Will Stevens 416 bolt work in a Stevens 56?
I have recently acquired a Stevens 56 "Buckhorn" .22 rifle that appears functional except for a missing bolt. I have heard that a bolt from a Savage 4C/4D/4E or Stevens 84 will work, but I can't find any of these. Does anybody know whether a bolt from a Stevens 416 or a Model 66 would work? Gunbroker has these on auction from time to time, but never when you need one.
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From someone who has a life long hobby of attempting resurections of old guns. Savege/Stevens .22's being a common candidate, I highly doubt it. I'm sure a Model 66 bolt won't work. It was attached to the tube magazine that actually moved rearward when the bolt was cycled. 0 -
Thanks for the reply. I have an old Stevens tube-fed .22 that cycles just as you described, but nowhere on the barrel does it have a model number. The tube slides back and forth as the gun is cycled. There are several dovetail cutouts on the bottom of the barrel like someone was experimenting with different-length magazine tubes. Would this be a model 66 before an official Model 66? 0 -
Hard to say w/o seeing it. Over the production run the M-66 had models with different mag tube lengths. Perhaps someone was attempting a repair w/a different length tube? 0
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