04-20-2008, 06:59 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: In the PA woods
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Hey there i got a question? looking for any and all INFO. i just bought a stevens 5100 in 16 ga. side by side. on the left side of the reciver it says STEVENS savage arms corporation chicopee falls,mass,usa with a dog pointing to towards the muzzle just like this top of left barrel proof tested 16 gauge 2 3/4 inch chamber top right barrel selected forged steel right side of the reciver 5100 in real small numbers and on the bottom of teh reciver at the hing it has a shape that looks like a spade or arroww it has 2 small silver beeds for sights the pistol grip is chercked along with the under side of the fore arm. it has a 1/2 recoil pad i have spent 3 days looking around on here and the WWW and cant find anything. other than it was made sometime form 30's-late 50's |
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05-05-2008, 11:38 PM
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cooker, You might check the underneath side of shotgun for a date code. If it has one it should have a number and letter in a small circle, the letter reflects manufacture date from 1949 to 1970. Stevens Date Codes A 1949 B 1950 C 1951 D 1952 E 1953 F 1954 G 1955 H 1956 I 1957 J 1958 K 1959 L 1960 M 1961 N 1962 P 1963 R 1964 S 1965 T 1966 U 1967 V 1968 W 1969 X 1970 ? (2007 Catalog of Firearms) No date Code or serial number, likely pre 1948. My understanding is that it is the predecessor of the Stevens model 311, so a good chance it won't have a date code. Congrats on this new shotgun.. Last edited by Kodiak32; 05-06-2008 at 12:11 AM. |
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