Modified Stevens 620 (pics)

[mick53]

Bradshaw, I guess what they say is true; Great minds think alike.

I too did some homework and, also in large part due to Mr. Lapin, found and bought a Stevens Model 620 to convert to a HD shotgun. I posted some pics at the bottom of this post.

It started out with a 28" barrel with, I believe, a fulll choke. I never measured it because I knew it was going to be gone.

It now has an 18.75" barrel and is of course now a cylinder bore. Also added a brass bead. Why? It helps me point faster and I like the "look" too.


I will check the pattern and post pictures when I can get to the range which will be very soon as I can't wait to try it out.

And yes, I am enamoured of the simplicity of the takedown. It's faster to do it than explain how it's done!

I may shorten the stock 3 or 4 inches and add a slip on recoil pad. Not sure about this yet. Any suggestions anyone? Good idea? Bad idea?

As an aside, does anyone here know the difference between the 620 and the 620-A? Is it just in the trigger group parts?

Anyway, here are the pics:






Mick

 

[matty-vb]

I want one!

 

[mick53]

matty-vb,

They're out there. Be patient. You can find a decent one for $125-$200. This particular one was made in 1952.

I paid $150 for it. I saw it on Auction Arms and noticed the seller was in the same state. I emailed him and found out he lived about 15 miles away.

The bidding was only up to $50 some odd dollars and there were 5 or 6 days left on the auction.

I asked him if he wanted to change the auction to a "Buy it Now" affair, which Auction Arms allows a seller to do even though the auction has started. I told him I would pay $150 for it.

He said it was in good shape and suggested I go out to his house to look at it to see if I wanted to buy it, which I did.

It was in good shape, so he changed the auction to buy it now and signed off. I signed on and bought it and handed over the $150 and was on my way. No shipping, no FFL and no taxes.

I was very lucky. The barrel cut and bead cost me $32 and change with taxes, so I have a total of $182 in it and I'll hold it up against any of today's "modern" HD shotguns. And if it needs anything, the parts are out there. I've checked.

The quality of the build on these is exceptional. They really DON"T make them like they used to. And talk about portable!


I'm going to take it out tomorrow and post pattern pics at 3, 7, 10, 15 and 20yds tomorrow.

Good luck,

Mick

 

[Fred Fuller]

Looking forward to seeing those pattern pictures, Mick. That's a good looking shotgun. Try some Federal (or whatever brand you can find) 00 with FliteControl out of it and see how that does...

Unless someone who will be using it is really short, I'd look at an overall LOP (with a premium pad included) of 12.5 to 13". What's the LOP now?

 

[mick53]

Lee,

LOP, from trigger to end of butt stock including the plastic (is that how it's measured)? is 14 1/8.

If this is not how it's measured, please tell me the correct way.

Right now, all I have is some Federal Power-Shok, F127 1B (Number 1 buckshot, not exactly premium stuff from what I read, but we'll see how it does.

Any suggestions on Number 1 Buckshot if the patternes are too large at say, 10 yards?

I have a few .22 rifles and some of them seem to favor different ammo for accuracy than the others. Are shotguns the same way?

Thanks,

Mick

 

[Bradshaw]

They do tend to grow on you.

I'm in the process of buying my third one.

I don't really need three of them, but they're so undervalued that I have a hard time turning them down.

 

[mick53]

Bradshaw,

Maybe we ought to "hush up" on these. We've probably started a run on them. I want another one too.

I want another one too.

Mick

 

[22lr]

Ive seen gunshops with 4-5 of em sitting on the racks for $150 a pop. Great little guns that suffer from not being made of plastic so noone is buying em anymore. But I dont really care, ill buy em all day long and laugh at the 870s of the world with those new fugly magpul stocks........

 

[mnrivrat]

I may shorten the stock 3 or 4 inches and add a slip on recoil pad.

That seems a bit too short to me. Even youth stocks are 12 to 13 inches LOP. (front of trigger to rear of butt stock)

I have a 520 in 12ga I will be selling soon, and a 620 in 20ga that I will likely hang on to. The take down feature does make these very handy for travel .

 

[Bradshaw]

Pretty nice one getting ready to go reasonable here:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=264444584