Stevens 520 hump back shotgun

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Anyone here have any knowledge about these? From what little I've found on the net, mine is likely a first year model but it's hard to say.

Some idiotic previous owner did some unattractive carving on the stock and I'd like to replace it but the few times I've seen stocks for sale, they want more than the gun is worth for them. Also I've read about short and long tang versions of this shotgun but no real definition of what that means. The patina on the stock is even all over so I'm guessing that the caving could be more than 100 years old like the rest of the gun...

Surprisingly, it has a serial number but hidden on the inside of the tang of the receiver. The number on mine is less than 2000 and one of the reasons I suspect it to be a first year model. I don't know if JMB sold the design outright or licensed it to Stevens. If it was a license deal, that would explain the serial number.

Tony
 
long and short tang is how long the receiver 'wings' that hold the stock on are. top tang is on top, bottom tang is behind trigger guard. its where the stock screws go. sometimes the bottom tang is part of the trigger guard.
part 3 (arrow) is a tang to a rem model 11.
pic 2 is a more modern version of a tang.
hope this helps.
 

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If it's a double hump and marked J Stevens Arms & Tool Company it was made between 1909 and 1916. The company was renamed J Stevens Arms Company in 1916.
 
Ive never seen that action in a Stevens before. Looks like the Browning action. In the time period that was made wasn't the Rem mod 11 out also? Another Browning shotgun. Seem's I was told the mod 11 came out before the Browning on Browning patent's. sound's like maybe the Stevens did to?
 
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Ive never seen that action in a Stevens before. Looks like the Browning action. In the time period that was made wasn't the Rem mod 11 out also? Another Browning shotgun. Seem's I was told the mod 11 came out before the Browning on Browning patent's. sound's like maybe the Stevens did to?
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The Stevens model 520 being discussed here is a pump shotgun. I don't understand the references to Browning action and Rem model 11.

FWIW, the Browning A5 came out first and the Remington model 11 is a licensed version of it. Savage also had a version, the 720.
 
I know what a tang is but what I don't know is what length is meant by long and short tang versions of this shotgun.

Like I said before, I think mine is a very early model and model number wasn't stamped on the slide. Either that was a mistake or it was made before they were doing that. The serial number is less than 2000 so unless they started over at some point, that makes it a 1909 gun...

Tony
 
your own words...>>>>Also I've read about short and long tang versions of this shotgun but no real definition of what that means. <<<<

dude, if it was obvious, why did you state there was no definition of what that meant? all I did was define a tang for you.:)
good luck with your quest.
 
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I was referring to exact length so I know what to look for. Perhaps I could have stated it more clearly.

I'm also very curious about the lack of the model number being stamped on the slide. I've found no mention anywhere about any of these guns not having it. So is it a fluke or was there a time when they didn't stamp them. It could be one of those mysteries that has no solution...

Tony
 
Yes, Savage had a humpback on the Browning design, as did Remington. And my faded memory suggests that Winchester might also have had one...maybe.

I always thought the Remington came out before the Browning, but I could sure be wrong and don’t feel like looking it up. The Remington Model 11 was discontinued in 1948, when I was a couple of month old.
 
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