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Disregarding the WOW wood; that's the best condition 5000 I've ever seen. My dad's 5000, with better than normal wood, but not a good as your's, was a 16. One of my sons has it now.

It has many years of hunting dings and putting the bottom of the receiver on a fence wire to cross.

The twin beads would have been standard on a 530, per the 1940 Shooters Bible. I'm guessing that's not factory wood, at least not the stock. The same Shooters Bible said Jostam pad was standard, but that's not the reason I don't think it's factory wood. Just way too fancy. I was going to add that the forend's not a very good fit in the closeup either, but the catalog image I have of a 530 looks like it may not fit very well on that gun either.

Many years ago, I did a "silk purse to sow's ear" modification of a Stevens 20ga, with nice custom Bishop wood. Looked OK, but still a sow's ear the way it handled.

Recoil Bob's looks factory to me; especially the not so neat factory checkering and the flute is just where it should be. I saw a 5100 recently on GB with XXX wood. The checkering looked factory and there was a pic of the butt under the pad with the assembly letters stamped in.

If Recoil Bob removes the looks to be original or time period pad, he just might see the assembly letters that match the gun. A 5000 might have a serial number.

Along with the intoduction of their new 5000/5100 double barrel action design, J. Stevens Arms Co. offered a beavertail forearm Skeet Gun version called the No. 500 in 1936 and 37 --



However, my listings only show the No. 500 coming with the non-selective single trigger.

I saved pics of the gun that was on GB about 6 mos ago as I have interest in ordnance guns. Yes, it was an ordnance gun.

Could it be that Bob's is a skeet gun? That BT sure looks longer than my dad's 5000 with a BT. There is a partial pic of a 5000/model 500 skeet in one of my books and it sure has a big BT.

The book prices say about 3 times a regular 5000. I bet one would bring more than that as scarce as they are.

If Bob's gun is a Skeet 500, it would be the first I ever saw.

The gun that 2-holer pictured has a longer and more pronounced pistol grip than any I've seen, but the checkering sure looks factory.

Recoil Rob! Recoil Rob! (first fist fight was in 3rd grade, a kid kept calling me Bob. Second was my last, outside a bar when I was 19. Won the first, lost the second).

Gun has the same serial number on the water table, buttstock, forend wood, barrels and forend iron, C 36793. Never would have thought to look.

Don't know that we have many Springfield Stevens collectors here but I had listed it on GB earlier today. If anyone here buys it let me know and I'll send Dave his money.

That's probably attributable to a little camera 'fish eye'

I'll be darned. A Diamond Grade Stevens!