Stevens High Power 425

[Halwg]

Here is an interesting old gun.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=168360675

[stevens520]

That is interesting, never knew Stevens made a lever. Now is it a 30-30, or is it a 30 Remington?

[luvalever]

thats a wonderfull old rifle ive never seen one before. thanx for sharing. id say its 30-30win. the fella typing the description didnt know about the condition of the rifle too much so he probly doesnt know proper terms as well as we at MO do.

[big medicine]

thats a wonderfull old rifle ive never seen one before. thanx for sharing. id say its 30-30win. the fella typing the description didnt know about the condition of the rifle too much so he probly doesnt know proper terms as well as we at MO do.

The picture of the barrel shows 30-30 REM



Someone else may have a better idea but I believe it is a 30 Remington. At one time they were called the 30-30 Remington rimless

[Halwg]

I believe you are correct.

[Halwg]

The also made a model 430.

In 35 Remington, too.

[Halwg]

Some information I found on it:

Thanks for the serial number and caliber. I have added it to the list and we now have 86 Stevens 425 series High Power rifles. The lowest serial number is still 1050 and the highest is still 5594. All the serial numbers are still only 4-digit. Here is a breakdown by caliber:

25 Rem = 11 guns
30 Rem = 31 guns
32 Rem = 13 guns
35 Rem = 28 guns
*Caliber is unknown on 3 rifles: #3185, #4073, and #40xx

Here is the breakdown by serial number group:

1000 series = 19 guns
2000 series = 19 guns
3000 series = 17 guns
4000 series = 20 guns
5000 series = 11 guns

I need more serial numbers with calibers -- PLEASE.

Peter Zobian
NRA Life Member

[lever addict]

That is a cool old gun! It looks like the bolt does not come out the back of the reciever when the lever is opened like on a Marlin. Very cool old gun though. I take it that 30-30 winchester is not the correct round for this gun?

[papajohn]

I take it that 30-30 Winchester is not the correct round for this gun?

Right.........the 30 Remington was one of the four rounds in that "family" of cartridges, with the 35 Remington the only true survivor. They are of rimless design, unlike the 30-30 and 32 Winchester (Special). Ammo is fairly hard to come by. IIRC, Remington's new semi-auto round, the 30-AR, used the 30 Remington as the parent cartridge, shortened and reformed.

Cool rifle, an awful lot like the Marlin 36, judging from what little I remember of those i've seen.

[stevens520]

Got a few .30 Rems in my collection. Here is the .30 Rem (center) next to the 30 WCF. Threw the .35 Rem in for good measure.