My first gun at a very young age was a Stevens 311. It was old 60 years ago. I shot it for a few years and ignored it for many more. Oddly the last few years I’ve realized how many good features it has. Decent triggers, very good dimensions with a full comb and lovely patterns. It has a full, hand filling splinter forend that I favor above a beavertail or tiny splinter forend. Excellent balance and reasonable weight. It’s 28” 12 gauge and the chokes are probably M/F and measure .023 and .032 iirc. but not marked that I’ve seen. The metal is probably on the soft side as the firing pins have extruded the striker holes slightly. Still a lot of gun for what they sold for then. It’s also well regulated which is not as common as it should be in SXS. I like to take it on a grouse hunt but have not done so yet.
The gun weighs 7# 11 oz. It appears to be a 1948 first year gun.
