Stevens 44

[spife7980]

Hey y’all, question on some old stuff, hopefully y’all can clear it up for me.

This is my great grandfathers Stevens 22lr that was found in a barn and it’s in immaculate shape for having shot rats for 100 years. Was hoping to put a tang sight on it. Pondering the marbles vs finding and old lyman 103 but I need to figure out what it is exactly first. Has the 1.485 tang hole spacings.

But… I can’t tell the difference between a “44” which I know it is vs a “Favorite” or a 1889/1894/1915/418

Pretty sure its a 44 based on everything I can tell, but I also think those other names apply to the 44 as well?

Based on this I would say I have an late 1894 44 favorite? Its got a .250 wide center extractor, not the skinny one.
But it also has some stuff that seems to disagree with that as the receiver is 1.12" thick, not .870.
Muzzle measures .814

Stevens Favorite Rifles | Wisner's Inc

 

[Purdey]

Hey y’all, question on some old stuff, hopefully y’all can clear it up for me.

This is my great grandfathers Stevens 22lr that was found in a barn and it’s in immaculate shape for having shot rats for 100 years. Was hoping to put a tang sight on it. Pondering the marbles vs finding and old lyman 103 but I need to figure out what it is exactly first. Has the 1.485 tang hole spacings.

But… I can’t tell the difference between a “44” which I know it is vs a “Favorite” or a 1889/1894/1915/418

Pretty sure its a 44 based on everything I can tell, but I also think those other names apply to the 44 as well?

Based on this I would say I have an late 1894 44 favorite? Its got a .250 wide center extractor, not the skinny one.
But it also has some stuff that seems to disagree with that as the receiver is 1.12" thick, not .870.
Muzzle measures .814

Stevens Favorite Rifles | Wisner's Inc

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You have a model 44. The Favorite is a completely different gun. The Favorite is much smaller and was an inexpensive boys rifle chambered in rimfire like 22 and 32.

 

[spife7980]

You have a model 44. The Favorite is a completely different gun. The Favorite is much smaller and was an inexpensive boys rifle chambered in rimfire like 22 and 32.

Ok, and the 1889/1894/1915/418 is just designations of subgenerations of 44?
Do you know what an ideal rifle is? Looks like that’s on a 44 as well.

 

[Purdey]

Ok, and the 1889/1894/1915/418 is just designations of subgenerations of 44?
Do you know what an ideal rifle is? Looks like that’s on a 44 as well.

The 1889/1894/1915 were different models of the smaller Favorite rifle. There were several models based on the 44 and later redesigned 44 1/2 actions. These include the 418 as well as the Ideal rifle among many others (54, 45, 47, 51, Walnut Hill 417).

 

[spife7980]

Cool. That gives me enough confidence to order the marbles rear tang sight for it to get dad shooting schuetzen with it at least.

Marble Arms improved peep tang sight for StevensShort

The Marble Arms improved peep tang sight is adjustable for windage and elevation. The adjustments are micrometer precise. Each firm detent click equals four-tenths of an inch movement at 100 yards. We stock sights for Stevens target rifles only - Marbles sights for other rifles are available...

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I googled the other models and they all have different forearms than ours so Im just gonna assume ours is a standard 44, maybe an "ideal", but it looks like all ideals and 45,54 etc were just named submodels off the 44 action with different, nicer, furniture in place.

Thanks @Purdey!