On these the tube is just for looks but they do have a repeater that loads in the tube.I can't think of the model.I think they left the thing on the s/s so they could use most of the 49 parts.Ill find the model or the repeater and post it.The Stevens 79 is the same gun and several other company's made a knock off of it to.I have a Stevens ,but in a moment of retardation i hacked it into a mares leg.I'm gathering parts to rebuild it.
I'm not sure how much more a un shot gun is worth.But it has to add a good bit more as the gun ages.The most impotent thing i think is how you care for 1 that you shoot.Any scratch or rust or ware will take the price down some. I personal like a gun with ware on it.It has a Patna that makes it more appealing to my eye.
As i looked on gun broker for the repeater i ended up bidding on 2 more .1 49 and a knock off 1. Old habits are hard to brake.
I had my dads guns left to me at 11 and when i was 19 while on vacation they were stolen.1975 or so.I stayed gun less till 1989 . Then it happened,while working for Davy tree co.People along the roads we were working on started to try to sell me there guns.That was the start of it all.Then i got my first back hoe and signed on to do city sewerage lines.The second home owner asked me to take a rem.742 in on the bill.Well everyone in town must have seen the dealings.I ended up with about every gun in town.I had 2 part time jobs + the hoe work.And could not save a dime.So guns was my savings.At first i bought + sold them both then it became buying only,didn't need the cash.Between 89 + 99 i had made over 500 gun deals.They came to me every where i went.It was the best time of my life till i crushed my rib cage in 2000.Now i buy when i can and sell a few to buy more,but it hurts to sell them. The rush of a gun deal is about the only thing that gives me enjoyment since i stopped booze and weed in 1992.I don't know were it will end up but i have loved every second of it and live for the rush of the deals.
I hear those story's what if you die,WELL who gives a shit about anything when your dead.I live for now.I haven't had a job since 94 and live off 3 rental property's.Take care of your body or your screwed.But i still love life and firearms and thats enough for me.
ALL ya they shoot real good too.