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PetahW · April 4, 2014, 09:46 AM

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You have a pre-war (WWII) Stevens Model 5100, made between 1931 & 1941.

The "J.Stevens Arms Company" logo, instituted in 1916, was dropped about the time WWII started.

Although Stevens has been making double shotguns since the 1880's, they first introduced your (model) gun as the Model 5000 in the early 1920's, then changed it's designation to the Model 5100 about 1931 - and changed it yet again about 1941 to the Model 311.
(Some were marked with both 5100 and 311)

SN's weren't a requirement before GCA-68 (1968), and sans a SN, there's no way to drill down any finer on exactly when it was made.

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April 4, 2014, 09:46 AM	#5
PetahW Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2008 Posts: 4,678	. You have a pre-war (WWII) Stevens Model 5100, made between 1931 & 1941. The "J.Stevens Arms Company" logo, instituted in 1916, was dropped about the time WWII started. Although Stevens has been making double shotguns since the 1880's, they first introduced your (model) gun as the Model 5000 in the early 1920's, then changed it's designation to the Model 5100 about 1931 - and changed it yet again about 1941 to the Model 311. (Some were marked with both 5100 and 311) SN's weren't a requirement before GCA-68 (1968), and sans a SN, there's no way to drill down any finer on exactly when it was made. . Last edited by PetahW; April 4, 2014 at 09:54 AM.