Shotgun Question

[MilsurpShooter]

I love my attic, gives me so much to do lol. Was preparing for my vacation last week, and had to move a bunch of stuff around in order to get to the cots and our cooler. I was wandering about as I usually do (Can't bring me into antique stores, attics, or Basements with any type of history). I was messing around with the old bookshelf, found some 1900's and late 1800's copyrighted books, when I noticed something behind it. Pulled it out and was staring at a very dusty shotgun. Showed it to my uncle who said it was his older brothers. I'm looking it up on the internet now, god that vacation sucked, well not really, I just had to wait a week before I could look up anything on it.

What I'm looking at is a single shot, single barrel shotgun. It has a 2 3/4 inch chamber, and is labeled

-Springfield-
Manufactured by
J.Stevens Arms Company
Chicopee Falls, Mass USA

Plastic stock and a manual hammer. I'm looking it up now but more then one can't hurt lol

Thanks guys

 

[MilsurpShooter]

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976562922.htm

Only difference is this stock is plastic and the extra stamping, "guranteed single gun" and "barrel, lug forged one piece" are not on this one.

 

[Dave McCracken]

One of millions of single barrel, utility grade shotguns made from 1880 or so up past WWII. To a collector, near zero value.

To you, being a family gun, this is history. Have a decent smith make sure it's safe to shoot, use light loads because these are so light they hurt with heavy ones, and go shoot you some dinner in your uncle's memory.

If it's not safe to shoot, hang it up and admire it. Like I said, history.....

 

[MilsurpShooter]

Lol none of the guns I own or plan to own are planning on being "valuable". All I look for is how accurate and well can it shoot lol. I did some more reasearch on it, and right now I'm trying to figure out what guage shell it is and if I can get a wood stock for it.

 

[JohnBT]

More than likely a Stevens Model 94 with a Tenite stock. IIRC, Tenite was invented in '39 or so and used between '45 and '50. If that's what it is you should be able to find a wood stock for it...maybe at

www.hoosiergunworks.com/catalog/forearms.html

John