Who does shotgun work on a savage/stevens?

[Roland Thunder]

I gave doc noper a call, and he has gone to only working on SKB's. Does anyone have a suggestion on another scattering mechanic?

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Who does shotgun work on a savage/stevens?

 

If you are talking about the 311 series basically no one.  Very, very, very few CAS shooters use them anymore.  They are not really good CAS shotguns.  You won't find anyone that specialzes in them so you will have to find a good general gunsmith.  What is it you are trying to accomplish?

[Tom Bullweed]

22 hours ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Who does shotgun work on a savage/stevens?

 

If you are talking about the 311 series basically no one.  Very, very, very few CAS shooters use them anymore.  They are not really good CAS shotguns.  You won't find anyone that specialzes in them so you will have to find a good general gunsmith.  What is it you are trying to accomplish?

10000%

That tab between the barrels is tough too load guickly.  SKB, Browning, Baikal and Stoegers do not have that tab and are popular double-tubed scatterguns.

[McCandless]

On 10/15/2024 at 3:35 PM, Roland Thunder said:

I gave doc noper a call, and he has gone to only working on SKB's. Does anyone have a suggestion on another scattering mechanic?

 

If you already have one that you want to use to get started....  I started out with a Stevens 311.  Oy!  After having it worked on, and then doing the "$7 fix" It was still a gun that I had to use my off hand to open wide enough instead of going for my shells.  The major mistake was having the barrels cut down.  The gun needs that forward weight to open the breech.   Then it has that big lug between the chambers that increases the fumble-factor while loading.   Anyway, here are some older instructions for working on it.   https://marauder.homestead.com/Stevens311.html

[Cholla]

The "tab" is called a doll's head.

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

37 minutes ago, Cholla said:

The "tab" is called a doll's head.

Around here we call it a PITA.

[Roland Thunder]

I never thought about the dolls head getting in the way, that is a good point, and I'll always have my 97 as a backup for my side by side.

[Reverend P. Babcock Chase]

Howdy Roland,

 

My regular shotguns are hammer guns. All have a "doll's head". I also have a Stoeger that I occasionally shoot. While the doll's head does present somewhat of a hinderance, like everything in this game practice is the key. I'm never at the top of the score list, but I find that, when the shells are presented right (remember I said practice), things go pretty smoothly. Yes, in an absolute sense, no doll's head is less prone to loading problems, but if you have a double with one don't let that get you started.

 

Rev. Chase

[Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L]

The Savage Stevens 411 is basically a dressed up single trigger Baikal and I have worked on them for over 20 years.

JM