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Here's a 440 - stevens-engraved-model-440 If you look close at the left side of the receiver in the second picture you can see inspections stamps that are from the mid-1920's, a P in a circle on the barrel and an I in a circle on the receiver. This gun must have still been in the possession of Stevens after Savage bought them and was inspected and sold then. This gun was at Rock Island Auction some years ago but did not get a bid, I think the starting bid was set at $40,000 or $45,000. rockislandauction/detail/68/

There was an engraved one at the last Tulsa, it had extensive scroll engraving on the receiver but without animals - a pattern that was not in the catalogs, kind of between the 435 & 440. It was well used.


The original official name for 30 Remington was 30-30 Remington, the famous 'Winchester 30-30' was officially named 30 WCF and Winchester never stamped any guns 30-30 until after WWII, the number after a dash was traditionally for the grains of black powder in a load and this was supposed to be a smokeless only cartridge, so it was never intended to have a -30 added. It is thought Marlin started using the name 30-30 for it, Savage marked their first guns in 30 WCF '.30 SAV' which caused confusion with their 303 Savage. Earlier there was the 30-30 Wesson which was a black powder cartridge.

Early cartridges and boxes marked 30-30 Remington are hard to find. Most cartridge companies made them.







Unlike Marlins these had an enclosed rear on the action -