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My Stevens Favorite! Old rifle I bought several years ago in an antique store. Until a few weeks ago I doubt it has been fired in several decades. Last time ammo was made for it was about 40 years ago. It was a 25 Stevens rimfire. It has now been properly and lovingly repaired and relined into a 22 LR.
Redmonds barrel liner, Bentz chamber, and recessed flat crown.

It's a lever action single shot. Not much in the way of serial number records for Steven rifles. But based on the model (1915) and different markings and features it appears to be from around 1925. pre 1928 for sure.

Part of the story is here. My homework on future cosmetic work.
http://henryrifleforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=3826

The mechanical repair and restoration is here with pics. I got lucky and found this fellow with skills and tools well above my own. And I'm very handy.
http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/sh ... ?t=1060074

A few pics as of this week.

Forget the rifle, I'm looking at the house and property

No seriously, what a classic.

I'm sure it will get A LOT of attention if you take it to the range. Would be interesting to see what the old girl can do..............

As a diehard single shot lover, especially when it comes to classic single shots, you know what I think of that Stevens. Wow! I think it's fantastic that you are rescuing it and bringing it back into shooting condition. I've actually been looking for a Favorite, but so far, every one of them I've found has been very rough.

Henry88 wrote:Forget the rifle, I'm looking at the house and property

No seriously, what a classic.

I'm sure it will get A LOT of attention if you take it to the range. Would be interesting to see what the old girl can do..............

Thanks we have been fortunate. We live in a log home I designed and we had built on a few acres back when mere mortals could still afford real estate around here. We will have been here 25 years this summer.

So far just plinking plastic bottles in the backyard it appears to be very accurate now. Hope to put it on paper soon.

Future plans call for new maple stocks and rebluing. I'm looking for a tang sight for it now.

North Country Gal wrote:As a diehard single shot lover, especially when it comes to classic single shots, you know what I think of that Stevens. Wow! I think it's fantastic that you are rescuing it and bringing it back into shooting condition. I've actually been looking for a Favorite, but so far, every one of them I've found has been very rough.

That's been my experience as well. Either that or they are 25 or 32 Stevens rimfire. No ammo to be found for under hundreds of dollars per box. Until I met the fellow that did the hard work on mine I wasn't sure I would ever shoot it.

Speaking of single shots. I love this rifle. it's what got me excited about old single shots. 1914 Remington rolling block #6 youth rifle in 22lr. It's in fine shape for it's age. All but the bore. It hits steel fine at 50 yds. But on paper at 50 yds the bullets were key holing. When I picked up the Stevens I dropped this one off for a new barrel liner as well.

It's a tiny little thing and still has the original tang sight and pretty good CCH on the receiver. I don't intend to do any cosmetic work on this one. Love the patina. I'll just get the barrel lined and the action double checked and shoot it. Found it in a local pawn shop. Like the Favorite this is also a take down rifle. It is tiny! 1st time I shot it. With Remington ammo of course. Notice the hammer in the pic. How's that for timing?

Been looking for a rolling block, too. Have even considered getting one of the Uberti reproductions, since any rolling block is a very rare bird in our area. Just something about these old designs I love. The world was a very different place, back in those days. Thanks for posting on these. Keep 'em coming.

Sweet. It will look really nice when you reblue it.

Nice! Looks a bit like the 1885 low wall I have my eye on. Thanks for the pics.

Just bought a Marbles tang sight for the Favorite.

Love a tang sight on a classic single shot. Makes them even more classic, but it also makes them more functional, too.