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I'm hoping you guys can help me out. A friend has brought to me what I believe to be a 1894 favorite. There nothing that says it other than buttplate. From my days of searching this all I came up with. And the sights don't match up to anything I've found for replacement. I have a 7/16 front sight I thought I could use but too small. I have a 3/8 rear, but that's too big. I'm lost. I also need to order an extractor.

Go on over to the American Single Shot Rife Association (ASSRA). There's a gunmithing forum. These guys will help you out:

https://forum.assra.com

Thank you. Will do. Do I at least have the model right?

I'm not an expert on these, but it looks like a Favorite to me. Put up your pictures. There's a lot of knowledgable people on ASSRA.

It is a Model 1894 action, but I think the barrel is later - the last catalog I have with the 1894 still has the company name as 'J. Stevens A & T CO."' and not 'J. Stevens Arms Company' as stamped on your barrel. Also they did not list full round barrels as available, just the part octagon ones (not true octagon, the bottom of the 'octagon' part is round). The barrel lengths offered were 24" standard and 26" optional. I see the front dovetail has machining marks showing it was done in two passes, but looking at a couple early Stevens barrels it appears they did do the wider front dovetails in two passes. It might be an added dovetail that got cut wrong, or the original got widened for some special sight. You are correct that it should be 7/16" on a Favorite. I can't think of any sights that used that wide a dovetail, it's almost 9/16".

ADDED - that barrel is possibly from a Model 1915 Favorite. The 1915's had a breech bolt that was straight on top. Round and full (true) octagon 24" barrels were offered on the Model 1915 (from a 1927 catalog).

Thanks. So when I order an extractor I order for an 1894. There seems to be 3 different center positions available. Any advise?

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