When was the Stevens Model 79 pump shotgun discontinued?

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Stevens didn`t make a 911...yours will be a 311..I hope these links help..Cheers Pete

1927 ? they started manufacture
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Beings you didn't give a model number, all I can do is direct you here:

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/SavageStevensSpringfieldFox-33479.htm

Shotguns are the last catagory.

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First, some general info:
The company name was the J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. up until WW-I. At that time their factories were taken over by New England Westinghouse for war production. After the Great War, Savage acquired the factories in Chicopee Fall, Mass., and set up the J. Stevens Arms Co. a wholy owned subsidiary of Savage Arms Corp. In addition to Stevens firearms thesr factories turned out a lower priced line of guns under the Riverside Arms Co. name up to about 1930 and the Springfield Arms Co. from 1930 to WW-II.
You can begin to date your gun based on the way the Stevens company name is written:
J. Stevens and Company 1867-1886.
J Stevens A&T Co. or
J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company, 1886-1915.
- no guns produced 1915-1920
J. Stevens Arms Company 1920-c.1940.
Stevens c. 1940-1991. AND 1999+
if both the Stevens AND Savage names appear, post 1948.
After 1948, all Stevens and Savage guns carried a date code stamped onto the gun. The date code stamp is a circle or oval containing a letter and a number. The letter coorespondes to the year of manufacture using the following translation. A is 1949. B is 1950 and so on through X. This code can be found almost anywhere on the gun and sometimes requires removing the stock to find it.
Also, later ones share a common platform with Savage Arms.
That said, you can find parts for Savage/Stevens/Springfield/Fox here:


http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/SavageStevensSpringfieldFox-33479.htm

Scroll down to almost the bottom for the shotgun parts.

Dunno man, mine has run like a champ for the last 40 years: always shoots fine, always ejects flawlessly, cycles without missing a beat so long as you don't half-rack it (like any pump)

These guns have a long history with tons of them in service - not the fanciest, but a reliable workhorse that has a place in every hunter's lineup for sure.

Perhaps your problem is 'operator error'...