Hello everyone. My 70 year old father died of cancer and brain tumors six weeks a go. Per his request I was given two shotguns which were the only guns he ever owned. There is a small story with each gun. Here is what I have written on paper that I could find on each gun.

Savage .410 shotgun
Model 220B
single shot
Inside a circle type marking you read 29K
Bought at Western Auto

My dad told me that he received this gun in 1953 as a birthday present when he was 8 years old. The reasoning behind this was that if dad was given a BB gun at that age he would shoot anything at any time. With a shotgun he could only shoot it at proper target and hunting.

J. S. Stevens
12 gauge
side by side
patent # March 19 1907
you see the number 63546 when the barrels are tilted forward
Model # 335

The story behind this gun is that my grandfather (Big Daddy) bought the gun from a pawn shop. I do not know when but it was when dad was a young boy. There is a pawn shop claim ticket somewhere in dads papers which I have seen once in my life....yet have not found yet. This gun is not safe to shoot because when you slide the safety forward the gun will fire one or both barrels at once I was told. My Uncle Bob told me that when he was a young boy hunting with his dad that the gun fired both barrels when Big Daddy was not expecting it and the gun hit him in the face with the recoil.

I want to know more about these guns such as when they were made, what they cost new, what are they worth today, etc. I realize these are "working mans" shotguns and are nothing fancy. Thank you for the help.

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Livin’ Life From The Blindside

Honestly not worth much but sentimental value is priceless. I like the old side by sides

You may want to give shotgunworld.com a try. Those guys know their stuff!

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From the Blue Book of Gun Values:

The Savage was made from 1938 to 1965, values range down from $125 (100%).

Blue Book of Gun Values doesn't list a Stevens Model 335. It does list a Model 315 side by side, with values ranging down from $225 (100%)

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I'll second shotgunworld.com for some deep shotgun knowledge.

I'm very sorry for your loss...

I'm sorry for your loss, cancer sucks.

I would consider getting the side by side fixed just for sentimental reasons and not so as to shoot it a lot. Just would be nice to pass on working heritage guns to your descendants.

Most of the guns I have been bequeathed are of little monetary value but are priceless for the connection they give to me and my ancestors. I'll treasure them all then pass them down with the hope who ever gets them treasures them for what they are like I do.

Stevens 12 gauge DBL might be a "Model 311"

Sorry to hear about your dad.

I have to say "Thanks!" for posting this. It brings back some great memories.

The "Savage" and ".410" caused me pause when I read it. So I looked it up and my dad had the same gun. One of the very first times I went hunting with my dad he let me carry that gun - empty. And before the day was over he gave me a shell and I shot it into an empty field. He just wanted me to have the experience of pulling the trigger on it.

OR

Isn't the Stevens mod 335 an exposed hammer gun?

The 255 is the exposed hammer model. 335 is hammerless and the hinge pin is inset a bit, sort of like a Parker. There were a lot of variations before they settled on the 311.

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Enjoy your inherited shotguns. The closest heirloom that I have to that is a 1930's Red Rider BB gun used by my father and uncle.

The first and only time that I shot that Savage 220B .410 was in 1986. It was a Saturday and it was my birthday. My dad was an autoparts saleman/delivery driver during that time. He called on an account which was a junk yard/auto repair shop. I do not remember the name of the place yet I know about where it is/was. My dad had a grey and burgandy two tone Ford F100 Custom pickup. It had a 302 in it with a C6 automatic. The two shotguns were wrapped up in an old green army blanket (and they still are to this day). I had my Daisey air pump BB/pellet gun and dad had both shotguns. We shot at can and bottles and a few rusted out non-repairable cars that the owner did not care about.
I remember shooting the .410 for the first time with #9 bird shot and watched a pyramid of cans go flying. I shot a slug in one side of a rusted out car and saw the slug go through the car and come out the other side. Dad fired the 12 guage but did not let me shoot that gun. I know why now as it had the trigger/safety problem that it still has today. He only loaded on barrel as one trigger works fine but did not shoot the other. That was the only time I ever went shooting with my dad. He did not hunt and those were the only guns he ever owned. As far as I know, neither gun has been fired since that Saturday in 1986.

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Livin’ Life From The Blindside

Yep often all about fond memories. Guns monetary value sometimes takes a back seat to recalling the joy of shooting as a youth with friends and family. Still have my Daisy 25 pump from 1962!! and it still works.

Sorry about your Dad. He is a year older than me. My first shotgun was a Stevens Mod 94 in 410, basically identical to the Savage.

And was given my paternal grandfathers single shot 12 gauge.

I gave my 410 to my grandson.

No value here either except the sentimental family ties that are priceless.

And Mauser9 my only BB gun was a Daisy M-25. Do you know it was the most powerful "BB" ever made? If a squirrel went part way up a tree a head shot dropped them. Sometimes you might have to chase them a little bit and stomp their BLANK, I'll let you fill in that blank.

I have my great uncles Stevens SxS hammer gun. He bought it new in 1917 for $15. He was 15 when he got it.