I don't see anything that would make me think that the stevens had been refinished. Thanks for showing us your new rifle, definitely the case colors look right to me.

Ken

Mike

Ben said
At the same place I found the boxed Win 62, just as I was leaving the owner pulled this Stevens 44 to temp me... and he succeeded.  It's a model 44... double set trigger, mid range windage sight, front Beaches combination... I pretty certain that it's been restored (something I usually shy away from) and it's in an obsolete caliber,  "22-15 SS" (something I also shy away from). I still had to bring it home! I'm sure my wife will understand...
If anyone here has a box of ammo, brass or dies, I'm in need. The single round pictured was from a customer that came into the shop right after I bought the rifle... he was going to buy the rifle. He wasn't very happy... the shop owner said he had been beating him down for the last 6 months on the price and decided to sell it for less than his last offer... I got very lucky. Obviously, the guy with the round wouldn't sell it to me... still, life is very good.

I need to find a gun shop like you've been finding these treasures at

Ben said
At the same place I found the boxed Win 62, just as I was leaving the owner pulled this Stevens 44 to temp me... and he succeeded.  It's a model 44... double set trigger, mid range windage sight, front Beaches combination... I pretty certain that it's been restored (something I usually shy away from) and it's in an obsolete caliber,  "22-15 SS" (something I also shy away from). I still had to bring it home! I'm sure my wife will understand...
If anyone here has a box of ammo, brass or dies, I'm in need. The single round pictured was from a customer that came into the shop right after I bought the rifle... he was going to buy the rifle. He wasn't very happy... the shop owner said he had been beating him down for the last 6 months on the price and decided to sell it for less than his last offer... I got very lucky. Obviously, the guy with the round wouldn't sell it to me... still, life is very good.

There is an empty box for sale but it is not real pretty.  Also there are at least 4 cartridges for sale too.  $9 to $14 each.  Collectable Ammunition and American Civil War Relics. 

Bert

If anyone here has a box of ammo, brass or dies, I'm in need. The single round pictured was from a customer that came into the shop right after I bought the rifle... he was going to buy the rifle. He wasn't very happy... the shop owner said he had been beating him down for the last 6 months on the price and decided to sell it for less than his last offer... I got very lucky. Obviously, the guy with the round wouldn't sell it to me... still, life is very good.

Chuck said
Love it.  Wish I had one.  I saw this rifle in Cody but didn't take the time to really look at it.
  

I too got to put my hands on it and inspect it before he bought it... Kirk was trying to figure out which specific cartridge it was chambered for.

Bert

I would love to have one of those signal cannons, preferably a brass one.

I do have a question. If Ben's signal cannon, made under license granted by Olin Corporation, is a "real" Winchester, how come my Winchester Model 1873 .44 WCF Deluxe Sporting Rifle made under license granted by Olin Corporation.......isn't? 

Anyway, there was a kid in my old high school who got famous by dropping lit Cherry Bombs down the school toilets. I suspect he and Ben share traces of DNA.

MidwestCrisis said
This is why I become a member of WACA
Good shot, looks like there’s plenty of giblets for the gravy.  
  

What Kirk did not mention, was that he needed a fair amount of "Kentucky windage" to hit the target (gopher).  The 280-grain bullet he loaded is a "bit on the light side" for that cartridge, and it required a minus 6 o'clock hold to hit the target.

Bert

Good shot, looks like there’s plenty of giblets for the gravy.