I've always been under the impression that the Wards Hercules double barrel shotguns were based on the Stevens 311 (and variations). However I have a 16ga marked Wards Hercules which does not have what I think of as a 311 style action. I had decided to do a major disassembly and cleaning as it had never been done before, at least while in my possession. When I got the stock off and looked at the action it was completely different than any model 311 I had ever seen. After a lot of searching of images, I matched the action to a Stevens 315. I have found no indication that the Wards Hercules used a Stevens 315 style action, only the 311. Can anyone shed light on this? Going to try to add a picture of what my Wards Hercules action is like, totally different from anything else I've seen in any Wards Hercules.
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