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Stevens Favorite ?

pogybatepogybate Member Posts: 3,150
edited July 2011 in Ask the Experts
Have a 32 long Stevens Favorite rifle, looks like a model 17. Serial #19 with a 1894 Mfg. date, is it a C&R or Antique. Thanks
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    TRAP55TRAP55 Member Posts: 8,270 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Antique, made prior to Jan 1st, 1899.
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    hrfhrf Member Posts: 857 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by pogybate
    Have a 32 long Stevens Favorite rifle, looks like a model 17. Serial #19 with a 1894 Mfg. date, is it a C&R or Antique. Thanks


    If your source of 1894 mfg. is the APR 17 94 marking, that's just the patent date, and it probably dates years later, but I believe all 1st generation Favorites are C&R.
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    pogybatepogybate Member Posts: 3,150
    edited November -1
    OK thanks guys, I know that was the Pat date, Ill go with C&R to be safe.
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    slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You are definately safe with the C&R. It could be an antique but you have to be able to document that fact and because there are no serial number records on Stevens this is difficult to do.
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