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This has been one very interesting thread I must say...!!!


Mike...

Could we possibly get the leaders to sticky this thread as there is so much info on here that it is something that I keep going back to
One day I hope to secure one of these

Don, is there any way you can get the complete serial number? That way there's no possibility of the same gun getting listed twice. Please assure him that we will not use his number for any other purpose.

Peter

Peter, Believe me it aint going to be recorded twice, i had to chisel 2 numbers out of him , i think at this point were just looking for numbers under 1000 or numbers over 6000 , all numbers between are just verifing what we already know! Don

Don, you may be correct about 5000 guns, but I still find it odd that I have found no consecutive serial numbers. Remember when I started this thread everybody thought there were 26,000 Stevens 425 High Powers manufactured. Then it was ascertained that the High Power production records were lumped in with another gun and Savage could not separate them out. If all the Stevens High Power rifles were consecutively numbered from 1000 to 6000 it would have been easy to separate them from the other gun. In addition, Brophy in his Marlin book claimed that only about 1,000 Stevens 425 High Power rifles were manufactured. Without any consectutive serial numbers we still can't make a good case for whether 5000 or 1000 guns were made.

So the 4-digit serial number of your friend's gun does become more important than just preventing duplicate numbers.

Peter

Here is another number: #5439 in .32 Rem, in response to my letter to Gun Digest The Magazine. It's over 5000 but still under the high number (5594) that we've had listed for a while.

Peter

I have a lead on another serial # on a 30 Rem........looked at the rifle today and now I'm thinking that I better buy it. What's the value of an original unmodified rifle in 70% condition???
Thanks for all of the information.
Mitch

mistem ,Its hard saying because every time someone reads this thread and gets interested ,like yourself,there will be more demand! i myself would probably pay around $700 or so on one in that condition. Don

Talked to my smith again just to ask him if any of the guns he had were checkered. Was a no. Figured I'd take a shot though, maybe he figured they were all 425's.

Mad Dog,
An idea of why the rifles were at the gunsmiths? I'm looking at purchasing one and was wondering if the 425's were prone to a design defect of some sort.
Mitch

All of them in there were for different repairs, nothing the same.

I believe I found them because I saw he was looking for a hammer for a Stevens 425, then I found out he had 4 of them in for repairs.

Thanks....I'm off to spend some money on a 30 rem in 425. I'll post the serial # later tonight.
Mitch

Here's the serial # 2283 30-30 Rem

Mitch

Thanks Mitch. That makes just 54 High Power lever guns.

11 guns in the 1000 serial number range
12 guns in the 2000 serial number range
13 guns " " 3000 " " "
13 guns " " 4000 " " "
5 guns " " 5000 " " "

.25 Rem is still the scarcest caliber with only 6 guns, followed by .32 Rem with 12 guns. The least scarce is .30 Rem (AKA 30-30 Rem) with 18 guns, followed by .35 Rem with 15 guns.

Still no consecutive serial numbers.

Peter

MISTEM...!!!!


What happened...???


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Mike...

Taxidermist called and my son's bear is ready to pick up......between this and my taxes, something has to go.
Mitch

That and the Misses hasen't seen my newest pruchase

Got the info on another few guns from my letter published in GunDigest-The Magazine. The total is now just 57 guns - still with no consecutive serial numbers. GunDigest is going to publish another letter from me for their NRA issue, and this letter will include my street address as well as my email address. Hopefully this will reach Stevens 425 High Power owners who don't use a computer.

Peter
NRA Life Member

I have a Stevens 425 High Power in 35 Remington, serial number 4623. I inherited it from my father who loved 35 Remington for whitetail deer hunting in northern Minnesota.

Does anyone know where one could find a buttstock and or forearm for this model? Does anyone make reproductions? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Thanks snakemanmn for the info on your Stevens 425 High Power. That brings us up to 61 guns.

There may have been some replacement wood made - read back over the posts on this gun. It may have been a post by GeneB.

Peter
NRA Life Member