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Thanks , Jim.

I was very happy to have been able to find a buttplate and a correct adaptor to be able to bring her back .

The later adaptors had an "S" on the side , but Bruce Canfield told me that mine had the early non-"S" marked adaptor on it when made .

Some things to note that are not usually covered in these :

The stampings in front of the trigger .

The hole in the rear of the adaptor so it will fit a Winchester as a replacement part .

How the shells lay in front of the lifter .

How these adaptor's fit onto the handguard shield .

 

One might also note the very , very rare trench gun web sling . It is based on the M1 Garand web sling , but , while the BAR web sling is 24 inches longer , this one is only 12 inches longer . Folded , this gives a six inch longer reach due to the longer distance between the swivels of the trenchguns over the M1 .

 

I know it is rare , I've only seen six of them.

And I have them all .

( I also had them made )

Chris

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Chris,

My gun has the same stampings on the trigger guard. Have no idea what they mean.

I noticed the hole at the rear of the bayonet attachment and thought it was odd. Didn't realize they were used on Winchesters.

I never heard of special slings for shotguns. If its mentioned in Canfields book I missed it

 

My gun is much improved since I posted the pics.

I glued a piece on the broken toe and fitted a repro buttplate similar to yours

I steel wooled the wood , recut the checkering, and applied an oil finish.

I sand blasted the mag tube and applied 6 coated of "OXPHA blue'.

Its a mismatch, barrel and stock don't match the receiver, but it looks nice. But all in all, you have a much nicer Stevens.

Jim C

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Hi Jim .

The shields were not placed on Winchesters , per se , but they knew that sometime down the line field repairs and rebuilds would come up . The hole was to allow it to be used on both makers guns at that time .

The slings were made by a modern maker of the web slings made to my spec of 1/2 length between a M1 and a BAR / M15 sling . They were not a GI item . Re-reading my attempt at humor , I can see where the punch line was not clear on that . Sorry about that .

Chris

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