Stevens Favorite 1915 made between 1915 & 1920 Kind of a Lever gun

[jstanfield103]

Guy's,
Bought this old Stevens Favorite 1915 22lr. to add to my stable. She was in rough shape but priced right. Thought if nothing else I would have her re-sleeved and make her a shooter.









When I received it off of GunBroker I was very much surprised at what she really looked like. She looked a lot better than you would have ever thought. I had already bought a new firing pin for her, luckily because she came with a broken firing pin. Cleaned the rust and checked the bore out. Good rifling and no rust just a little frosty not bad at all. Fixed the broken butt plate with a remanufactured plate and boiled that plate to form it to the curve of the stock. Sanded and fitted. Waxed the stock and took her out to shoot. She is a shooter and very pleased. I know it is not a high powered lever. But she does take you back to simpler times. I do not remember when I have had this much joy shooting a single shot rifle. She might be my favorite rifle that I own right now. I enjoyed her that much. Anyway here she is in all her old glory. CCI SV only for this Olé Girl

[pworley1]

That is a good find.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

Excellent restoration. I've always wanted one. Still do. I thought I made a score at the estate sale of an elderly friend, but found it was a Stevens 101 in .44 shot cartridge. Probably more rare. I have yet to bag a bunny with it, but it has broken clay birds.

[RustyReel]

Nicely done, and good find. I've picked up a couple recently, rough as well.

[jstanfield103]

Thanks guy's
rattlesnake post a picture of that 44. I would love to see it. I have fallen for this old rifle head over heals. I have several and do mean several lever action rifles in all different calibers. But this thing just has my fancy and hart right now. She just shows a lot of character and pretty accurate. She even kicks the spent cartridge out when levered open, which on YouTube you don't see that much.

[Rockingkj]

Great clean up job! Have found that even with a rough bore the Stevens Favorite is a shooter. Enjoyable rifle to shoot.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

I also like my 'little' rimfires, a 1915 Stevens, Remington No.4 rolling block and of course Martinis in any configeration. Picked up this "Zeller" martini in 44/40 last year; only one I have seen with an external hammer.

[Pereira]

I have this old Stevens 25 that I picked up a couple years ago. Someone had it sleeved to shoot 22lr, lhe OP, Ionly shoot standard vel. ammo. It ejects the empties most of the time, and it shoots pretty good.

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RP

[John Taylor]

A friend gave me a Favorite the he had re-blued. Still need a few parts to finish it. Also have a model 44 in 44-40 that is fun to shoot.

[jstanfield103]

BAW,
Never had the opportunity to even fire a Martini rifle. Maybe one day. I would like to eventually try one.

Pereira

That is a beautiful favorite. When I bought mine they said the bore was bright with good rifling. If it wasn't I was going to have mine sleeved. Bore frosty but great rifling and she is a shooter. So they did not lie to me. Which I really appreciated. I am only going to shoot SV ammo also in mine. Probably stick with CCI SV but do have some Aguila also. But I use that for my target rifle mostly.

JT

I have all new replacement parts from Jack First and ebay in case anything ever breaks on this rifle. It really is just a fun little accurate shooter. Just a joy.

[T-Bird]

Beautiful rifle!

[alfadan]

I have a 1915 that I need to tighten up with new pins, would be a good winter project.

[rcslotcar]

WoW !!! That came out great!!

[jstanfield103]

Thanks guy's
I appreciate all the comments. Absolutely Love this little rifle.
alfadan, try Jack First for those pins and anything else you need for this rifle.