Stevens 311 help

[Buster95]

I just bought a Stevens 311 made in 1955 code 7G in a circle. I would like to know if it's normal to have some yellow solder residue under the barrels, here two pics of the area.

[Bugscuffle]

That's not solder, that area was brazed. Judging by the shape of it, and this is just a guess, it looks like it developed a crack in the spacer between the barrels and was brazed back whole again. It doesn't look new, so it probably was a successful repair. I'd not worry too much about it if you are going to use it for shooting, but if you are keeping it as a collector, it will depreciate the value some. Just keep an eye on it. I would think that it is o.k. to shoot.

[rickk]

If you are uncertain as to how safe it is, I would try calling this guy and asking if he has a replacement barrel:

http://www.gunsnparts.com/index.html


He strips guns from police turn-ins and confiscations before they destroy the receiver.

He has quite an inventory of gun parts. His location is only a few miles form the original Stevens and also Savage factories so there were plenty of them around to part out in the area.

Rick

[Buster95]

Thanks guys! Bugscuffle I don't know if you're right about the repair but both barrels has some waviness (undulation) just in chamber area, and about 6-7 inches down from the breech but the bores look OK, this undulation are visible only if you aiming the gun.

[Bugscuffle]

From your description, it looks like bulge(s) in the barrel, possibly from shooting syteel shot in that gun. If the bulges were enough to ause that crack, I wouldn't shoot it until it was inspectd by a good gunsmith. To be completely safe, I'd take rickk's advice and rebarrel it.

[Buster95]

If you look at the pic below most of the "bulges" are right on the chamber area, does the chamber can be affected by shooting steel shot?

[Buster95]

The bores and chambers are ok no waviness or bulges.