I think I bought a mixed gun

[prowler]

I am a new shooter, and I came into a large number of 16-gauge shells, so I checked a couple local shops and purchased a single shot "savage" 16-gauge shotgun. In looking to do some research mainly wondering what the choke was on the barrel I examined the gun closely looking for marks relative to a model of shotgun to look up. The Barrel is marked as a Savage 16-gauge barrel with drop forged steel manufactured in Springfield with no other markings of any kind outside of a W on the underside of the barrel. The only marking on the receiver is 94B which with my little research comes up as a stevens model. The stock faux wood material, looking it up I see TENITE. I am figuring that the gun was a stevens receiver mated to a savage barrel, but I would like to know more about the gun if anybody can give me some advice. Thanks.

[old guy]

Savage - Stevens, same Co., the tenite stock last made in 1948-49, I have one in 12ga., my Dad bought new, I think he paid about $8.00.

[Robinhood]

There are guys on here that know a lot more than me about this rifle, but there is what I have gathrered.
The rifle was branded by Springfield and Savage as well as retail outlets. But most of them were made by Stevens and of good quality. 16 gauge was not a common shell size in that rifle but I can see someone swapping out a different branded barrel to get the gauge they wanted. The Tenite stocks from the earlier days warped if they were in the sun a lot. Good luck with what you are looking for and If I stated something incorrect, I welcome corrections.

I wish I had one in 410 like my uncle had when I was a kid.

[J.Baker]

Think that's the first time I've seen someone refer to a shotgun as a rifle multiple times in one post. LOL

As noted, Savage Arms purchased the J. Stevens Arms Co. in 1928/29 making them one and the same. What I am curious about though is that you say the barrel is marked as made in Springfield. Savage never had a factory in Springfield, it should be Chicopee Falls, MA which sits just north of Springfield, MA. If it's just branded Springfield that's another thing as that was a common "store" brand back in the day (same as Western Auto and Western Field, Montgomery Ward, Sears Ranger, etc.)

The Tennite stocks were offered from the late 1930's thru the late 48's as Robinhood pointed out. This was primarily due to most hardwoods being reserved for and used towards war production items. Tennite, best I can recall, was a combination of wood chips and plastic rosins. Being the infancy of plastics in manufacturing at the time, a lot of Tennite stocks failed over time due to UV exposure as such inhibitors weren't a thing yet. I've also heard they're somewhat prone to cracking in extremely cold weather due to the rosins becoming very brittle at low temps. How much truth there is to that I can't say as I've never owned anything with a Tennite stock.

[prowler]

You're right is is marked chicopee I was just confused writing the post last night without the shotgun in front of me.

[prowler]

Shot clays with it today and had no problems, so bottom line is that it doesn't matter, but I'd still appreciate any info, the fixed choke performed how I would expect a modified to be.

[J.Baker]

Choke's really hard to say w/o actually measuring the main bore and muzzle diameters to get an accurate constriction amount. It's even more difficult in modern guns now as most barrels are "overbored" or "back bored" to larger than normal bore diameters for better steel shot performance.