[mick53]

Hi fellas,

Here's a "what's wrong with this picture" puzzle for you. If one of you guys owns a Stevens 620 you can solve the mystery instantly.

Please take a look at the photo below and please tell me what is missing here? Note the hole in the receiver on the upper right hand side, just to the right of center.

Does a little metal plug go here? Small screw? Nothing? I hope it's nothing, but with my luck I'll have to have someone make whatever it is for $50.

I already went to Numrich and looked at the blow-up diagram and I'll be damned if I could find it.

Thanks guys,

Mick

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b380/mick53/620missing.jpg

[mnrivrat]

The hole you are looking at is for the screw that holds the ejector in place.

[mick53]

mnrivrt,

Thanks for the fast reply on that.

Would you happen to know the name or number of the part?

Any idea what one might cost me if I can find one?

Man, it's always something. And don't worry if you don't know the answers to those other questions. You got me pointed now, I'll figure it out.

Thanks again, bro,

Mick

[Sport45]

Numrich shows to have it for $2.25 (if this is the right one).

Ejector Screw (http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Detail.aspx?pid=142850W&catid=5572)

Stevens 620 Parts List (http://www.gunpartscorp.com/catalog/Products.aspx?catid=5572)

[mick53]

You guys are the best.

And it's an inexpensive part to boot!

Thank ya'll. I let you know how things work out.

Mick

[mnrivrat]

With the screw gone it is likely the ejector is also gone or droped down into the trigger group.

[mick53]

Firearms, gotta love 'em.

A fella on another forum is telling me nothing goes in that hole but a "slave pin" which is used to hold a part in place when the receiver is being worked on.

If I get a definitive answer from somewhere else, I'll come back here and post it.

Mick

[rcmodel]

Not a screw hole.
You are not missing anything if the ejecter in still in the gun.

The hole is an access hole to place a punch in to knock out the ejector if it needs to be removed.

From Army TM 9-285: SHOTGUNS, ALL TYPES, SEPTEMBER 21, 1942
The ejector of the Model 620A and 520 Guns is fastened to
the inner left wall of the receiver by a screw and should not be removed.

The ejector on the Model 620 Gun seats in a countersink in the same
position. If loose, it should be removed to prevent loss by inserting small
drift in hole in left wall of receiver, from the outside, and pushing
ejector from its seat, into the receiver. Observe care against loss of
ejector spring.

rc

[HB]

I have a similar shotgun and I believe it is the ejector screw, it probably broke off as mine did. I have yet to fix it but looks identical and functions except shells are not ejected but are extracted into the action. Goodluck with the fix, please post any tricks you learned in the process! They're always seems to be a trick you need to know to get a gun back in working order.

HB

[rcmodel]

See post #8 again.

620A's had a screw.

The 620 the OP ask about and photographed doesn't.

rc

[mick53]

rcmodel,

I am confident you are correct and I thank you for sharing your knowledge.

There is an illustration in the manual to which your referred in which the hole in the photograph is clearly delineated. It is designated as the "ejector dissasembling hole."

Mystery solved. Thank you again.

Mick

[mick53]

I have a similar shotgun and I believe it is the ejector screw, it probably broke off as mine did. I have yet to fix it but looks identical and functions except shells are not ejected but are extracted into the action. Goodluck with the fix, please post any tricks you learned in the process! They're always seems to be a trick you need to know to get a gun back in working order.

HB
HB,

This one was a real puzzler.

The bottom line on this mystery, as rcmodel has stated, is the 620A HAS an ejector screw which holds its ejector in place and the 620 does not.

The 620's ejector sits in a countersink and if it is to be removed it is pushed free with a punch (or an icepick or something similar) inserted into the "ejector dissasembling hole."

Man, it took a long time to scratch that itch. But it does feel good.

Mick