Home Made Stevens Favorite .22 Rifle

Nicholas C
by Nicholas C

Toms Techniques on YouTube rebuilt his Uncle’s Stevens Favorite rifle from scratch.

When I’m not making instructional machining videos, I actually build stuff. Here’s a video montage on an ambitious project I started last year, the building of a Stevens Favorite .22 caliber rifle. Every part is, or will be hand made by me down to the last screw, even the rifled barrel. The original rifle belongs to my uncle and he asked if I could get it working again. I ended up making a new firing pin for it and fitting a new extractor. I liked the rifle so much that I disassembled it, measured and sketched up every part and made a CAD model, complete with detailed drawings. This first part is on the machining of the receiver, with much more to come. The entire build thread for the rifle can be found in the Gunsmithing section of metalworkingfun.com

Part 1: Receiver

Part 2: The Block, Hammer, Lever and Trigger

Part 3: Stock, Mainspring, and Target Sight

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  • Iksnilol Iksnilol on May 14, 2014

    Could one scale up the design and use other cartridges? Was thinking 12 gauge and .32 ACP.

  • Jamezb Jamezb on May 14, 2014

    LOL......... It's BEAUTIFUL!
    Congrats, I admire your skill and determination! ...and your gun!

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