Stevens Maynard Jr. .22 cal. rifle

[melsdad]

I was asked to take a look at this rifle by a friend. This man is 75 years old and this was his grandfathers rifle. He wants to pass it along to his grandson but wants to fix a few issues first.




The main problem is the action does not stay locked in place the lever drops easily and the action opens.

I have not removed a screw yet till I gather more details about the rifle.

Any of you gunsmiths ever worked on these rifles before?

 

[Marco Bernardini]

The Stevens Arms page on Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevens_Arms - lacks any reference to Maynard, and the page about Maynard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Maynard - don't cite Stevens.
This rifle must have an interesting story behind it!

 

[melsdad]

The story I was told is his great grandfather earned it from a local feed store for buying a certain quantity of pig feed. Apparently they would give these rifles to there good customers (pig farmers) for killing the hogs for slaughtering and shooting rats in the barn. I guess it was intended as a barn gun.

 

[ScrapMetal]

Do these help?

http://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun parts illustrations/stevens_maynard_jr_illustrated.html

http://www.guns.com/review/2012/02/28/stevens-maynard-jr-22-lr-rifle-review/

Neat little gun. You've got me wanting one now. (It's a sickness, kind of like this machining stuff.)

-Ron

 

[hardhatdiver]

Brian,

Did you ever solve your Maynard Jr. problem(s)? This thread is from July, but I just came across it. Not sure if you've seen it, but De Haas did a nice write up on the Jr. and addressed its issues. Just curious. If you haven't got around to it yet, I can scan the pages and post them.

Regards,
Jeremy

 

[melsdad]

Brian,

Did you ever solve your Maynard Jr. problem(s)? This thread is from July, but I just came across it. Not sure if you've seen it, but De Haas did a nice write up on the Jr. and addressed its issues. Just curious. If you haven't got around to it yet, I can scan the pages and post them.

Regards,
Jeremy

I have not done anything with that rifle. It has been pushed to the back burner for lack of information I was able to find.

Anything you can offer would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[hardhatdiver]

I'll try to scan the pages for you today. I'll also scan those for the Marksman, which was modeled after the Jr. but modified and beefed up. I had this problem with my Marksman. I made a new link screw and replaced the worn one as De Haas suggested. Works fine now. There's a little bit of information in the Grant book as well. I'll try to scan it too.

Jeremy

 

[hardhatdiver]

Hopefully these help. The Grant books are enjoyable to read, but De Haas discusses any problems and possible solutions a certain rifle may have. The diagrams are also extremely helpful if parts are missing or a rifle just isn't going back together the way it came apart. Let me know if you need anything else. I'm heading to South Dakota for a couple of weeks, but I'll have internet access. I'm certainly no expert, but I've done a fair amount of repairs, etc. to many types of Stevens rifles in my collection, so let me know if you need anything. Maybe it'll be something I can help with.

Regards,
Jeremy

 

[melsdad]

Awesome information! I will look through this very soon. I'm sure it will help!

 

[Elkhunter]

A friend just rebuilt a Marksman and i am working on several Favorites. The main problem is wear on the screws and holes in the moving action parts. We have been drilling out and bushing with 954 Alum. Bronze to tighten it all back up. The type of steel used in that period wore from 100 or so years of use and the levers will droop open. Tighten it back up and it will lock up and work great again. We have made some screws that were badly worn out of much better steel like grade 8 cap screws, with Al. Bronze bushings they should work for 100 more years, IF you can get ammo....