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After seeing Calhoun's photos and looking in several publications, it appears the rifle was only offered in 22" bbl. If this one was shortened, someone took their time at filing a new dovetail in for the front sight. This gun has been in the family for over 40 years, so it would have happened relatively early in it' life.

If anyone has one that they can lay hands on...is the bbl. crowned? Mine is not crowned, but looks factory...almost like they offered a carbine model.

wisconsin99, None of my rifle barrels are crowned all are flat! chances are your rifle was shortened years ago! i also saw the excerpt in the marlin book by Brophy, but figured the number was way to low. Don

What is under the front sight?
Router marks or file marks?

Jed, ive never looked under mine, they are all the original 22" barrel length. Don

Eh, I was asking about the carbine length bbl.
It's the easiest way to tell.Router marks = original
File marks = handcut slot/cut bbl.

This has been a very interesting thread. You couldn't find better in a magazine artical.

Were all of the markings upside down on the right side of the barrel? Are the markings alway located at the rear sight?

The rear sight looks very similar to the later Savage 99 sight. Anyone have a better photo of one? Does it have an adjustable blade in the rear?

Rick, All my rifles are marked like that! near the rear sight, its like they started with the first line and kept rolling the barrel,but leaving a wider space where the rear sight dovetail is. I checked my rear sights,2 rifles have the Lyman 6B rear sight,one has a marbles 95 folding rear ,both these sights are listed as optional for the Stevens high-power rifle. The 4th rifle has the stevens 112 rear sight,it does have an adjustable blade and does look somewhat like the early savage sight, i'll try to get cheryl to post a picture later. Don

Rick,went down and pulled the front sight out. It does appear to be a new dovetail filed into the bbl. Front sight on this gun is a Marbles #3 and the rear sight is an unmarked adjustable blade. Is this rifle supposed to have a "1/2 cock" safety position on the hammer?-Karl

wisconsin99, Theres just 2 hammer positions one is just off the firing pin, and the other is full cock. other than all the way down on the pin. Don

Don,
I guess that is what I was wondering...Mine is either full cock or all the way down on the pin. There is no "safe" hammer position.Karl

Karl,There should be one just off the firing pin,maybe the notch in the hammer is full of crud! Don

Thanks for the help...I'll check it out. Dad says that this gun was great-grandpa's and he bought a new Remington 740 when this one jammed up while trying to shoot a buck. Dad has had it for 40+years and I don't believe it has been shot in that time. I kind of forgot about it until I saw this post started...Karl

I hope we can find some more Stevens 425 High Powers and their serial numbers out there. We only have 17 guns on our list.

Peter

Here's the pic my wife took.



Don

Don, that is a Winchester 22J.

Rick, How did you figure that out?????? it don't have a winchester elevator? looks like what they call a stevens 112, could they be one and the same? Don

I have one not very good photo of the 425 at Cody. It looks to have the Winchester 22H. Since Stevens only made a small quntity of this model it is possible that they bought sights vs making them. I think the Stevens 112 was only used on the 425's.

Don, I'm using the Winchester sight book that Madis put out a few years back and sights I have on hand for reference. The edges of the sight being beveled in front of the elevator and on the sides of the dovetail area is common to all of the Winchester sights of this style.

Here's another example of Stevens barrel stamping (and another of E. E. Redfields designs). I think this is the standard for Stevens, Favorites are stamped the same.


Here are the sights on my gun, the are the same as the the sights on one a friend of mine has (sorry don't have the serial number at this time - his is a .35 and is in better condition than mine). Also a couple of 30-30 REM headstamped cartridges.

Gene, interesting front sight!! I was checking in the blue book about serial numbers this morning, and under the Stevens information it says the model 15 and 425 are in the same group with 11,500 manufactured!!! But you go to look up the 425 in their price guide and they list 26,000 manufactured, things don't add up! i'm thinking they used the winchester rear sight also, the one on your rifle looks like mine ,except more of a "Buckhorn". Don