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FWIW, a co-worker has a 425 SN 3814 in 30-30 Rem.

4 sale?

Hello:

We now have only 106 Stevens High Power rifles on our list. The most common calibers are still .30 Rem (30-30) and .35 Rem. The rarest is .25 Rem followed by .32 Rem. The lowest serial number found is still 1050 and the highest is still 5594, and we have not recorded any consecutive serial numbers. In my opinion Mr. Brophy was correct in stating in the Marlin Book that only about 1000 Stevens High Power rifles were manufactured. That's my opinion, and I'm stickin' to it!

However, I'm still looking for more numbers and calibers!

Peter Zobian
NRA Life Member

did you get the one that sold at Amoskeag? There was one on GB a few months back also....

No, I did not. Did anyone get the serial numbers and calibers?

One gentleman just emailed me with the info that he owns 5 of these rare rifles! That and a few more emails brings the total to 115 Stevens 425 High Powers and our first consecutive serial numbers! That's right, we have now found two guns with consecutive serial numbers, #3694 and #3695, both in .35 Remington! Also, we have now found a new lowest serial number (so far): #1021 in .35 Rem. The highest known serial number is still 5594 in .32 Rem.

Keep up the good work!

Best regards,

Peter Zobian
NRA Life Member
email: vintageautomobiliathegrid.net

My gunsmith buddy emailed me the other day and said he had one in there in 25 Rem that looked like it just came out of the box. Forgot to ask him for the serial range but I can next time I'm talking to him. Told him to pump the guy up to sell it to me.

amoskeag carries all of their past catalogs online and I am pretty certain the serial number was with it... the gun looked like it was brand new. Also, Steve, 1899Sav just bought one not long ago.

Peter, i picked one up about a month ago, model 425 s/n 5026 30-30 Rem. Not sure if you have it or not. Any more model 430's-435's-440's just checking. Don

Grabbed a wallhanger up for $100 in 35 Rem and comes with a spare 30 Rem barrel, for the money I'll have alot of spare parts for when I do find a nice one. Let you know the serial number when it gets here.

Got 3 of them now:

3543 35 Rem

4448 25 Rem

4518 35 Rem

4518 is marked "Not English made", not real sure what that means though.

Pictures?? Nice pick-ups!

Soon, they ain't here yet.

Don:

Is your gun actually stamped 30-30 Rem or 30 Rem?

Believe many guns imported into England were so marked. Does it have British proofs? Many years ago I had a B model 1893 Marlin so marked and proofed.

Mike

Ya, the guy that sold them to me told me it had other markings on it but I won't know what they are till it gets here.

Does J.C. letter 425's?

It is stamped 30-30 Rem. i have a couple like that. Don

The one with the spare barrel showed up, didn't know that the barrels were serial numbered to the gun so heres another one:

30-30 Rem: ser, 4570.

I have been looking for more 30-30 Remington items to go with my rifle and have found them harder to find than the guns, I did get another box to go with my Peters a while ago, it's supposed to be full of the original empties but It came shrink wrapped and I do not want to open it until I can do something with them (that's why it looks short).



Another thing harder to find than the guns is catalogs with them in. It's taken quite a while but I finally filled in some of the gaps - but i have had trouble putting accurate dates to them. The earliest catalog I have with the 425 is dated 1911, it has the higher grades listed, the next is the same number but is from 1912 (or later) - it still has the higher grades but my copy has the scope for the 425 stamped as discontinued, No 54 does not list any of the higher grade versions - I do not have any date info on it, also knowing Stevens there could be several different variations with the same number. An undated pocket catalog mentions "for higher grades see rifle catalog No 11", rifle catlog No 11 has all the higher grades, also the 425 is the first gun listed - evidently they still had high hopes for it at this time. The rifle catalog still lists all the pistols???? - Stevens catalogs still have me confused. I also have a No 55 catalog, 425 not listed, it has a price list from Dec 1, 1920. There is no mention of Stevens being owned by Savage but my copy has had the export office address marked out and another stamped above it - it's the same as for Savage.

Gene, do you have any good pics of the scope mount the guns were D&T'd for.

I should add that they were D&T'd at the factory before some of the "collectible" guys lately start on me. Big difference here guys.

I have not found anything other the the picture shown of the scope on the rifle - I have several parts catalogs and none show a detail of the mounts for the 425 Hi-Power. I have looked, the short production run on these might mean that they never got cataloged or are only in a catalog I haven't stumbled onto yet.

You can see in the picture that the 425 mounts are not adjustable and that the scope shown has adjustment knobs - this is different than the other scoped rifles in the catalog - they all have adjustment in the mounts. The fact that the scope looks specific to the 425 and was discontinued before the rifle raises the question why they still drilled and tapped them??? ..or are there some late productions guns that aren't?????

Gene