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looking for 1kydstr. was wanting to know if any stevens 325 mods came with checkered stocks?
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.com
    Only the SAVAGE 340 was Checkered....The Stevens Made Model 325 and 325s was Plain Pistol Grip Stock and No Checkering...All Three were the Same after the merger...........

    Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
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  • joel_black
    To what merger are you referring? Both the 340 and 325 were post-WWII models and Stevens was bought out by Savage well before that.
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  • 1KYDSTR
    Stevens branded guns were mechanically nearly identical to the Savage 340 but with an eye to cost saving measures. As such, they did not, as mentioned, offer factory checkering on the 325 or 325s. The 325s came with a reciever peep sight as a part of the package. If you look around a bit at some offered for sale right now, you will note also that they are all in a light colored hardwood stock, as oppossed to walnut like you are likely to see with the Savages. Not unlike the Savage 342 hornet, the Stevens 325 was only produced for about five years with around 25,000 being produced, so that does add a tiny bit of desireability to the little carbine, but it was considered the poor meanie stepchild of the Savages to a degree(although all I have shot were really nice little guns!). One of my favorite features that seperates the Stevens from the Savage is the spoon bolt handle! This is definately not the most graceful series of rifles ever made, but that feature really enhances its' otherwise clumsy lines in my view!

    Great little truck gun, awesome shooters and a wonderful starter deer gun for the youngster or neophyte! The ability to handload Spitzer bullets in a box magazine rifle like these really lets the venerable 30-30 Winchester shine! It is not the most powerful round out there, but is more than enough cartridge to take any deer in North America out to 150 yds., as countless deer have fallen to it over the decades and can well attest(O.K., if they could talk I suppose!)!

    If you are seeing checkering on a 325 that you have or intend to buy, I would say regardless of how good it looks, it is very, VERY likely done aftermarket. Also, if there is any color other that a light wood on it...replaced with an aftermarket piece of wood. Unless there are some weird prototype pieces floating around out there that I am unaware of (not at all likely), view this with a jaundiced eye! The important thing to view in terms of collectability with a low production gun such as this would be originality, or the value becomes as a shooter really quickly! In really excellent condition (say, 98%), I would expect to pay no more than $225, and in good shooter condition (85% with excellent bore), around $150 to $175.

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  • stang
    thanks for the info.
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  • stang
    thanks for the info.
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  • stang
    thanks for the info.
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