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Re: Stevens new double at $399
      15/03/04 10:22 AM

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Did anyone happen to read about Stevens 12 ga double in February American Rifleman?

Yeah, it isn't a rifle, but for $399, MSRP no less, one could experiment pretty cheaply with a DR chambering in 8x57R, 9.3x74, or 375 FM.




Savage Stevens doubles have never been very expensive, and there is a reason for that! They aren't very well made, is the reason! They are OK for 8,000 psi of a 12 ga, but not designed for anything over 10,000 psi!

You might get by, for a while, with something like sleeving in something like 30-30 (35,000 psi) barrels, but I'd be reluctant to put anything that developed more pressure than a 45 Long Colt ( under 12,000 psi) in one! A 410 might make a nice 22 hornet, or 218 Bee.High pressure, but very small diameter, leaving a lot of steel around the chambers, and a small foot print to the case rim. The lock-up is such that it could become a "SELF OPPENER" if very quickly if a 375 Flanged were shot in it! A 375 Fl Mag developes 48,000 psi chamber pressure.

Who knows, maybe they lowered the price, and made them stronger at the same time! Knowing what I know about bean counters, I doubt it, however!

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* Stevens new double at $399 RobertD 15/03/04 07:59 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 Hawaiian_Hunter   16/03/04 09:54 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 RobertD   15/03/04 12:34 PM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 DaveJames   16/03/04 12:29 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 RobertD   16/03/04 01:56 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 DUGABOY1   15/03/04 10:22 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 luv2safari   16/03/04 04:29 PM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 RobertD   15/03/04 12:27 PM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 DUGABOY1   20/03/04 07:32 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 4seventy   20/03/04 09:58 PM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 475Guy   21/03/04 03:51 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 RobertD   20/03/04 12:07 PM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 DUGABOY1   21/03/04 04:15 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 ThomasEdwards   21/03/04 04:52 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 DUGABOY1   22/03/04 05:57 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 RobertD   22/03/04 03:11 PM
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. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 ThomasEdwards   22/03/04 06:41 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 mickey   22/03/04 07:26 AM
. * * Re: Stevens new double at $399 ThomasEdwards   22/03/04 11:54 AM
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