Picked up an old shotgun..

[Shockeruti]

Just picked this up last week in a trade. Its a revelation 300 12ga , From what I've read its a Stevens model 30 (?) remake sold by western auto. I took it apart and cleaned it up. My question is anyone know what this thing is worth, if anything.

And more importantly is it safe to shoot. It's old enough to not have a s/n, so I'm guessing 50s-60s. The barrel says its chamber for 2 3/4 and 3inch. But I've always heard "old guns + modern ammo = boom". Is this old enough to fall into this catagory?




Ps sorry for the shitty iPhone pics.

[likeitfast55]

Please take it to a gunsmith before shooting it. I do that with all of my older guns before I shoot them. You will never know how much a gun was abused, a smith will spot flaws that you will never see.

[KBScobravert]

Pop off the wood and redo it. Sand stain clear, done.

Pull it apart and clean it up while you inspect it... Reassemble and enjoy.

I just pulled two old Browning A5's (1 actually a Remington). Got my brother to redo the wood and now just need to rebuild the gas systems and reblue.

[Shockeruti]

I already tore into it and cleaned it up. Talk about rough. Couldn't find ANY info on how to take it apart at all. And I think it was the first time it's ever been cleaned. Took a good solid 2 hours of scrubbing and soaking in cleaner.

I'm just worried about today's ammo pressure vs 50-60s ammo pressure. Ill probably never load anything but low brass target shells in it. But just a piece of mind sorta thing.

[Baron Von Crowder]

The majority of my guns were made in the 60-70s. You have to get much older than that to have too much difference in materials quality.

[whitetrash]

The majority of my guns were made in the 60-70s. You have to get much older than that to have too much difference in materials quality.

This. And as far as value little to none. I have a double barrel from the 1870s that could be purchased from the sears catalog. Valued at a whole 100 bucks.

[helosailor]

Unless you get crazy with the ammo (super dooper omg magnum type stuff), it should be just fine. I have a 1928 vintage Winchester Model 12, and it shoots pretty much anything without a problem. Oh, and it's 85 years old and has a serial number.