I picked up an old Steven's 12 gauge single shot with a 30" barrel recently. I can't find a serial number any where on it. Would it be under something?
Old Steven's single 12ga
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I don't think numbers were required until '68. Before that some of the lower priced gun makers didn't bother.
OP, if year of manufacture is after 1948, and before serials were required? What you might find is a date code rather than a serial number, and possibly under something. This info might help.
Good Luck with your new to you shotgun!
https://www.gunvaluesboard.com/firearms-reference-file-stevens-323.html
I'm going to clean it up and will search for a date code. So far, I haven't found any. Thanks for the link. From what I can see so far, it's in the 1920- 1940 range.
I asked the Lady I got it from and all she remembers is that her dad used it for hunting and kept it on the back porch for varmints in the garden. She was a young kid and was told NEVER to touch it. She's now in her mid-eighty's.
I asked the Lady I got it from and all she remembers is that her dad used it for hunting and kept it on the back porch for varmints in the garden. She was a young kid and was told NEVER to touch it. She's now in her mid-eighty's.
rifelman
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As said, prior to the GCA of 1968 serial numbers were not required
iH8DemLibz
When All Else Fails.
Remove the barrel and see if there are numbers hidden away inside of the receiver and under the barrel by the chamber.
Lots of old doubles were serialized this way.
Assuming you haven't done so already.
Lots of old doubles were serialized this way.
Assuming you haven't done so already.
I have an old single barrel shotgun and the serial number is in the underside of the barrel just ahead of the forearm.
Nothing under the barrel. On the rectangular part under the barrel, there are two "5"s. It looks like under the rectangular piece, on the barrel, there is a "5" but I can't see if there is more until I disassemble it. On the inside of the forearm it's stamped "655 CV". No letters in circles so I guess there's no date code.
This 655 CV number is on everything. The bottom of the barrel, the part that holds the forearm, the forearm, the stock, and the receiver. Can't find much info anywhere, but then my google-fu sucks.
august1410
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It's marked J.Stevens Arms Company....that marking puts it between 1915-1945. Is there a letter in a circle anywhere on the shotgun?
Buckeye_Nut
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Try shooting with magnum loads. Please record for a possibly epic youtube video!
iH8DemLibz
When All Else Fails.
In no way funny.
Buckeye_Nut
Member
It is if you do it the way we did with a suspect older shotgun we got for free. We rigged a mount where we could pull the trigger via a rope from behind cover. The gun failed. Not too stupid for a couple of 18 year olds.
There is a circle on the bottom of the barrel with a P or possibly a F. There is a circle on the receiver with an I. But the circles just have letters and no numbers.
august1410
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They were coded after 1949, so this really doesn’t help us. Well, damn.
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I found a very fuzzy picture in an other forum and the expert said it's a 107 model. Close, but the forearm is different.
If you are going to post something ridiculous, like that, at least post a funny face with it (
or 
or even 
)
I just had a guy on another board tell me he was pretty sure it's a Model 105.
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