Made in the 1940's, not a collector item. Value on working bolt-action shotguns generally tops out at $100. sales@countrygunsmith.net
magazine
Cartridges are loaded into the magazine of he rifle by pressing them down into the magazine. Drawing back the bolt and releasing it will strip the top cartridge from the magazine and load the cartridge into the chamber.
Yes. Shotshells are fed from the magazine tube to the chamber. When the last shotshell is fed from the magazine to the chamber, the magazine is empty, but the shotgun remains loaded.
Manufactured sometime between 1948 and 1991 and worth $25 to $125, depending on condition.
Remove magazine, load cartridges into magazine, replace magazine, operate slide to chamber cartridge.
Not much beyond what is stamped on the gun. Manufactured 1931-1941 by the Stevens division of Savage Arms in Chicopee, Mass.
The age of your Springfield model 94a shotgun will be between 1926-1945.Stevens made 934,000 of these shotguns during that time span.The value will be between 40-75 dollars on today,s market.
7 in the magazine and 1 in the chamber Usually 1 in the chamber & 7 in the magazine. Total 8 There are exceptions depending on brand of .45 Auto pistol and type of magazine used.
Drop the magazine and clear the chamber.
One in the chamber. The tube magazine can hold 4 or more additional cartriges depending on the length of the barrel and tube magazine.
Savage guns were manufactured in Chicopee Falls from 1946 to 1960. A 410 single shot could bring from $75 to $150.
This switch operates the Magazine cutoff. The cutoff enables the gun to open the chamber and remove the shell to insert a different shell into the chamber, but it is done while the magazine remains loaded. This way, the chamber can be emptied and the extra shells in the magazine will not automatically load. Recommend you use the link below to the Owners Manual for the A500 model. The Magazine Cutoff operations are shown on pages 29 and 30.