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The Stevens 311 is a side-by-side double-barreled shotgun which is a member of a family of 12 gauge double barreled shotguns that were manufactured by Stevens from 1877 to 1988. The actual Stevens 311 started manufacture around 1920 when it was called the Springfield 5000, changing names to the 5100 in 1931 and finally being renamed the Stevens ...
Stevens Arms is an American firearms manufacturer founded by Joshua Stevens in 1864 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The company introduced the .22 Long Rifle round and made a number of rifle, shotgun, and target pistol designs. By 1902, they were advertising themselves as "the largest producers of sporting arms in the world". [1]
The paperwork would list the original lot code and new lot code to help in tracing defective or unsuitable ammunition. The repacked crate would have a line of text beginning with "REPACKED LOT:" followed by the new lot code. In 1952 this text was replaced with "FUNCTIONAL LOT:", as troops had been leery of using "used" ammunition.
NNN/N represents the 3-digit manufacturer code and the number of the production line (e.g., 1023 would be Line 3 at Pine Bluff Arsenal (manufacturer 102)). Y/M indicates the last digit of the two-digit financial year (which runs July to June) and the one-digit financial bi-monthly code (e.g, 65 ; the "6" would be 1966 and the "5" would be March ...
An NSN on the tag of a pair of trousers. A NATO Stock Number, or National Stock Number (NSN) as it is known in the U.S., is a 13-digit numeric code used by the NATO military alliance, identifying all the 'standardized material items of supply' as they have been recognized by all member states of NATO.
Bullets had the manufacturer code over the Quarter number and two-digit year of production engraved on the base (e.g. Pk/2-26 is Zaklady Amunicyjne, Pocisk, 2nd Quarter of 1926). 8mm Lebel "Balle D" bullets were differenced from 7.9mm Mauser bullets by a capital letter "D" inset between the contractor code and the date (e.g. Pk/D/2-26).
List of J.C. Higgins Firearms: J.C. Higgins Model 101.1, a break-action single barrel shotgun made by Savage, Model 94. J.C. Higgins Model 101.7, a break-action double-barrel shotgun made by Stevens a division of Savage, a duplicate of the Model 311. J.C. Higgins Model 101.16, a single shot or semi-automatic tube fed .22 S/L/LR.
Savage was the first major manufacturer to produce a left-handed hunting rifle in significant quantities, starting in 1959. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Savage Arms sells 18 different firearms for left-handed shooters with products designed for big game, law enforcement, target competition, and predator hunting, including left-handed slug shotguns and ...