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Hi,
We are trying to find out just how many Stevens 425 High Power rifles were actually manufactured. We do not believe the 26,000 number quoted in the Blue Book and Flayderman's, nor do we believe the figure of 10,000-11,000 as quoted in Bill West's book on Savage & Stevens. In the Marlin Firearms book by Brophy, he claims that only about 1,000 were manufactured between 1911-1917, and that might be a much more accurate figure.
If you have a Stevens 425 series High Power rifle, or know someone who has one, please post the gun's serial number on this forum. So far we have identified 18 guns. The lowest serial number so far is #1050 and the highest is #5302. The Stevens 425 series serial numbers were lumped together in the Stevens' records with another Stevens rifle, possibly the Crack Shot no. 15 and the 425 numbers do not appear to be consecutive by themselves, so identifying individual rifles is important.
Please help!
Peter
We are trying to find out just how many Stevens 425 High Power rifles were actually manufactured. We do not believe the 26,000 number quoted in the Blue Book and Flayderman's, nor do we believe the figure of 10,000-11,000 as quoted in Bill West's book on Savage & Stevens. In the Marlin Firearms book by Brophy, he claims that only about 1,000 were manufactured between 1911-1917, and that might be a much more accurate figure.
If you have a Stevens 425 series High Power rifle, or know someone who has one, please post the gun's serial number on this forum. So far we have identified 18 guns. The lowest serial number so far is #1050 and the highest is #5302. The Stevens 425 series serial numbers were lumped together in the Stevens' records with another Stevens rifle, possibly the Crack Shot no. 15 and the 425 numbers do not appear to be consecutive by themselves, so identifying individual rifles is important.
Please help!
Peter