Stevens Arms Serial Number Lookup
Near as I can figure it was made between 1916 and 1929 but then I was told Stevens didn't start using serial numbers until 1948. Can anyone tell me if I'm in the right ball park or where I can get better information? Does anybody know when they made the model 335 with a serial number?
Barrels are marked 'Selected Forged Steel' and 'Proof Tested 12 gauge' Left Side of Gun Receiver is marked '- Springfield-' on one line and then beneath this marked: J Stevens Arms Company Chicopee Falls, MASS U.S.A. Turning the gun over I find a circle with the number 8 inside of this. No letters are founf in this cirlce. Only the number 8. It was sold to me as a 'Savage / Stevens 511 3 INCH 12 Gauge Serial Number A160'.
Taking off the forend I see the number 1244 stamped. Barrels are 28' long which I read means they are modified and full. Is this enough information for anyone to provide a date or a range of dates that this thing was made? Sorry, I mentioned the company stamping format but failed to post it.so. Stevens Arms Co. Was formed in 1864(Utica NY) and marked its product 'J. Stevens & Company' The in 188 it was incorporated as: J.
Stevens Arms & Tool Company and operated thusly until 1920 when it was taken over by The Savage Arms Company. It has operated as an indiependant sub-division since then. Savage Arms Company has acquired many other firms since it went into buisness ca 1894. It primary product was the ledgendary Model 1899 Lever action rifle. But by 1915 was making several centerfire and rimfie rifles and handguns plus ammunition.
With the onset of WWI it made the Lewis machine guns After it acquired Stevens, it alsoacquired the services of famed barrel maker Harry Pope. Then came a line of company purchases. Page Lewis.Davis-Warner.Creasent Firearms.
It moved its operation to Chicopee Fallls Mass in 1947(The Sporting Arms division) At one time this group was the single largest producer of firearms in the free world. In 1960 the operation was moved to Westfield,Ma. The markings along with the format and such things as city location can date a firearm. The other 'dating' factor is the caliber a rifle.shotgun/handgun was chambered in.certain chambering were added at specific times only to be dropped afterwards.like the.303 Savage round.which in no kin of the.303 British round was only in certain rifles at certain times.
Thanks Zeke, Further investiagation by myself has determined that none of the information that Gander Mt. Had listed for the firearm I purchased was correct. They had the gun listed as Savage / Stevens 3 Inch Chambered Model 511 with Serial Number A160. I have since confirmed that it is not a 511 but a 311 instead chambered for 2-3/4' shells only. Good thing I looked it into this because that could have caused serious problems. As far as the year it was made.noone has been able to verify but I do not believe it was made after 1968 when they used a Alphabetical Digit followed by 6 numbers through 1988 when they made the last 311 in March of that year. So it would appear that the gun is older than 1968, but how old I do not know.
Len, a check of the Novemebr 1,1929 Savage catalog shows the Model 311 retailing at $18.50 There are 5 models of SXS shotguns shown.Model and the 3151 Springfield @$24.65 all these guns were basically the same firearm some with their 'Sunday Go-To-Meeting best clothes on. There was a change(of sorts) ca 1932 in the model 311 as their is aaqn 'OLD' model shown(Vorisek's book) made 1928 to 1932.The copy reads: OLD MODEL 311 12,16 or 20 Gauge and.410 bore 26',28',30'or 32' Steel barrels There is no mention of chamber lengths.the NEW MODEL 311 made 1932 to 1985 gives exactly the same info except there is a 20' bbl listing.again no chamber or choke data. There is some PROOF info. 'prior to 1940 and probaly afterwards as well, Stevens proofed their guns using shells supplied by REMINGTON,based on English proof rules.
All shotguns proofed in this manner were marked on the barrels with the Inspector's initials plus the letter P.T. For Proof Test.' Shotguns made in the pre 1940 period were constructedn out of what would be considered to be very mild steel by today's standard. Industry standards for the 12 ga operating pressures vary by length.
Key people W.B. Fay and James Taylor Products, Website Stevens Arms was an manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864 in. The company introduced the round and made a number of, and target designs. By 1902 they were advertising themselves as 'the largest producers of sporting arms in the world'. They were purchased by on May 28, 1915 and again by 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. Contents. History Stevens Arms was founded by Joshua Stevens with help from backers W.B. Fay and James Taylor in, in 1864 as J.
Stevens Arms Serial Number Lookup
Stevens & Co. Their earliest product was a single shot pistol. Business was slow into 1870, when Stevens occupied a converted and had just sixty employees. The had a further negative impact on sales.
By 1876 the company had recovered to the extent that it was then manufacturing twice the number of as it had been prior to that year. In 1883 they purchased the which Joshua Stevens had helped found in 1850. In 1886, the company was reorganized and as J. Stevens Arms & Tool Co. The business was able to grow steadily with tool manufacturing and sales now accounting for the bulk of the business output. Stevens and Taylor were bought out in 1896 by I.H.
Page, who was one of the new partners and the. Page led the company to significant growth, such that by 1902 Stevens had 900 employees and was considered one of the top sporting firearms manufacturers in the world. In 1901, Stevens entered into a partnership with to produce the automobile manufactured at a separate facility also in Chicopee Falls, MA. In 1915, Stevens led the U.S. Arms business in and guns.
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On May 28, 1915 Stevens was purchased by New England Westinghouse, a division of. New England Westinghouse was created specifically to fulfill a contract to produce 1.8 million rifles for of for use in. They needed a firearms manufacturing facility in order to accomplish this and chose Stevens. After the purchase they sold off the tool making division, halted production of Stevens-Duryea automobiles, and, on July 1, 1916, renamed the firearms division the J. Stevens Arms Company. When the Czar was deposed by the communists in 1917, New England Westinghouse was never paid and they fell into financial distress. They managed to sell most of the rifles to the U.S.
