The Stevens 425 is a nice looking lever gun and one, like the 99, that may have made the easy transition into the world of scopes with its solid top and disappearing bolt mechanism, given Stevens worked out the bugs and that they were able to buck the then growing interest in bolt guns. I have only seen one Stevens 425 in my "gun wanderings", and that one was years at gun show here in Sacramento. I don't think we see anywhere near the range of antique firearms showing up at gun shops and show out west as you guys do back east.


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