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Nice! Good shooting too.

Thank you, sir. It has a real solid feel, balances just ahead of the receiver, and carries as if it were a miniature Pennsylvania long rifle.

10 shots this morning with LAPUA Polar Xtreme on a 6” steel plate from this Stevens Favorite at 200 yards. A 2.4mm aperture front insert was installed, and overcast lighting limited target contrast somewhat. But, there was no wind, except for a light gust which blew shot #3 away to parts unknown. Elevation was set at 8-3/8 revolutions from the bottom.

I am starting one like it, tempted to add a Williams 5D peep sight.

Talk with Craig Lauerman at Marbles (clauermanmarblearms.com) about a tang sight with mounting hole spacing just right for the Stevens Favorite Model of 1915, or for any other tang on which you want to mount a sight. I found the Marbles tang sight to have advantages over most receiver-mounted peep sights, and even the Lyman 66 (for which I have a fondness). Keeping a barrel-mounted folding leaf sight on the rifle as an alternative to a receiver or tang peep sight can prove to be a plus, as well.

The Stevens Favorite project rifle came out once again this morning for some exercise against the 6” steel at 200 yards off my back deck:





20 rounds of LAPUA Biathlon Xtreme (the last of that stuff in my stash). The tang sight elevation was set at 8-3/8 turns, with windage set at 1 click left. 75 degrees, 47% humidity, and very light wind. The first several shots were misses before I finally started getting onto the steel. Then things settled down quite nicely.

That 6” disk sure looks itty bitty at 200 yards, without a scope. But, the light was good and the bright white disk centered clearly in the front aperture.

Took the Stevens Favorite to the local 50 yard range with some LAPUA Center-X, yesterday. Over bags, it shot this:



Believe it or not, there are five shots in there. The RO and I tried to figure out whether it was 4 and 1, or 3 and 2. We couldn’t be certain, though the hole on the left did look like it was maybe just a tiny bit larger than the known single shot holes in the previous target beneath it.