Government and keep the Stevens firearms facility operational and did return to limited production of civilian firearms between 1917-1920 while looking for a buyer for Stevens. Stevens was purchased by the Savage Arms Company on April 1, 1920 with Stevens operating as a subsidiary of Savage but in a semi-independent status until 1942. This merger made Savage the largest producer of arms in the United States at the time. After World War II they were renamed as Stevens Arms and sometimes identified as 'Savage-Stevens' after 1948.
In 1960 Savage closed the Stevens Arms facilities in Chicopee Falls and moved Stevens production to various Savage manufacturing sites. In 1991 the Stevens name was discontinued but was resurrected in 1999 as the brand name for Savage's budget line of rifles and shotguns. Ammunition in 1887, Stevens developed the, which served as an introductory for children for decades, as well as being very popular for, and. The.22LR cartridge was available beginning in 1888, in the #1, #2, #9, and #10 break-top rifles, and in their New Model Pocket and Bicycle rifles. The.22 LR would outperform other Stevens rounds, such as the and, designed as competitors, and offered in models such as the single-shot (produced between 1894 and 1935) and the (introduced in 1900).
As several manufacturers would later do with other, Stevens adopted the, developed by in 1882. Dio della mia lode pdf writer. The unpopularity of the bottlenecked case led Stevens to develop the in 1897. Designed by Capt. Carpenter, 9th U.S. Infantry, the.25-21 Stevens was essentially a shortened version of the company's own of 1895.
(This is an odd reversal of the relationship of the to the.) The.25-25 would be used in Stevens' model 44 and the model 44½ rifles manufactured from 1903. Rifles Beginning in 1880, the company began making. These, though less well known than or firearms, were of comparable quality. They were priced lower than those of Ballard or Winchester, making the Stevens' falling block models competitive in the marketplace. Under names like Favorite, Little Scout, Crack Shot, and Marksman, Stevens sold millions of reliable. The total number of single-shot firearms manufactured by the company exceeded 3.5 million by 1892.
Stevens, under the ownership of New England Westinghouse, produced over 770,000 rifles under contract with the Russian government between 1916-1917, of which 225,260 were delivered. The rest were sold to the U.S. Government who supplied them to the, forces, and the. Stevens produced a notable number of military arms, the most common being the bolt-action rifle in.22LR caliber.
The United States Military used the model 416 as a training rifle around the time of the Second World War. There is some debate and speculation regarding the extent to which the United States military made use of these rifles with their roles almost certainly being limited to basic firearm training.
The military's Model 416 was stamped with 'U.S. Property' on the rear left of the receiver. Rifles with this stamping have been found with serial numbers around 100,000.
Various ordnance markings and proof marks can be found on this military rifle. The 416 had a dramatically oversized bull barrel and a large wooden stock. The heavy barrel design added a great deal of weight which compared unfavorably with larger rifles such as the military's various.30 caliber offerings. It had adjustable peep sight apertures, a hooded front sight, and a small, removable magazine. During World War II, Savage used the Stevens facilities to produce several military firearms including the Savage No. 4 rifle, the, the (BAR), and the and machineguns.
Stevens introduced the Model 87 in 1938, which sold over one million units. Further units were sold as the Savage Model 6. Shotguns Starting in 1872, Stevens began producing single barreled shotguns based on their tip-up rifles and pistols. The first was the Model 30 offered in 14 gauge but soon followed by 10, 12, 16, and 20 gauges.
In 1876, Stevens produced its first double barreled shotgun, the Three Trigger Model, which used a third trigger to unlock the action, and was offered in 10 and 12 gauges. Between 1900 and 1916 Stevens produced 26 single barreled shotgun models, 8 exposed hammer double barreled models, and 7 hammerless double barreled models including a sidelock design, the Model 250. Stevens 522 Trap Gun In 1907 Stevens was approached by and offered the design of a pump-action, hammerless, take-down, repeating shotgun that would become the. The Model 520, easily recognized by its distinctive double-hump receiver, first appeared in Stevens' 1909 Catalog #52 and remained in production until 1939. In 1927 Stevens produced the Model 620, a streamlined version of the 520, and it remained in production until 1955. Stevens provided a prototype Model 520 trench gun to the U.S.
Military in 1918 for use in but it was never produced. Both the Model 520A and 620A were produced (as the M520-30 and M620) for the U.S.
Military during, in trench, riot, and training versions. In all, over 45,000 were made during WW II and many remained in service through the. Stevens 511A shotgun. Target pistols Joshua Stevens produced three lines of single-shot tip-up target pistols named after contemporary gunmen. Stevens-Conlin No. 38 – named for James Conlin, owner of a Broadway Avenue shooting gallery in New York City. Stevens-Lord No.
36 – named for Frank Lord, a prominent target shooter. Six hundred were produced from 1880 to 1886. Stevens-Gould No. 37 – named for, a firearms expert and writer. Two well known examples of the Stevens-Lord No. 36 were custom ordered by, serial no. 29 for himself and serial no.
32 as a gift for. The deluxe set of pistols had ten-inch barrels chambered for, iridescent mother-of-pearl grips, and custom engraving with gold inlay. The one given to Thompson included 'From Buffalo Bill to Ben Thompson' on the spine of the grip. An engraved, gold-plated Stevens-Gould No. 37 was given to sharpshooter in the 1890s by her husband. The pistol had finely engraved dog and horse head motifs on both sides of the frame. The Stevens-Gould No.
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