped about 1903. There were no 44s (or other Stevens) made during WW1.Did post WW1 Stevens rifles have the same set of markings?Were the 417s (and maybe the 418s) numbered in sequence with the rest of the 44 actions?Were the side-plate actions numbered separately?I have a Model 47, with a 44 action in 28-30 caliber. SN is very close to 20,000. That is a starting point.I have another Plain Jane 44 in 25-20 Single Shot with a SN in the 48,000 range. I think that dates from the end of the pre-WW1 production, about 1915, but there is no solid evidence. My understanding is that the 404 and 414 were numbered right along with the rest of the 44 actions. Going from memory, the 7 o'clock extractor disappeared and the 6 o'clock extractor appeared in 1900.
Savage Pistol Serial Numbers
The 28-30 was only made for the 44 action between 1900 and 1903. The 38-55 and 32-40 were dropped about 1903.
Stevens Firearms Serial Numbers
There were no 44s (or other Stevens) made during WW1.Looks like Stevens changed the basic actions on these models (neither of which I've ever owned) between Catalog No. 53 and 54, because the earlier catalog illustration clearly shows a 44 action, while the later one, although using the same illustration, specifies in the fine print a 44-1/2 action. Someone wrote the date '9-1-1912' on my 53-not necessarily the issue date, but probably the date that person received it. Never have seen an issue date for the 54, but I suspect it was 1914-the last full Stevens catalog before the company was leased to NE Westinghouse, I think.
Did post WW1 Stevens rifles have the same set of markings?I have another Plain Jane 44 in 25-20 Single Shot with a SN in the 48,000 range. I think that dates from the end of the pre-WW1 production, about 1915, but there is no solid evidence.Pre War, the barrels are marked J. Stevens A & T Co. Post war they just say J. Stevens Arms.
But it seems that, post-War, they used up a lot of pre-war barrels already rollstamped, or maybe just chose to use up dies they already had. I have logged a pre-war roll-stamped rifle with a serial number in the 72xxx range, but at the same time I have a rifle with the post-war marking in the low 60xxx range.Post-war, quite a few rifles have a small oval with the letters SVG in it, stamped on the frame.Many post-war rifles have the word Stevens in a large diamond stamped on the left side of the receiver. This appears to start at about s/n 70,000.Based on that, is seems that the last rifles made before the Westinghouse takeover must be up in the high 50,000 range.All very confusing. My interest lies with the really early ones - up to about 1900, so I haven't been very assiduous about logging the post-war ones.