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< 16ga. Guns ~ Wards Western Field model 30-SB562A 16 ga |
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Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:37 am
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Joined: 26 Jun 2020
Posts: 140
Location: Spokane, WA
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Picked up an oldie but clean and smooth shucking 16 ga 28” * bbl model 30. Heavy 7 lb 9 oz gun. Probably built in 1948. It appears to be original except for an ivory mounted bead. Interesting take down system, the Mag tube is rotated to move a retainer allowing the barrel and magazine assembly to move down and free from the receiver. J M Browning design is unique to this family of Savage/Stevens pump guns. I doubt if I’ll be packing this in the bird fields but it will spend some time on the trap range. |
_________________ Stevens 311c 16
F.A.I.R. ISIDE EM 16
Rem 58 16
A5 Sweet Sixteen
Husqvarna model 49 16 |
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Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:25 pm
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Joined: 25 Jan 2014
Posts: 223
Location: MN
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I was lucky enough to be a caretaker of a #30 for a few years while the owner was travelling. I loved the straight grain walnut with cut checkering and the high quality bluing on these "working man's guns". That one a smooth operator too. Yea its stout, but you won't need a fancy tool to pound any dents out the barrel.
With bismuth now more affordable and available, I'm sure it would love to get back in a duck marsh or a barley field. |
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Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:37 am
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Joined: 31 Dec 2010
Posts: 191
Location: SE Michigan
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Great guns, you won't find that kind of machining these days. I've got a couple of the Western Fields and a Sears / JC Higgins, all are Stevens 520A that were made for them and rebranded for their retail customers. As noted they are not svelte and trim but they get the job done and you don't have to baby them. |
_________________ "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." John Wayne |
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Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:04 pm
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Joined: 26 Jun 2020
Posts: 140
Location: Spokane, WA
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It is a well built and the only thing I am having an issue with is the long reach to the forearm wood. I am searching for a replacement beavertail type, like the one the 620A model. |
_________________ Stevens 311c 16
F.A.I.R. ISIDE EM 16
Rem 58 16
A5 Sweet Sixteen
Husqvarna model 49 16 |
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