WWII Stevens Model 620 Trench Gun

[THREEDFLYER]

This one is one of the first sent to the US Government from Stevens.....it has the commercial checkered stock and the company address on both the barrel and left side of the receiver.

Once Stevens was in full war production they were shipped with uncheckered stocks and the Stevens address was eliminated from the receiver.

This one has the correct bayonet lug and heat shield with 6-rows of vent holes. And the barrel is NOT a cut down commercial barrel.....it never had a hole/bead on the barrel.....just on the bayonet lug. Ant the barrels for government were NOT marked with a choke as they were with commercial barrels.

I have a few US Trench guns around including WWI Winchester Model 1897, WWII Winchester Model 97 and A WWII Winchester Model 12.....but the Stevens is not as common.

 

[steveno]

I have my dad's 620 but not a trench gun. it is was a heavy shotgun for a 16 year old to carry around pheasant hunting. it is good to look at a mostly machined out of barstock gun

 

[max]

Interesting, can you explain the 4th picture? I believe it is the back end of the barrel.

 

[SPEEDGUNNER]

Nice looking 620. How many * on the barrel lug? The buttstock should be numbered as well, under the tang. Nice honest wear on an early gun.

 

[steveno]

the 620 is basically takedown shotgun. to take it apart you unscrew the magazine tube and then just separate the barrel from the action by pulling them apart. it takes about a minute to do it and 5 minutes trying to explain

 

[Mexican Kerry]

Nice! Now there's another to add to my list.

 

[2152hq]

620 is the swept back recv'r style version of the 520. The 520 with it's hump-back recv'r. Several different changes in the 520 mfg, small parts changes ect. Not near as many in the 620 which came later.
Same TD style, most of the internal parts interchange betw the 520 and the 620 of the same era of mfg.

 

[THREEDFLYER]

More photos added.....this particular Model 620 does not have the tang, not all of the 620's did.

All numbers match and are correct on this shotgun.

 

[robvious]

I am having a tribute trench gun made out of a Steven 520... tribute is to my uncle who had one... but gave it to the wrong person before he passed... i e not me... he let me borrow it for a while and caused quite a scene at the trap range...lol

 

[THREEDFLYER]

A few more photos.....with better lighting.....

 

[loknload]

Nice,,,Very nice!