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Advertising ➔ Catalog, 'j. Stevens Arms & Tool Company, Catalog No. 52,' Archive Collection #29
Identifier:
125037Date:
1902 – 1910Materials:
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Stevens Arms (creator)Alternate names: J. Stevens Arms & Tool Company, J. Stevens Arms Company
Stevens Arms was founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864. It is an American firearms manufacturer originating in Chicopee Falls, MA. The company introduced the .22 Long Rifle round and made a number of rifle, shotgun, and target pistol designs. Advertising themselves as "the largest producers of sporting arms in the world" in 1902, they were purchased by New England Westinghouse on May 28, 1915 then sold to Savage Arms on April 1, 1920. As a division of Savage, Stevens continued to produce firearms at their Chicopee Falls facility until 1960 when the plant was torn down and Stevens production was moved into other Savage facilities. Savage dropped the Stevens name in 1991 but revived it in 1999 and still uses it today for a number of its low-cost rifles and shotguns.