new old Western Field/Stevens 620A - yay!
Posted: 24 May 2016 04:39
OK, first off I am just testing to see if the google photo links work. Then, I'll upload/share the pics another way if that doesn't work. Please check to see if these image links show anything! I will do better later, I'm just happy to have located another old Browning design 520/620 pump!
This is a darn near mint condition Western Field 620A Stevens pump in 20 gauge - I'd been looking for a 20 a while, this of course came into my field of view and that was that! My best guess on date of manufacture is most likely near the end of the Stevens 620A production - it has the typical later features, but mainly the condition - and some few stamps I've seen before - maybe 1952-1954.
I think someone got the gun as a gift, perhaps, tried it out, and put it away in a gun cabinet. Maybe then the original owner passed away, the gun finally resurfaced at an estate sale. Anyway it's mine now - and it sure is neat to look over a gun like it came from the factory! These pictures are lousy, sorry:
https://goo.gl/photos/eAia88C1QyyjKtrZ7
https://goo.gl/photos/39Y6XHHg3rSCYf8o8
https://goo.gl/photos/Q3oBZ1BUrUFsVB9J9
https://goo.gl/photos/pkZH78xAE11NvZtG7
https://goo.gl/photos/K2YDXB6bfq7c798r9
https://goo.gl/photos/FftCXtqHwUD8vMrd9
Real pics coming soon. Promise!
Oh wow - this is the most minty-looking 620A I've seen around lately. I really lucked out!
Also, I was initially worried at the gun shop yesterday because for the life of me I could NOT get the front half to come apart, as these break-downs so readily do.
Turns out that at home, after some persuasion with a block of rubber and a mallet, the front end finally released. The problem? Best I can tell, it had never been taken down. Judging by the lack of significant scratch or rub marks on the magazine button (where your shotshells push up against as you load the tube) this may have been fired once or twice if at all.
Again, back soon with good pics from my work bench.
And please let me know of any loose 20 ga. 520/620 barrels I can cut down!
I've been locked into school so long it's not even funny! Got another month and 10 days or so, until I am out of that place for good. I was offered a teaching job at another school nearby, much better in many ways, so I am a happy camper.
Adam Lee, the grumpy old 5th grade teacher who hates the SOL testing season something fierce!
This is a darn near mint condition Western Field 620A Stevens pump in 20 gauge - I'd been looking for a 20 a while, this of course came into my field of view and that was that! My best guess on date of manufacture is most likely near the end of the Stevens 620A production - it has the typical later features, but mainly the condition - and some few stamps I've seen before - maybe 1952-1954.
I think someone got the gun as a gift, perhaps, tried it out, and put it away in a gun cabinet. Maybe then the original owner passed away, the gun finally resurfaced at an estate sale. Anyway it's mine now - and it sure is neat to look over a gun like it came from the factory! These pictures are lousy, sorry:
https://goo.gl/photos/eAia88C1QyyjKtrZ7
https://goo.gl/photos/39Y6XHHg3rSCYf8o8
https://goo.gl/photos/Q3oBZ1BUrUFsVB9J9
https://goo.gl/photos/pkZH78xAE11NvZtG7
https://goo.gl/photos/K2YDXB6bfq7c798r9
https://goo.gl/photos/FftCXtqHwUD8vMrd9
Real pics coming soon. Promise!
Oh wow - this is the most minty-looking 620A I've seen around lately. I really lucked out!
Also, I was initially worried at the gun shop yesterday because for the life of me I could NOT get the front half to come apart, as these break-downs so readily do.
Turns out that at home, after some persuasion with a block of rubber and a mallet, the front end finally released. The problem? Best I can tell, it had never been taken down. Judging by the lack of significant scratch or rub marks on the magazine button (where your shotshells push up against as you load the tube) this may have been fired once or twice if at all.
Again, back soon with good pics from my work bench.
And please let me know of any loose 20 ga. 520/620 barrels I can cut down!
I've been locked into school so long it's not even funny! Got another month and 10 days or so, until I am out of that place for good. I was offered a teaching job at another school nearby, much better in many ways, so I am a happy camper.
Adam Lee, the grumpy old 5th grade teacher who hates the SOL testing season something fierce!