Pins are removed from left to right and installed from right to left.Ģ. Older guns are assembled with standard push pins. On some of the later variations further disassembly involves the removal of "groove pins" that are not intended for removal and replacement as a part of routine maintenance. The inner works are now exposed for detailed cleaning and maintenance. and with a long screwdriver loosen stockbolt (44) and remove stock (43). Remove buttplate screws (41) and buttplate (42). This is all that is normally required for cleaning and maintenance. in some models, by removing the fore-end screw push top snap (1) to either side and pivot barrel (7) down and off. Remove fore-end by pulling its forward end down or. Break open the gun and insure it is unloaded. Regardless of model name or variation, the Savage-Stevens-Springfield 94 is an attractive, popular, and economical beginner's gun or farm tool and deserves its 50-year-plus reputation for durability. and also has impressed checkering on the pistol grip.
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The current production is marked Model 94 Series P and has the above-mentioned standard features except that the rebounding hammer has been replaced by a hammer with half cock notch and spring retracted inertia firing pin. 410 bore) with shorter stock and recoil pad. By 1951 the plastic stock was replaced with walnut-finished hardwood, to the relief of traditionalists.īy the 1960s the shotguns were usually cataloged as the Savage- Stevens 94-C (in 12. 410) and 107 for large and small bores.Īfter WW II the Springfield name was dropped, and by 1949 the "94 Stevens" briefly acquired a Tenitc stock and fore-end. Under the Stevens name were the Models 104 for small bores (24. Some of these features have been dropped and revived and dropped again in response to the economic climate over the decades.Īlmost identical guns were marketed concurrently with the pre-war M-94 Springfield these included the Springfield Models 944, a 4Vi lb.410 94-R with large fore-end and Jostam recoil pad. It had many desirable features such as two way top snap, rebounding exposed hammer, takedown construction, color case-hardened receiver, and an automatic non-selective ejector. Savage-Stevens used other brand names as well, including Springfield.Īround 1929 the first shotgun to be called the Model 94 was merchandised as a Springfield. In 1920 the firm was purchased by the Savage Arms Co., who continued the use of the Stevens name on many of their products. Stevens Arms & Tool Co., made single-shot, break-open shotguns with exposed hammers.