on flabbay, I see some original buttstocks sometimes as well as "replacement" new buttstocks that are pretty much formed except for final fitting.
#Stevens favorite 22 rifle parts full
The barrel is round full length and the foreshock is pretty good so I'd like to keep that on it and try and "match" the finish on a new buttstock. I know I'm looking at some $$ for the parts needed - the bore, IIRC is fairly decent but if need be, I'd have it relined. New rear sight - the original was replaced at some point. I'd like to take it with me to AZ for the winter and restore it so it is as presentable as possible - not worried about the value of it as it's strictly "sentimental". The bore isn't bad - has some light pitting but the riling is petty decent. I took some tree rats and bunnies with it using 22 shorts when I was a kid and first started hunting - had some misfires so I made a new firing pin by turning a section of a steel "spike nail" in the drill press - of course it wasn't hardened but it worked O.K.įast forward - the rifle has been kicking around for over 50 years now - never had the heart to let it go as it was my grandfather's as well as my Dad's rifle. Long story short - I re-blueed it when I was a kid with some awful paste blueing of the time. I got it cleaned up enough to shoot it - no real head damage/water damage to the rifle but the rifle had been propped up in a stud spacing in the millwork shop area where the wall began to burn at the bottom on the other side where the covering was center match pattern 116 siding.
#Stevens favorite 22 rifle parts professional
Dad brought it hoe when I was a kid and made a new buttstock for it out of a piece of walnut - not a professional job as I was maybe 11 or 12 art the time - but it worked O.K. The Favorite suffered a charred buttstock - bottom portion of the buttstock by the buttplate which for the most part survived - at least you could read the "Favorite" on it but pretty much useless. I have a 1915 Stevens Favorite that I'm sure my grandfather bought new - it was kept around the lumberyard my family owned for taking care of critters when needed and it was always there - then in 1956, the lumberyard burned - pretty much a total loss but some things were pulled out in time to save. Thought I'd make a post to see if I can gather some information on suppliers, etc.
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