I have a gap this afternoon between meetings so I thought I’d ask a question I might not otherwise:

Anyone own or have worked on a Stevens 59A??

An acquaintance/friend I coach wrestling with on our Kid’s Fed team - called me about a Stevens 59A. He said the bolt feels weird engaging, but he can’t really otherwise explain what’s going on with it. I’m able to pick it up from him tonight, but thought I’d ask around if folks have had common issues I can look into, whether it’s the cause for what he’s seeing or not...

Doing a bit of research, I’m finding conflicting reports it may be a cock-on-close action design, can anyone confirm or correct?

I’m also seeing reports of extractor issues and some ejector issues (which in reading don’t seem to make much sense, but I’ll inspect nonetheless). At the end of the day, I expect I’ll be able to quickly identify what ails it once I have it in hand tonight, and whether it’s a clean and return job, tweak and tune job, or scavenge for replacement parts job, I’m sure I’ll have a path soon enough - but are there any other ailments which you’ve seen befall the 59A’s which I should look for and/or preemptively correct while I have it on my bench?