My very first double, purchased in 1954 was marked J Stevens Arms & Tool Co. It was 12ga 30" steel M&F bbls. Don't know its weight but I suspect somewhere from 7 to 8 lbs. It had a square, flat sided frame, no conturing at all somewhat like a flat side W21. It was rod cocked via lugs through knuckle depressed by forend & had coil main springs. There was no bbl joint so seemingly not a Mono-Block. As to whether or not it was chopper lumped I simply don't know, at that point in time I had never heard of chopper lump.
It was bolted by a single top bolt entering the extension rib from the side, much as on later Stevens guns. I recall the model number started with a 3 & ended with a 5 but uncertain as to the middle number, but in the back of my mind I want to say it was a 335. It was my only shotgun for a bit over 3 years & killed a fair amount of game, rabbit, squirel & quail in spite of its tight chokes. I shot mainly the economy loads of the era which were a 3DE eith 1oz of either #6 or #8 depending on what I was hunting that day. Wish I still had it.
When the "Baby Magnums" carrying 1oz shot came on the market about that time I bought a box of them in #4 which I kept for "Predator" control on the farm. I think I shot them all up before I eventually traded it off some time in he early 60s with no apparent harm, have no idea what the chamber length was. At that time I didn't realize anything existd other than standard & 3" magnum. AAH the bliss of Youth.
