To give you a little better understanding of the gun we are discussing, the Savage Arms Company purchased the original Stevens company; and in 1929, purchased the AH Fox Gun Company. These early original Stevens doubles were assigned number grades such as the Model 235, Model 335, etc; the highest grades featured flourishes of hand engraving, and even a hammer gun model was available. These early Stevens guns were low priced, but quality pieces, and utilized a different bolting system than these later Savage produced Stevens guns; and today, examples of these early Stevens model double guns remaining in high condition are tough to find. As noted, Savage Arms also purchased the AH Fox Gun Company, and almost exactly 30 days prior to the 1929 stock market crash that heralded the beginning of the Great Depression; the obvious result being that this acquisition did not prove to be the great profit generator Savage had envisioned. But Savage continued to manufacture the AH Fox gun on thru the Depression and into WWII; but even when produced of the AH Fox gun ceased, the Fox name itself lived on. Savage placed the great Fox name on another Savage manufactured gun called the Fox Model B. This new model Fox gun was vastly cheaper to manufacture, and in no way resembled the original AH Fox gun; but the Fox name was retained because that name had earned a reputation for high quality in the world of double guns. To a lesser degree the same was true of the Stevens name, which Savage retained with the introduction of the Stevens Model 311, mechanically identical to the Fox Model B but a cheaper version of that model; and the forerunner of the later Stevens Model 5100. Early Model 5100 guns will have plain walnut stocks, while later Model 5100's will have stained hardwood stocks. But the 5100 was always a cheaper version of the Fox Model B which always featured walnut stocks, and depending on the period manufactured; other options such as beavertail forearms, vent ribs, ejectors, and even single triggers. I've owned and used examples of both the Stevens and Fox Model B guns; and although they always functioned as intended, their handling qualities are much like that of a fence post when compared to the handling qualities of an original AH Fox gun.