An interesting Stevens Tip-up...
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Friday, July 26, 2013, 18:20 (4142 days ago)
Had a young lady come in to the militaria shop with an interesting rifle, a Stevens tip-up with the skeleton stock. It was in pretty good condition except for the bore in that 1. the bore was blocked with something that looked like a cleaning patch soaked in oil. I couldn't remove it because I don't have a rod at that shop. 2. the chamber looked to be .32 but the bore was .22... I don't think I've seen that. Lock up was pretty tight and it was pretty clean and otherwise functional. I suppose one could get the barrel lined but I don't know about the practicality (cost vs value).
Anyhoo, I was wondering if any of you had seen such (.32 chamber in a .22 barrel) and if so what you think it was used for. Blank firing perhaps? The gun was pretty clean, unusual for blank firing guns.
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Sincerely,
Hobie
25 Stevens RF, perhaps?
Just guessing.
25 Stevens RF, perhaps? Hmmmmm...
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, July 27, 2013, 07:46 (4142 days ago) @ John K.
The chamber was WAY larger in diameter than the barrel but I must admit that I could neither see down the bore to see the length of the current or former chamber nor did I have a way to measure the bore or chamber except with a ruler/tape measure. The hole for a .25 Stevens chamber is not big enough to drop a .32 RF cartridge into it. Huge difference twixt bore and chamber diameters.
A pristine .25 Stevens would have gotten my attention...
Oh, and the darn thing wasn't marked as to chambering!
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Sincerely,
Hobie