A key determinant is how the company name is marked (Stevens, J. Stevens Arms, J. Stevens Arms and Tool, J. Stevens Arms Co). Then you can date its manufacture +/- 20 years. Looking at the barrels...
You can get an approximate date from the way the company name is marked on the gun.
J. Stevens and Company = 1864 to 1886.
J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co = 1886 to 1916.
J. Stevens Arms Co = 1920 to...