Anyone know which receiver this is?

[call-in]

Actually, this is a picture of the Stevens 320 pump but I want to know which design did they copy this from. I am assuming, of course, but I don't believe this is a new design.

[Mickey D]

Why do you assume it's a copy of something? Stevens/Savage has been building shotguns for decades.

Stevens 620a c. 1940s

[plumbum]

Makes me think of the shotguns Charles Daly was importing a few years ago, pretty sure they were Turkish and now they are under the Weatherby name.

[call-in]

Why do you assume it's a copy of something? Stevens/Savage has been building shotguns for decades.

Stevens 620a c. 1940s

Wow, that does look very close doesn't it?

I guess the reason why I think it is a copy is because of the price. Big5 has the pistol grip version for $199. In my mind, I can't fathom a new design to be sold for that much. So yeah I have no concrete reason, call it gut feeling if you wish.

[plumbum]

Yep, in looking at the Savage site, they are Akkar shotguns, made in Turkey, for Savage under their Stevens line. Can't find/load any info that says it is a direct copy of anything, but at least they have a warranty through an American company.

[Mickey D]

After doing a bit of research, Savage has imported the Stevens line from China, and I'm inclined to say that the Stevens 320 is a copy of a Winchester 1200/1300 pump action while the Stevens 350 is a copy of the Ithica 37.
IAC is importing reproduction Winchester 1897s from China also.
YMMV

[Fot]

Why do you assume it's a copy of something? Stevens/Savage has been building shotguns for decades.

Stevens 620a c. 1940s

Gorgeous gun

[call-in]

After doing a bit of research, Savage has imported the Stevens line from China, and I'm inclined to say that the Stevens 320 is a copy of a Winchester 1200/1300 pump action while the Stevens 350 is a copy of the Ithica 37.
IAC is importing reproduction Winchester 1897s from China also.
YMMV

I think we got a winner! Yeah the 1200/1300 looks exactly like that.

I have the 350 security (ghost ring, fiber optic sights) and love it, two things I don't like about it are 1. it is harder to combat reload because there is no side ejection port and 2. the trigger is stiff. I might have to head on down to our big5 and fondle the 320 a bit.