1905 Shutgun (pump) - What is it?

GeOtm

May 30, 2004 06:49

Have acquired a 12 guage shotgun that looks like a Browning, none of the markings and features indicate it is a Browning.

Markings:
PAT Feb 7,1905
Number 14007 on magazine tube right in front of the receiver.
Faint but readable 'Massachusetts Machine Co.'

There is a manufactured square hole (approx 1/2 inch) in the top of the receiver.

I have pictures - can e-mail them to you if need be. Appreciate any help on identifiying this shotgun

Catch Ya Later - Have good one....

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  captkirk3@dslextreme.com

  May 30, 2004 07:18

  Send Photos...My email address is promanately Posted...
  Also welcome to the Ask the Experts Forum and the Gunbroker Family...Best........Captain Kirk
  
  Captain Kirk, Tech Staff

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  Hardrada55

  May 30, 2004 08:19

  I think it is a Browning design. I believe it is a Stevens Model 520.

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  CountryGunsmith

  May 30, 2004 08:28

  Correct on both counts.
  
  Scrappy Doo sleeps with the fishes.

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  rufe-snow

  May 30, 2004 08:37

  The "manufactured square hole" & patent date on the receiver, makes it appear that your shotgun is a Stevens "Model 520".
  
  They date to the early 20th Century & were designed by John Browning. This particular model was quite successful and was kept in production when Savage bought Stevens in 1920. Production continued as late as W W II when a martial model was produced.
  
  Although I have never run across the name "Massachusetts Machine Co" before, it wasn't uncommon to find a "Trade Name" on a Stevens produced firearm.
  
  

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