STEVENS  "FAVORITE"  RIFLES

The exploded illustration shown below was scanned off a Frank de Haas Single Shot Rifles & Actions book, and adding factory part numbers if applicable.  This is important as about all obsolete parts suppliers use ONLY factory or closely associated numbers where ever possible so everyone is on the same page.

Note, for some of the older firearms, many over 100 years old, the factories never used what we now know as assembly drawings, but just views of many of the component parts & possibly randomly placed as seen below

Stevens model 1894

There are 4 different early Stevens Favorite models made, the earliest, the Sideplate model, then 1889, the 1894 & the 1915.  Then in 1971 Savage came out with a Stevens Favorite commemorative model 71  & then in 1972 the model 72, (same gun, different barrel) which was a look alike to the early guns, but no internal parts were interchangeable with the early guns.  Early 1999 saw the factory
re-introduce a slightly different Favorite yet, which was designated the model 30G 

In the above Illustration we have tried to utilize known factory parts numbers off the commonly seen 1915 drawing & then renumber the above for the 1894 to be somewhat compatible between the 3 different main models, by using the same numbers where the parts are the same.  And by adding either an "A", "B", or "C" to designate if there is a difference between the different model versions. 
The above numbers therefore may have suffixes that are not be the actual factory parts numbers, but they are what we use to avoid confusion because of the lacking of  good parts drawings.

The above model 1894 will not have any model markings & then some variations especially in the extractors & also transition guns have been noted.  This model was made over the longest time when special orders were accepted.  It could have had possibly 4 different extractors, depending on vintage. The only real way to tell which extractor you need, (IF YOURS IS MISSING) is to measure the slot in the barrel & the slot in the breech bolt.

This gun actually had model numbers of 17, 20, & 27 assigned to it.  But the only reference to these models was on the sales catalogs & not on the guns themselves. 
These afore mentioned model numbers referred basically to different barrel configurations of the same gun.

STEVENS  FAVORITE Model 1915

The Above illustrations taken from Frank de Haas Single Shot Rifles & Actions book with the numbers changed to match factory part numbers

This gun will have 1915 stamped on the upper tang behind the hammer

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Originated 10-23-04  Last updated 11-08-2020
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