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Hurry, JM and for about$20.00 you can buy a instruction manual that will help you take that complicated so-and-so apart and put it back together...Geo

I've got to agree with Chopper on this one, they're a mighty slick pump gun. I've got a Model 522 which is the trap grade, straight stock with a 32 inch solid rib barrel. The humpback really appeals to me because of my love for A-5 and Model 11 shotguns.

I bought the gun cheap because it had a rough buttstock, metal parts were great though. Then shortly afterward found another one with a short barrel that had a killer stock with amazing figure so I bought that and put that stock on my good metal. Ended up with a little more in it that I probably should have but it's a really fun piece.

I'm currently on the hunt for the 3 inch chamber 20 gauge Model 200 that's a very similar design. Been looking for awhile but haven't run across one yet.


Destry

Interesting that that RANGER version made for Sears, Roebuck & Co. was done in 12-, 16-, and 20-gauges when all of the offerings of the No. 520 in J. Stevens Arms Co. catalogues were for 12-gauge only!?!

An early version of the 520 had an inertia unlocking system for the slide to avoid the operator opening the action in the event of a hang fire.
I've only owned one such 520 with that feature. I don't know how long they were made like that.

If you dry fire, or have a mis-fire, you can not open the action as normal by mearly pumping the slide handle to the rear.
On these guns fitted with the inertia block, you had in this instance, to manually unlock the action using the slide release button.

If you fire a round, the recoil moves a weight inside the action fitted within the trigger group that swings a short distance and unlocks the slide so it can be cycled 'normally' by pumping the slide handle.
The 'weight' is approx. 5/8" sq. and sits on the left side of the action inside to the rear. It is barely visable looking in from the bottom along side the carrier on the left side.


I've had at least a dozen different 520's & 520A's. There are several changes to minor parts over the years of mfg.
The carrier springs will break (there are 2 styles of those), firing pins fatigue and break the tips off about 1/4" from the end occasionally, and the slide arm gets loose on the forearm allowing it to come unlatched from the bolt.

The last one is fixable, but many times someone else has decided to 'fix' it first and has twisted the slide arm out of the sheet metal forearm tube. They are rivited in place and occasionaly soldered also.

Ejectors wear out with extended use and the later type mainspring (torsion spring) sometimes looses it's power. The early guns use a leaf spring.

They're slick shooting shotguns and still available at bargain prices. I shot one Ranger 520A 12ga over 5K rounds before the firing pin went. It needed an ejector also somewhere in there.
It's since been converted to a slug gun for another owner and still sees use.

Still kicking myself for not grabbing a 20ga for $100 last year! Gotta be fast..

If you mail your address to me, I will send copies detailing these guns. Ed Dvorak Jr. 3 Carlisle Rd. Lake Zurich, Il. 60047

How many pages is it?

Kutter,

That 522 I've got has the odd safety feature you're talking about. I had another 522 that did as well, a strange idea but nothing really too inconvenient.


Destry

I've never did come accross another example other than the one I had, and I was always looking at 520's,,still do.
I have to admit I did fumble with the mechanism a few times. You get so used to operating a pump gun slide w/o doing anything else when the 'hammer is down'.
Hang fires,,long hang fires,,must have been a problem back then or at least perceived to be.

At least some 97 Winchesters had a hang fire safety, have no idea how long it was continued. On those after dropping the hammer without firing you had to push the slide slightly forward, then pull it to the rear. If I recall correctly you could also push the slide release button instead of the slide.

i just saw a stevens 520 20 gauge (actually a stevens 200 )at a gun show . he wanted $175.00