Tell me about my mystery SxS shotgun

[JW in Ohio]

I have had (inherited) this Stevens 12 gauge side by side shotgun since the late 60s, and shot it a time or two back then as a kid. I'm thinking of taking it to a local gun show and selling it, but would like your input as to what its history is and what it is worth. I have no delusions that it is a rare and exotic collectible, but would value any info you can give me about it. Various markings show that it is a Stevens. The number 5100 is stamped (don't know if it is a model # or serial #), a picture of a hunting dog is stamped in the left side of the receiver, a small heart shape is on the bottom of the receiver. The stock is a woodgrain hollow plastic. Barrel 28". Manufactured in the 1960s or before. I'm attaching a few pics. Any ideas?

 

[glove]

Hello JD

If one of these is your model number this should help.
Dave Z

MODEL 311 SxS
- 12, 16, 20 ga., or .410 bore, 3 in. chambers, double triggers, extractors, VR. Disc. 1989.
Grading 100% 98% 95% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
$245 $205 $185 $150 $140 $125 $115

Last MSR was $309.
Add 30% for .410 bore.
Add 20% for 16 or 20 ga.

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MODEL 315 SxS
- 12, 16, 20 ga., or .410 bore, DT, extractors, hammerless, case colored frame, walnut stock and forearm, model identification is on top lever, this model also was mfg. under various trade names, including Riverside and Springfield.
Grading 100% 98% 95% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
$225 $185 $150 $140 $125 $115 $100



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MODEL 411 SxS
- 12, 20 ga. or .410 bore, 28 in. monobloc barrels with choke tubes, boxlock action with laser engraved sideplates, SST, checkered walnut stock and splinter forearm, approx. 6 1/2 lbs., mfg. in Russia. New 2004.
Grading 100% 98% 95% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
MSR $425 $375 $325 $275 $235 $200 $180 $160



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[LHB1]

JW,
The Stevens 311 was a cheap, utility grade shotgun. If yours has a plastic stock it was probably one of the later year models.

Good shooting and be safe.
LB

 

[Oldnamvet]

Look behind the hinge pin or ahead of the trigger guard on the bottom of the frame. There may be a date code. There will be a small circle with a number and letter. The letter corresponds to a year that can be looked up in a table. This applies to those produced between 1949 and 1968.

 

[rem1187a]

Due to the way the company name on the right side appears, it was made prior to the late 40's. Keep your eye on this site as I am sure someone will recognize it and give you the model. As for value I would say in the condition that it appears in photos around $150. Stevens made good guns but never seemed to bring good prices. Most people who are looking for a gun like what you have want one because they had one years ago,or dad,grandpa had one,or for a wallhanger. IMO for what you could get for it I would keep it for the memories.

 

[Fred Fuller]

Nice looking gun, it's good to see the case hardening colors still in place on the receiver. It's basically a 311 with a different number and a couple of other differences, the big one being the furniture. The stock/forearm are made of Tenite, a plastic that Stevens/Savage experimented with briefly right after WW2 IIRC. The plastic stocks proved to be somewhat brittle and the company went back to wood. Tenite is still used in some stocks these days, but it's reinforced with fiberglass now to stop the brittleness problem.

See http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=158849 for more on tenite.

For no more than you'd likely get for the gun if you sold it, it's worth keeping... you can't replace the heritage it represents.

lpl/nc

 

[aaronrkelly]

To a dealer your going to get $150 for it.

To an individual your looking closer to $300ish.

They are darn nice guns, just not fancy.