Stevens - Springfield Model 107B (part 1)
Recently I moved most of my Firearms to a different part of the House, to facilitate access for cleaning and maintenance.
One in particular needed more attention than all the others.
This one originally belonged to my Grandfather, who passed it down to my Dad, who in turn passed it down to me.
Not knowing much about its history, other than it was used to hunt Rabbits, Squirrels, Pheasants, and other small-game................Possibly even Deer since I received a few boxes of Slugs with it.
I had no idea when it was manufactured, as there are no serial-numbers on it anywhere. (apparently it was not a requirement for long-guns until some time in the 1960's maybe?)
I've had it out a few times to shoot clays and targets when I lived in AZ, but that was over a Decade ago. It's been in the Safe ever since, and was a sad sight when I recently moved it.
Most of my Firearms need some sort of cleaning or looking-over, but I knew I had to get working on this one right away!
It's a Springfield Model-107B Single-shot 20-Gauge Shotgun, manufactured by Stevens Arms company (which was/is under the Savage Arms Corporation at the time)
I looked for any pictures I might have had of this firearm previously, but I could only find one....................This was sometime in the late 2000's when I lived in AZ I believe.
This particular one was manufactured with a plastic "Tenite" Stock, and is part of the reason that it needed immediate attention.
I've spent the last two weeks researching these old Stevens/Savage Shotguns. Quite a number of them (Model 24, 89, 94,105,107,etc......) were mostly the same, with many interchangeable parts.
During that time I found out more about Cellulose-Acetate than I ever thought I needed to know.
I also found out that you can buy almost any part for these old Shotguns still today. Most anything is readily available.
Armed with an exploded-view Parts-Diagram, and a bunch of Youtube videos, I set about disassembling this old Relic.
The Barrel had some mild surface-rust spots on the outside, and was plenty dirty on the inside.
The Mechanisms inside the Receiver were gunked-up with old hard solidified-grease and a bunch of crud.
The Tenite Stock itself, although in overall good-condition for its age, was causing the biggest issue.
The front Bead-Sight is original, but at some point in its life my Grandfather soldered a rear Sight onto the Barrel.